growler said:So you're saying that an EC should look for a builder, find a barrel and bend over and smile.
That's got to be the worst business advice I have ever herd.
Calm down. I'm saying people do business this way because there is plenty of profit in this work. Believe me, the customer more then pays for the $45.
Look at it this way. Some guys would spend 4 hours doing a takeoff for this job X $75.00 an hour is $300. Just to end up being 6th place out of 12 bidders. That seems like an even worse business model.
I know the terms ahead of time and build it in to my rates. We aren't losing money, sometime you have to give up $45 to make $5,000.