Re: cleaner wiring solution needed (resend)

["R.H.Campbell" <rh.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

No Crash, perhaps I didn't explain myself carefully enough. I do have a
signed contract and one that has been designed carefully for exactly the
reasons you describe. Anyone foolish enough to do business without a formal
contract deserves whatever they get. What I failed to explain was the term
of the contract is only "monthly"; never a multi year term on it, since all
my clients pay full market price up front. I also carry $2 million liability
with a failure to perfom clause as well.  My business was set up properly at
the beginning according to all the rules of law and common sense procedures.
My overheads are properly covered in my business plan, and I make good money
at $14.95 monthly, including overhead costs for service and warranty (which
are built in and absolute - no exemptions for any reason).

Profit is not a dirty word. It makes the world of business go around.
Without it, we're all out on the street. The degree of profit each of us
makes is relative to our situations. It's all about what we provide for that
level of profit. I don't fault anyone for their level of profit (except the
Borg...); I've simply chosen a level of profit that 1- pays me well for my
work; 2- allows me to compete with others demanding more..and 3 - keeps me
from giving our greedy government more than they deserve...(so they can p*ss
it away on more useless $1BILLION programs like our disgusting "long gun
registry"....:(((

Regards,

RHC


"Crash Gordon®" <NONE@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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How do you obtain liability and e/o insurance without a contract? Don't
insurance carriers require to see your contract in Canada? The do here. You
can't get insurance without the insurance carrier approving your contract.

Contacts are to protect you and your client. And you don't have to enforce
anything in the contract if you don't want to.

If you're a small company can you absorb the cost of protecting yourself
from a lawsuit without insurance and a valid contract to fall back on? If
you think some nutjob won't try to sue you someday..think again. Not
everyone is your friend.

Feeding at the trough? You don't think you have overhead for monitoring? -
mailing billing cost, keeping someone on call 24hrs to answer clients
questions, liability insurance, etc. You're adverse to making a fair profit?
If your third party monitoring station only charged you a $1.00 a month for
an account would you only charge $2.00 to your client?



"R.H.Campbell" <rh.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Sorry, this is a resend....something strange going on with my computer....
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> My "so called" business plan is working well I'll have you know. Contrary
> to
> most companies in this industry, I actually created a very real business
> plan based on sold rate models that I used when working in Bell Canada.
> Nor
> have I had to change it much during it's implementation. My son is now
> full
> time in the business and will be taking it over very soon. Our revenues
> continue to rise dramatically, and my service costs are far below what I
> imagined they would ever be. My phone continues to ring continually, and I
> have ZERO overhead costs when it comes to advertising and promotion. Our
> company has come to be known for it's straightforward and totally honest
> approach to dealing with clients, and I'm damn proud of that (I will
> gladly
> tell a client when we are not his best choice for security services when
> we
> are not...). My reputation in the local industry is solid; nor do I ever
> have to resort to getting "down and dirty" with many other local
> companies.
> And the longer I'm in this business, the firmer my beliefs are about
> certain
> industry practices. And just to reiterate (if it even matters to you) here
> is what I've come to believe to be true
>
> 1- Long term contracts demanded by most companies in this business (when
> not
> necessary to ensure a "free system" is paid for) are almost an industry
> scam. There is simply no need for them! Most cases amount to nothing more
> than a customer ripoff !!!
> 2- Most small companies charge excessive rates for monthly monitoring
> services (in excess of $20 even when not paying down the cost of the
> system
> put in at an artificially low price). Larger companies need this level
> legitimately to maintain their higher overheads, but smaller ones are
> simply
> feeding at the trough !!
> 3- There ought to be a law against locking customer owned fully paid for
> alarm panels.
> 4- The marketeers of free systems have cheapened the market even while
> creating increased demand
> 5- You don't need a long term contract on accounts to make them valuable
> to
> more sophisticated buyers
> 6- There's no true leadership in this industry by the largest of the alarm
> companies. They simply are the largest (and some would say the worst) of
> the
> bottom feeding money grubbers.
> 7- You don't take every customer that comes in the door. You have to stay
> strictly within your market niche.
> 8- You must weed out your "non payers" ruthlessly
> 9- Automatic billing is the only way to go. If they don't want that, then
> send them elsewhere.
>
> I have about 800 accounts now and growing fast at about 5 a week. I
> wouldn't
> have gone beyond my ceiling of 500 if my son hadn't joined me in the
> business. I thought I would spend my time doing service work, but that
> simply hasn't come about. I'm going to head out on my motorcycle soon and
> leave things in good hands !! And to sum it up, I don't give a tinkers
> damn
> whether you or anyone else agrees with my methodology; my customers do. I
> look after them first and foremost and it seems they look after me ! If
> what
> works for you is different...well fine....good luck to you...I truly wish
> you every success.
>
> And the last thing is, how the hell come I see your posts. I blocked your
> mostly vulgar posts long ago. Seems I'll have to do it again.
>
> RHC
>
>
> "Jim" <alarminex@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > >I have installed over 1200 alarms for my own >company, as well as
> > others,
> >>without a hint of a problem this way.
> >
> >
> > :-)
> >
> > Hmmmm
> >
> > Do I hear .......
> > 500?   700?   1000?   1200?
> >
> > Do I hear 1500?????
> >
> > going once
> >
> > going twice
> >
> > going ..... wait .....
> >
> > wait a minute.
> >
> > I think I hear  1500 coming from up north .....
> >
> > ==============
> > Well Robert..........
> >
> > You know  how I really hate to say ..... I tol ya so .....but hey
> > ......... what the hell.  Eh?
> >
> > Now all you have to wonder about is:
> >
> > the other things I've predicted about your so called "business plan"
> >
>
>
>