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Re: Fast food- take out speaker Understandable, I've worked in installs as my "day job" for 8 years now, fortunately with a state university budget to back us up. I know the pains of questionable gear every time I get chewed out by a faculty member for why something isn't working, lol.From my experience doing installs with my own company, the only profitable way to do them is to be a dealer for whatever you are installing, so that you get whatever markup you put on it. I've seen it happen (not to me) where a client will take a bid list and find everything on Amazon.com and haggle that way. The profit comes from install and maintenance labor if you aren't making money on the gear sale. Considering the going rate on Ebay for a used late model 900 series mixer is ~1/10th the cost of a new one, I think it's a worthwhile gamble, provided the OP gives full disclosure to the client. I'm thinking that given that BJ is likely not a full time installer and probably doesn't stand to lose a lot on this one, it's not a bad option. It would be up to him and the client to decide.
Re: Fast food- take out speaker
Understandable, I've worked in installs as my "day job" for 8 years now, fortunately with a state university budget to back us up. I know the pains of questionable gear every time I get chewed out by a faculty member for why something isn't working, lol.
From my experience doing installs with my own company, the only profitable way to do them is to be a dealer for whatever you are installing, so that you get whatever markup you put on it. I've seen it happen (not to me) where a client will take a bid list and find everything on Amazon.com and haggle that way. The profit comes from install and maintenance labor if you aren't making money on the gear sale. Considering the going rate on Ebay for a used late model 900 series mixer is ~1/10th the cost of a new one, I think it's a worthwhile gamble, provided the OP gives full disclosure to the client. I'm thinking that given that BJ is likely not a full time installer and probably doesn't stand to lose a lot on this one, it's not a bad option. It would be up to him and the client to decide.
