wow, such great information I’ve gotten from you all. It all seems pretty clear that this cost + is quite unusual, and I take to heart what you have said. As an aside, pretty unusual to have almost unanimous opinions here on the wrenches, no?
FYI, I”ve done many systems in Baja and I get paid 100% in advance before anything ships. To either the end user here in the states or to a freight forwarder. Yes once it reaches them, I no longer have control. And the client is responsible for any damage enroute in MX. Yea lots of weird stuff happens down there! OK now I’ve got to contact their money guy. Thanks again all, jay > On Jan 23, 2018, at 2:24 PM, penobscotso...@midmaine.com wrote: > > Hi Jay, > My advice is walk away unless they want to meet your terms. You will > save yourself a tremendous amount of trouble/waiting/lost sleep/lost > money. I do 50% of my business internationally, mostly in the > Caribbean. If they do not accept my very reasonable terms (prepay for > all materials, 50% labor due upon the start of the project, balance due > on completion) they are highly unlikely to be on the up and up with > you. > As best possible, deal with known entities, take deposits through wire > transfers to your account and do not put yourself in a position to be > taken advantage of in a way that you cannot afford. If they want > quality, they must understand they have to pay for it. I have designed > six systems over the past fifteen years in Mexico and not one has come > to fruition. It was my time wasted, but nothing else. > > Daryl DeJoy > www.penobscotsolar.com > www.islandsolarbahamas.com > > > >> Pre-build it in a shipping container here! Have them pay for it all and >> inspect before shipment. They can keep a small portion for your final >> labor, travel, and expenses in a 2-way escrow account. When you are safely >> home you get the final amount and they get back an amount that is more >> than the amount you received. It is not cheap to set something like this >> up so collect a fee at the start! >> >> You have to do something to protect your most valuable treasure! >> >> Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar >> "we go where powerlines don't" >> http://members.sti.net/offgridsolar/ >> e-mail offgridso...@sti.net >> text 209 813 0060 >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
