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Ghaster Painting & Coatings Newsletter
Phoenix, AZ, March 1, 2008.

Dear friends,

2009 looks to be a year full of uncertainty. One thing you can be certain of is that Ghaster Painting & Coatings will be there for your painting needs. We were blessed to have had one of our best years in 2008. However, all of us need to save money these days. Here are some suggestions that will save money for you and your owners when hiring a painting contractor:
  1. Provide a written scope of work including specifics and products required (all paint stores are happy to do this at no charge). This will ensure all the bidders are bidding "apples to apples" and prevents contractors from bidding the project very low to get the job and then issuing many change orders once the job has started. This ultimately costs you more money.
  2. Walk the job with the bidders to make sure that everyone is on the same page.
  3. Don't be tempted to go with the cheapest bid, especially if it is quite a bit less than your other bids. This should be a red flag! There are only so many dollars that can be cut before a contractor needs to make it up somewhere else, such as paying for piece work (a current trend that is totally illegal per the Department of Labor), hiring illegally, evading taxes and by using inferior paint and/or adding water. There are COUNTLESS contractors going out of business these days leaving the paint stores with large uncollected debt and leaving their customers with no warranty. These companies have a survival mentality and usually come in extremely low on their bids knowing that they will not be in business a year from now.
  4. Protect yourself and your properties by hiring a company who has been in business for at least 15 years, has proven its worth, and has no complaints with the Registrar of Contractors and the BBB.
If you have any painting projects coming up, Ghaster Painting & Coatings will set up a time with you and a paint representative to walk the job to determine an accurate scope of work, do colorization (at no charge) and provide a comprehensive bid for now or a realistic budget number for the future. Our prices are highly competitive. Please give us the opportunity to meet or beat your best qualified bid.

I also would like to remind you GP&C is a current and active member of several associations such as BOMA, IFMA, NAIOP and AFE. We do provide a discount for their members both for commercial jobs and for member's homes.

If you haven't already, please visit our website at www.ghasterpaintinginc.com. Thank you to those of you who continue to trust us to do your work and I look forward to working with those who want to work with a tried and tested professional painting firm.

Best regards,

Brad Ghaster
President
Ghaster Paintings & Coatings