Last Monday’s Breaking News on The NEWS Website references an AP-Yahoo! News poll, that $4 per gallon gasoline is not only causing Americans to drive less, it’s also causing them to cut back on their air conditioning use. Suffice it to say that the price of gasoline is on everyone’s mind.
Payback is a much-maligned topic these days.
Some people say it is coming back in vogue as a selling tool, others say there
is no way that a payback story can work. Payback years are like prunes; one
never really knows how many are too many until it is too late.
We should be spending our time debating something that HVAC contractors are really at odds over, John. There is no way that taking “a temporary hit on your margins” is good advice from a business management expert, such as you, and I doubt any of our readers are going to support you on this one.
“Simply put: HVAC performance testing is quickly becoming a necessity.” Or so says an article by Jim Bergmann that will soon be appearing in The NEWS. The part I am not so sure about is “quickly.”
It occurred to me that there must be hundreds of HVAC people who wear other hats away from work, and are probably quite adept at making everything from soda pop to cherry pie. Here is my proposition to you: The NEWS will host a Best Makers in HVAC contest to determine who makes the best grub and grog.
Unfortunately, every one of us has at least one story we can tell about a bad experience we’ve had with a contractor. When it gets right down to it, a lot of people just don’t trust contractors.
A pickup truck (Ford F-150) dropped off the list as the No. 1 vehicle of choice of Americans for the first time in decades as more fuel-efficient vehicles are in greater demand.
Many contractors have peer groups, advisors, or a board of directors to help steer the ship from time to time. The guidance provided by trusted business friends must be invaluable - everyone needs to occasionally rise up from the trees in order to survey the forest around them. So, who would be in your Fave Five?
