Re: Acceptable time from walk-thru to quotation delivery

[Frank Olson <Use-the-email-links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Cam-man wrote:
> Let's say I walk thru a customers place of business to give them a
> quote on a new CCTV system.  For example an 8-camera system with
> outdoor housings and semi-complex cable runs.  What is an acceptable
> amount of time for me to return the proposal?  I've been pretty busy
> and have some bids to do that are 3 days old, I don't want to lose the
> business because the bid is not coming back right away.  Any thoughts
> on this?
>


Chubb used to have an excellent quotation system.  They priced wire by
the foot which included labour to install.  If you did your measurements
correctly, the estimated time to install everything was pretty darned
accurate too.  There were several pricing selections you could choose.
Residential (meaning in wall/attic runs), commercial t-bar, armoured
(BX), and conduit.  On runs involving shielded, RG-59U, or CAT-5 it was
up to the salesguy to figure out exact quantity required and include the
wholesale cost of the cable in the quote.  Of course the $399.00
specials from ADT blew all that out of the water (on residential jobs).
  They never "lost" on a commercial or bank job though...