Dave, Unfortunately I know exactlly where you are comming from. Of all the free bids I have gone all over town to do I would say I get about 1% of them. Hardly enough to justify the gas, wear and tear on my pickumm-up truck, and most of all my time. I tell people now that it will cost them $20.00 for a bid but if they use me to do the work I will refund the $20.00. I just started doing this in January and havent had 1 customer go for it yet. That tells me right there they have no intention of using me to do their work, they just want a price. I would say that 100% of the people that call and ask for a free bid have no intention of ever using me to do their electric work. Maybe you could try the $20.00 for a bid and tell the customer you will refund it if they use you, if you do, tell me how it works for you.
