Re: OYE on DIY

[Crash Gordon® <NONE@xxxxxxxx>]

oh, sorry...I left that part out..yah I get paid from the custom =
builder. yep yer right, he's definitely not our client.



"R.H.Campbell" <rh.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message =
news:TsqdnajwZ7Cne6XfRVn-2A@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> One question...did you get paid properly for all the prewire work you =
did up
> front. If you didn't, you better rethink your business stategy. If you =
did,
> walk away and be thankful this guy is not your customer
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> RHC
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> "Crash Gordon=AE" <NONE@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:Gj3_d.40$ix1.3293@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Why DIYers piss me off.
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> $800,000.00 house out in the boonies...custom house, really nice.
> I prewired it a month ago..beautiful job, lots of extra wire even =
though we
> didn't know who was going to buy it (it was a spec...and only a =
prewire).
> But we usually do get the trim out. Surround sound, CCTV, all that =
stuff.
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> So we meet the buyers a few weeks ago at the site...the WORST sales =
call I
> ever had..they brought grandma, grandpa, their dog, their old =
neighbors,
> their 3 bratty kids, the neighbor's 4 bratty kids (all running around =
the
> desert screaming at the dog, horses and coyotes). I told my partner we
> should just say "hi" and re-schedule. We had no control, but he wanted =
to
> stay (dumb). Anyway, we struggled through a presentation of sorts..and =
the
> man of the house starts asking about prices...I told him the security =
would
> be about 1500.00 to trim out (a very fair price for the scope of the =
job).
> He started (literally) jumping up and down and screaming...like he was
> having a seizure...screaming about how he HAD to SPEND 70,000$ on
> landscaping and blah blah blah. I said; holy shit this guy's gonna =
have a
> heart attack out here in the middle of nowhere. He was about drooling =
and
> slathering spittle...very weird. Needless to say we didn't discuss =
prices on
> anything else...especially after he asked whats the difference between =
us
> and Monitronics - he never listened to my explaination anyway..he =
managed to
> burp out that I should email him a proposal..which I did.
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> His wife was EXTREMELY interested in security, the house being out in =
the
> middle of nowhere and all, and desert brush fires, and the bratty =
kids.
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> So, today I drive by there and see a Skylink sign in the yard. This =
freekin
> cheepsake spends 800K on a house, 70K on landscaping and 179.00$ on a =
cheep
> ass wireless self monitored piece of crap? I felt like asking for my =
wire
> back since he's not using it.
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> So his wife's concerns about security and fire/life safety are =
satisfied by
> a cheep wireless alarm that will call him on a cell phone in an area =
where
> there is absolutely no cell service. Sheesh.
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