Why ASKBOYD? Because It Was The Right Thing To Do!

Sometimes we need to say something out loud. We have such a strong conviction to do the right thing, and we must find a platform and shout our beliefs, especially when we think that there is an imbalance of justice. That is why I built ASKBOYD.

I am the creator of this information site. I think it is important for you to know why I felt the need to build and maintain this platform. Most of my last decade has been spent working directly with HVAC contractors at the wholesale level. My positions over this time have ranged from a sales rep. up to being the Vice President of a wholesale Distribution company. One thing that never changed over the course of that decade, was daily contact with contractors. We have helped them decide, what is the best equipment for them to install on individual jobs, and have helped them profit from these installations. Many of these contractors have been most demanding. They expect levels of service that are above and beyond the call consistently and yet negotiate pricing that barely allows the wholesaler to survive.

One constant that I noticed as I was trying to satisfy the needs of the higher maintenance HVAC contractors, was that they were very vocal about the level of profits that they were making from homeowners, to the point of flying in the face of logic when they were barely allowing their supplier to survive.

I may have told this story somewhere else on this site, but I think it bears repeating. Last year, just days before I left the wholesale HVAC industry to build ASKBOYD, I was visiting with a contractor customer. Read more