"Add all that up, put in your next bid and see if you get the job…"
As long as contractors are willing to go along with this sort of thing, it will most likely be around for a long time, the practice of paying for prints, to bid is called print money, money for office parties,etc. They are really slick, charge the client for bid package, then charge to distribute it, only in the good old USA.
Remember they are giving you the privlige to bid on their job, you should be thankful and add a tip to that money.
I think they have it backwards, since your expending your valuable time to bid the work, they should be paying you the fee, not the other way around, what next reverse bidding?
[This message has been edited by LK (edited 11-28-2006).]
