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Hello all, this is my first post and I need help!
I have been in the solar market for quite a while. I have had about 7 people come out in the last 14 months, and all have been extremely High. I finally pulled the trigger on a company that advertised last year on the local KFI radio station here in Southern California. They had the lowest price I had come by, offered decent financing, had a good BBB rating, and had all the licenses (solar, roof and Electrical) and been in business for 30 years doing roofing and electrical, and solar for the last 10. However, I had not been looking at these forums yet. So after they told me that the solar world panels that they were selling me were backordered and would not be in until after the new year, I began looking further here on the forums and finding that the deal they offered me, though better than the other 6 vendors I had out, was still a tad higher in comparison at about $3.75 and there was no monitoring with that (single inverter). Also they were selling me a 8250 kw system. I knew It was overboard as my average monthly usage is 940Kw/M, but the next size down was a 6600watt system, which was probably about right. They seemed to think maybe it would give me room to grow and given he panels become less efficient over time, maybe its better to install them now?
I don't want to call out another 8 salespeople as its pretty painful to sit though, I would like to save time and look at some good reputable vendors that can offer more in line with 3.50/watt with monitoring. No one seems to mention who they go with probably because its against forum rules, bet everyone mentions the great price they got. I was able to back out of my previous deal, as I didn't sign the roof layout yet, so they didn't get anything permitted. I'm looking for a better deal similar to the ones Ive been reading about, with monitoring. People seem to say Monitoring included, but is there any monthly fees with that? I'm in the Corona Norco which is in the inland empire in California area. It also occurred to me maybe I had a good deal and I'm being unreasonable, please feel free to comment on my situation as any help would be appreciated. Maybe a PM would work if you have some vendors I should be looking at. I did check out solar reviews as well, but prices don't seem to be listed there, just that people were satisfied or not.
Tom
I have been in the solar market for quite a while. I have had about 7 people come out in the last 14 months, and all have been extremely High. I finally pulled the trigger on a company that advertised last year on the local KFI radio station here in Southern California. They had the lowest price I had come by, offered decent financing, had a good BBB rating, and had all the licenses (solar, roof and Electrical) and been in business for 30 years doing roofing and electrical, and solar for the last 10. However, I had not been looking at these forums yet. So after they told me that the solar world panels that they were selling me were backordered and would not be in until after the new year, I began looking further here on the forums and finding that the deal they offered me, though better than the other 6 vendors I had out, was still a tad higher in comparison at about $3.75 and there was no monitoring with that (single inverter). Also they were selling me a 8250 kw system. I knew It was overboard as my average monthly usage is 940Kw/M, but the next size down was a 6600watt system, which was probably about right. They seemed to think maybe it would give me room to grow and given he panels become less efficient over time, maybe its better to install them now?
I don't want to call out another 8 salespeople as its pretty painful to sit though, I would like to save time and look at some good reputable vendors that can offer more in line with 3.50/watt with monitoring. No one seems to mention who they go with probably because its against forum rules, bet everyone mentions the great price they got. I was able to back out of my previous deal, as I didn't sign the roof layout yet, so they didn't get anything permitted. I'm looking for a better deal similar to the ones Ive been reading about, with monitoring. People seem to say Monitoring included, but is there any monthly fees with that? I'm in the Corona Norco which is in the inland empire in California area. It also occurred to me maybe I had a good deal and I'm being unreasonable, please feel free to comment on my situation as any help would be appreciated. Maybe a PM would work if you have some vendors I should be looking at. I did check out solar reviews as well, but prices don't seem to be listed there, just that people were satisfied or not.
Tom
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