Re: Devcon Buys Out Coastal Security, Adelphia, & Guardian

["Where's my WEBTV?" <alarminstall@xxxxxxx>]

mikey wrote:
> This from a guy who calls his president "bush".
> I had to read that fucking lease idear paragraph about 6 times,
> I'm BUSHED.<

2  things:
# 1-You couldn't get bush in a fucking greenhouse.
and
# 2- I apologize for writing it in English as that language is alien to
you moose humpers.
>
> Hmmmm, it's clever but not competitive at single user level but
> for bigger systems, I'd look to put together a package
> for retirement homes. The last leasing outfit I talked to we're bored
> with my numbers... a referral would be great, give them my
> contact info if you like, I have a quote to put together now as a matter
> of fact. They can't afford 5K let alone 20K. You can have them e-mail
> to anythingATmedi-call.ca, even smokesignals@ and I'll get it.<

It's VERY competitve even for small resi applications, Mikey. I'll
email you some names of companies who will touch the stove on Monday
(or whenever I figure out what you email addy is).
I also have a few new marketing programs you might be interested in.



>
> "Where's my WEBTV?" <alarminstall@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1133459949.242714.46550@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Thanks for the compiment, Jim. I am wide awake but unlike you I am
> > actually working. Not everyone can post to the newsgroup from their
> > yacht like you do.
> > Throw the skipper hat away (why do old men with boats ALWAYS own one of
> > those silly ass captain hats?), grab the drill, and get your old ass up
> > here to work.
> > 59 weeks of vacation per year is wayyyyyyyyyy too much for you.
> >
> > Mikey is always welcome to drop me a line, but he's Canadian and they
> > don't have phone service yet up there. Being that smoke signals are
> > chinese to me that leaves him emailing me letters where he abuses the
> > letter U.
> >
> > Now this is just an assumption based on what I have read from Mikey's
> > posts, but it appears what would best help Mikey would be a leasing
> > company.
> > A leasing company would allow Mikey to move more systems without a risk
> > of chargeback, by making the system more affordable to the client via
> > payments, and would provide him with enough upfront capital to purchase
> > equipment in bulk, as well as spend on additional advertising.
> > Will some clients end up paying more for their system? Yes. But those
> > would be the very same customers who wouldn't be able to take advantage
> > of Mikey's service without time payments.
> > Rather than charging $200.00 for the install (or whatever it was he
> > charges) along with a $40.00 per month service fee he could charge
> > $1200.00 for the install, have the customer finance that system thru
> > the leasing company, and charge a monthly service fee of around $15.00.
> > Between the lease, and the service payments the client would be paying
> > roughly $45-$50.00 per month total, without having to come up with that
> > $200.00 install fee upfront.
> > The leasing company would in turn pay Mikey the $1200.00 he's charging
> > for the system (usually within 3 days from date of install), and Mikey
> > would retain all monthly service payments (smaller yes, but the volume
> > will adjust the total company RMR to more than what he currently
> > earns).
> > The leasing company profits from it's factor, and doesn't take any of
> > Mikey's cabbage.
> > It's the identical concept to what our industry does with zero downs,
> > but our industry doesn't offer much out there where funding is
> > concerned.
> > I have quite a few leasing companies that would fund on medical systems
> > so if Mikey is interested I'd be willing to give him the info, and
> > offer him a few marketing ideas.
> >
> > Note to Mikey (you stupid fucking canadian anti-war liberal peeing in
> > the snow tree hugging moose humper):
> > Everything I posted was an assumption so don't kill me on the dollar
> > amounts, nor on the assumption that you don't already know everything I
> > just said. And don't pay mind to any of these fuckwads who tell you
> > that zero downs are the devil. Their yapping about full-perimeter, or
> > mini systems has no place in your field. You sell a receiver and a
> > transmitter.  Either way, Good luck, and hope this was some help.
> >
> > Jim wrote:
> > > mikey wrote:
> > > > I think what might be saving your ass is that electronic stuff is so
> > > > reliable these days. I've had a similar pleasant surprise in that
> > > > transmitter batteries (which I replace) are lasting much longer than
> I'd
> > > > budgeted for, trouble is, I don't use the extra free time
> constructively :-)
> > > >
> > > > I'm reluctant to be so forward with my numbers but I think my model
> works
> > > > pretty good, I just think we're worth more :-)
> > > >
> > > Hey Mikey, I might suggest that you talk with Tom, about marketing your
> > > product, and skills. Tom is just about the best sales person I've come
> > > across in a long, long time.
> > > Why don't you give him an E-mail or a call and see if he can throw you
> > > some ideas on how to get  you "over the hump"
> > >
> > > I don't know how long you've been doing this, but there are definite
> > > "hills and valleys" that, if you're not aware of them by previous
> > > training or experience, you can get really stuck in the valleys.  This
> > > is pretty common in this industry since most people come into it from
> > > the installer level. For the most part, anyone having prior business
> > > and sales, education, training or experience can usually get around
> > > these obstacles. I've been questioned constantly through the years
> > > about how I can run a company with so many accounts with so few
> > > resources. It's always the installer based people who ask.
> > >
> > > Give Tom a shout, I think you'll be surprised at what he's
> > > accomplished. He's a great guy to know and always willing to help
> > > people.
> > >
> > >
> > > To Tom:
> > >
> > > HEY SHITHEAD!
> > >
> > > WAKE UP!
> > >
> > > THE PHONE'S RINGING!
> >