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SVTPerformance's Chain of Restaurants
Road Side Pub
Anyone negotiate a general contractors bid?
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<blockquote data-quote="earico" data-source="post: 16499435" data-attributes="member: 114682"><p>I skimmed this but saw some really good advice in here. Lemme add 2 things.</p><p></p><p>1) No matter what comes out of their mouth about "helping you", "saving you money" or etc they are in business to make THEM money. Period. Some will quote expensive components knowing you want to negotiate a better price. So then they substitute a cheaper component in and give you a credit for the cost difference. However they never give you that actually real difference in costs in those 2 different components. They pocket some of it.</p><p></p><p>2) This is the most important. Never pay in full until you are 100 percent satisfied with the final product. Hold some amount or retainage (10% minimum) that they get once 100 percent complete. Never break this rule. If they won't agree to that find another contractor.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="earico, post: 16499435, member: 114682"] I skimmed this but saw some really good advice in here. Lemme add 2 things. 1) No matter what comes out of their mouth about "helping you", "saving you money" or etc they are in business to make THEM money. Period. Some will quote expensive components knowing you want to negotiate a better price. So then they substitute a cheaper component in and give you a credit for the cost difference. However they never give you that actually real difference in costs in those 2 different components. They pocket some of it. 2) This is the most important. Never pay in full until you are 100 percent satisfied with the final product. Hold some amount or retainage (10% minimum) that they get once 100 percent complete. Never break this rule. If they won't agree to that find another contractor. [/QUOTE]
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