Re: Want to move Brinks keypad

[Crash Gordon® <NONE@xxxxxxxx>]

"Bob Worthy" <securinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message =
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> "Crash Gordon=AE" <NONE@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> heheeee.
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> I am a wise-ass when some stranger calls me in the middle of the night =
and
> tells me that YOUR alarm is going off. No, it's not...but it does =
sound like
> your alarm IS (siren in background on his side of phone call). WHO are =
you?
> Oh...I'm *MR.* Smith...we don't have a monitored system. We "just" =
moved
> into this house in 1998 and YOUR alarm is going off so I cut some =
wires, now
> the keypad thing is beeping. No..your keypad is beeping BECAUSE you =
cut some
> wires...so put them back together...or you can pay me to come and do =
it. How
> much? Well, if you want me to come right now (3am on Christmas eve) it =
will
> be 125.00 per hour. If you can wait till normal business day it's =
less. But
> it's beeping. So enter your code. I don't have a code to your, =
erh,,,my
> system. So like maybe you shoulda called us when you bought the house =
like 7
> years ago right?
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> Yes, the big boys have whored the industry, now many people believe: =
free
> systems, and free service, when in fact nothing really is free if =
you're
> charging 42.95 a month for monitoring...forever.
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> Yes, and even though they (the bigs) have suffered the "authorized =
dealer"
> fiasco with theft, fraud, tarnishing of the name, etc etc., they don't =
seem
> to have any reason to want to fix the damage that was caused. When =
they piss
> off a customer because of their policies and they have hundreds upon
> hundreds of thousands of accounts and they are getting hundreds more =
each
> day, its bye bye bye to those that don't want to play their game. The =
small
> local guy still bends over backwards to maintain good CS and they =
still get
> beat to death because of what the industry has taught the consumer. =
Such as
> life.

>>
Welp, at least the big 3 letter co. is not selling 99 specials anymore. =
You can even price out your own system online!...I love that feature !!! =
:-)









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> "Bob Worthy" <securinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > "Crash Gordon=AE" <NONE@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >  So, the next illogical event is; wife arms alarm system goes out of =
town,
> > hubby (who hardly ever uses the system all by himself) comes home =
and
> cannot
> > disarm the system, siren blaring, of course he doesn't remember his
> password
> > or his code...but he does freeking remember; where his wire cutters,
> > screwdriver, and ladder are. He opens the panel box and proceeds, =
not to
> > just disconnect one or two wires, but to cut every freeking wire in =
the
> box.
> >
> > I was dealing with a multiplexing type system where there was a =
connecting
> > block in the AC space in the apartment. The resident couldn't get =
the
> system
> > off and knowing where the technician was working during the install,
> > proceded to take a pair of scissors ( all metal) and start cutting =
any and
> > all wires in sight. Unfortunately when he got into a 110v line he =
ended up
> > on his ars being knocked off the metal step stool he was standing =
on.
> > Luckily his ego was the only thing that was hurt. I am just glad no =
one
> > instructed him to disconnect or cut any wires.
> >
> >
> > Then the phone call to me; YOUR alarm is screwed up YOU need to come =
and
> fix
> > YOUR alarm! (Implying: FOR FREE).
> >
> > There must have been a class in school about that. It seems everyone =
has
> the
> > same idea nation wide.
> >
> > Actually, sir, my alarm is fine...you bought the one you chopped up, =
you
> > will have to pay for repairs.
> >
> > "What are you a smart ars? I'm calling my attorney!"
> >
> > You can give them all the analogies in the world and they refuse to =
accept
> > the fact that they need to pay for service.
> >
> >  Yep..estimated repair time 3 hrs + parts.
> >
> > The problem is that they cannot understand, even though deep seeded =
in
> that
> > walnut of theirs they really do understand, why they got the system =
for
> > "free" (not necessarily in your example but what the industry has =
educated
> > the public to believe) and yet they have to pay for service.
> >
> > Moral?....fxxk if I know.
> >
> > I don't either
> >
> >
> > "Frank Olson" <feolson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > >
> > > "Crash Gordon=AE" <NONE@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > > You didn't notice the smiley at the end of my sentence.
> > >
> > > I don't like my clients tampering with system either...and I =
certainly
> > > wouldn't want to get sued because it didn't report or work =
properly
> after
> > > THEY mucked it up.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Heh...  Oh please, "Mr. Alarm Guy".  Come out and fix my system =
for free
> > > after I screwed it up.  After all I've been a good customer for =
four
> years
> > > now...
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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