Looking for some first hand experience on how to drive down the bid from pool builders. My best attempt has just been saying that I am leaning towards another guy. The one pool builder dropped 2% margin "to get the deal done".
What i did was getting some bids and after i know what is the price for each component in my area I told the next guy (the builder i wanted to use after some research) that I want it done in X amount of $$, for me it worked.... so basically i told him the price of building my pool instead him suggesting a price.
What is the total bid?I don't know exactly how much margin they are padding, but ultimately I am hoping to erode at least $2-$3k while getting the same product. Going back and forth has been working well, but at some point, it is going to get annoying for them.
What is the total bid?