Tips on how to Save your Time in the Trades, and when to walk away from a Job #hendythesparky

If you show up to an estimate and there's your competitor there, just leave. I agree. I can't believe that we pulled up to a customer's house and they had another contractor there when we pulled up. What are you trying to do? Get a race to the bottom? You want to learn what the lowest price? How to become low bidder? I mean, and if you land a job like that, you know how cheap you must have been cuz she got so many estimates. So, think about it. It's not fair to that guy, too, right? Anytime you show up and you see your competitor or your trade in front of you, I would just leave. I agree. Here you got a guy who shows up to do an estimate and he's there. He's got his clipboard and he's all People don't know how you get them. Was it referral? Was it cold call? Yellow pages, internet. And now you show up and you see another electrician waiting. That was insane. Very few times have I ever seen a competitor follow my estimate. Right. I know there's other estimates, but usually they leave a few hours. And the crazy thing too, guys, when the customer once we continued and finished our estimate, another contractor showed up like right after us. Like it was like we had a time window. That was an immediate red