Re: NFPA's Creation of Security Standards/Codes

["Jim" <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

Russ Brill wrote:
> Hmmmmmm......... Silence ????? I must have struck a nerve with my
last
> comment....... I don't hear any of the usual static about how crappy
the
> Trunk Slammers have made the industry, and that's why we all need the
new
> codes BS..... If I'm not mistaken, Trunk Slammer CAN'T afford TV
commercials
> and Newspaper ads....... :^))
>
> "Russ Brill" <russwbrill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:Dybje.3369$X92.2277@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > I've said it before, and I'll say it again.......... UL HAS HAD
STANDARDS
> > FOR DECADES, NFPA is a day late and a dollar short when it comes to
the
> > Security System Standards realm... I also find it funny that some
of the
> BIG
> > boys on the block that have been dumping low-end crap on the market
for
> > decades, now suddenly want to have higher standards...... Give me a
break,
> > sounds like more regulation that the major players can use to screw
the
> > little guys with... After all, 70% of the industry is controlled by
the
> > majors, so I've come to the conclusion that 70% of the false alarm
problem
> > is CAUSED by the majors (Al you may print that)... Solution: ADT,
> Protection
> > One, & Brinks, why don't you guys get together and figure out the
problems
> > in your own backyards... BTW: Leave the little guys out of your
solutions
> to
> > your problems...
> >
> >     You see, the small dealer MUST answer directly to the Client,
the
> small
> > dealer can't pass a client from Sales to Service, from Service back
to
> some
> > customer representative that's never installed a system... When the
small
> > dealer's clients aren't happy because of false alarms & bad
service,
> he/she
> > NO longer gets referrals and gets a bad reputation... Bad
reputation
> usually
> > equals BANKRUPTCY... So one can come to the following conclusion:
The
> > remaining 30% of the industry (not including the Authorized Dealer
Whores)
> > that managed to stay in business over the years by using Yellow
Pages ads
> > and Word-of-mouth (i.e. referrals) must be doing some QUALITY work
&
> > CUSTOMER service, or they wouldn't be in business... Maybe the
majors can
> > clean up their BS by learning a thing or two from the little guys,
things
> > like being Honest, Doing what you said you'd do, and most
importantly,
> TREAT
> > YOUR CUSTOMERS LIKE HUMAN BEINGS....... AL you can print that
too...
> >
> > Just my 1/2 cent, Russ
> >

I'd reply, but you mentioned so many things that would require a
lengthy response, that at this late hour would be too arduous an effort
to try and sort out    :))))))

Gnite!