{"id":500,"date":"2011-06-16T22:11:36","date_gmt":"2011-06-16T12:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=500"},"modified":"2014-01-05T18:49:14","modified_gmt":"2014-01-05T09:19:14","slug":"2-reasons-to-be-wary-of-ultra-cheap-solar-deals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/2-reasons-to-be-wary-of-ultra-cheap-solar-deals\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Reasons to be wary of Ultra Cheap Solar Deals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to Mark for sending these pics in from his &#8220;Great Value&#8221; solar install\u2026<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_504\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/2-reasons-to-be-wary-of-ultra-cheap-solar-deals\/p1010484\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-504\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-504\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-504\" title=\"P1010484\" 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