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Old 10-21-2011, 09:47 PM
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All good points and generally how we go about hiring contractors....the thrust of my question was, after all the due diligence of research and bids and you've settled on the vendor and solution you like best, do you simply accept their cost proposal or attempt any negotiation?

And, bike42 you are so right, different vendors bring in all sorts of proposals...cost, materials, scope, terms, etc. hard to do any apples to apples comparison.


For the record, up to now, we usually just go with the price quoted by the contractor we felt most comfortable with after soliciting and evaluating several bids.
I think that informing a company giving a quote that you're getting three quotes encourages them to give their "best price". Usually we just accept the quote, e.g., for a birdcage, and go with it. I did negotiate with Solar Guys cuz we got five sun tubes.
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