Clarification here:
I renamed the sender to noreply so operators would know not to send the bids back to me. The first line of the bid attempts to explain this a bit:
***CUSTOMER ADDRESS MUST BE USED WHEN REPLYING TO THIS E-MAIL FOR BIDS. PLEASE DELETE THIS LINE, AND SWITCH RECIPIENT’S ADDRESS TO THE E-MAIL ADDRESS PROVIDED IN THE ESTIMATE.***
You need to either change the reply (or to) address to the customer’s or contact them directly by phone. Don’t feel bad though, I usually reply to two or three messages each morning to explain this, so I obviously need to come up with a better idea. If anyone can think of a way to improve this or make it clearer, please post here!
I also appreciate you bringing this up, as I’ve been trying to think of a better way for some time now.