Re: Still Got One Job to Finish

[Jim Davis <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

Just because it's from Amazon doesn't mean that it's quality cable. (I trie=
d to find the article but couldn't) I read a report on cheap Asian coax tha=
t even went so far as to be fraudulently stamped "UL" which created a whole=
 lot of problems for someone. Skimpy braid and cheap di-electric insulation=
 required the whole job to be done over less than a year later because of p=
oor transmission results. Usually wire is the relatively least expensive pa=
rt on a job.

On Wednesday, September 14, 2016 at 9:03:13 PM UTC-4, Bob La Londe wrote:
> Everyday I look forward to the day I used to be in a contractor.
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> Today I called around my vendors for some video cable for a job.  Pretty=
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> sure its going to be my very last one.  They all seemed high to me, and m=
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> didn't have exactly what I wanted.  For the heck of it I tried Amazon and=
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> found exactly what I wanted listed under Amazon prime (free 2 day shippin=
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> for a $39/1000 less than the CHEAPEST distributor, and more than a $100=
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> cheaper than the first one I called.  None of the distributors offered me=
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> free shipping on the order.
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> Its going to get tougher and tougher for even the big distributors to=20
> compete with Amazon.  Its even tougher for dealers when their customers c=
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> buy nearly everything they sell for less than the dealers distributors.
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> Thank goodness I atleast still get a decent labor rate.  (Actually I bid=
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> jobs with a flat total and don't worry about if I don't get them anymore.=
)