ref the low bid.
I was talking to my wife about this again tonight out on the boat. She is arguing with the greens keeper about why he should hire her electrician instead of some guy they don't know who just had the lowest bid.
#1 All electricians are not created equal. She has a business relationship with someone who has a proven record
#2 When this thing breaks (read:run over with a trencher) or you need to add on, you want to be able to get the guy who installed it and knows what is going on so you are not reinventing the wheel. The low cost stranger may not even be in business anymore.
#3 and maybe most important, if the bid is too good to be true, it probably isn't. This guy will usually be back, hat in hand asking for more money or he will be cutting corners trying to get out alive. That isn't good for anyone.
Just a little thinking from the customer side.
