Re: cleaner wiring solution needed (resend)

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

Sorry, this is a resend....something strange going on with my computer....
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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
news:1111212137.963438.277630@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >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"
>