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| Square Deal Solar Stand at the Grand Designs Exhibition |
This was our first Grand Design Show in the Excel Centre London. To be honest it was an excellent venue and very well organised. We went to the Excel the previous day to set up our displays, as did everyone else. They had allocated parking spaces for unloading and depending on the size of vehicle were given an amount of time in which to so. Everything was organised to perfection and this paved way for a great event.
Square Deal Solar was one of several solar companies at the Exhibition. We set up our display and solar pv calculator. (the calculator, included prices, pay back time and your income from the feed-in-tariff etc.) These are very important when asking about solar pv, especially the price of a system.
The show was covering a vast amount of floor space and could easily take you a few hours to wander round.
As the people filtered through the meandering walkways, we started to get one or two enquiries and general questions on how inverters worked, who pays the feed in tariff, the different panels and the cost of an install. We spent a lot of our time explaining the ins and outs of all things solar; even if you were just curious, it was no problem for us to answer any questions you had.
After a while people were asking for appointments and taking a great interest in what we had to say, soon we were inundated with questions, appointments and general chatter. We were not pushy; we simply let the people come to us for fair, free advice on our prices and solar panel installation processes.
I did hear that some companies would not even give you a price for X amount of panels, which I find extraordinary. Why? That one is beyond me, can’t really understand that one. The whole point of the show is to let people know about products not to keep them in the dark.
Square Deal Solar had no high pressure or badgering techniques, we simply informed anyone who wanted to know, and that’s the way it should be, and was.
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| Dean Ridley from Square Deal Solar with Grand Designs Kevin McCloud |
As a company we had a successful and educational time at the Grand Design Show, we met some great people some of whom are now proud owners of solar pv from Square Deal Solar and many who are waiting for installations. We even met and had a quick chat with the Grand Designs man himself - Kevin McCloud. Overall we were there to help people understand the benefits of solar energy as well as sell it and I think we achieved everything we set out to do and so much more.
Dean Ridley - Solar Energy Advisor
