Re: NFPA's Creation of Security Standards/Codes

[Crash Gordon® <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yep..and that's why I only do customs now..quit tracts 10 years ago. =
They did give me a nice customer base though.


"Bob Worthy" <securinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message =
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> "Jim" <alarminex@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Crash Gordon=AE wrote:
> > Welp, we don't have but a handful of unions out here...but yah =
you're
> probably right. I KNOW the residential builders won't go for higher
> prices..so homes will not be available with systems already installed.
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> The fast track builders can go suck hide tit. They are whores that =
won't and
> don't pay anyway. Who needs them. They are nothing but grief and =
aggrevation
> and have put more than one good company out of business. The best move =
I
> ever made was to stop dealing with these type of builders and they =
wonder
> why I wouldn't take their calls, anymore. "Whats da madder, ya don't =
want my
> business?" Yup, that's right, loose my number. I got tired of getting =
beat
> up on every bid and then waiting and waiting and waiting for payment.
> Jumping through hoops for their superintendents because of their piss =
poor
> scheduling and then hearing that I am holding them up. They have =
absolutely
> no professionalism, using the same language on the phone with the =
women in
> our office as they do out in the field. I often wondered where they =
find
> these dregs. They are like hound dogs, you let them in your house and =
they
> piss on your coffee table. What is funny is that they are like little =
kids,
> they want what they can't have. They still keep calling. "Hey dawg, I =
have
> another project comin' out of the ground." GO AWAY! On the other hand, =
I do
> have some very good custom builders that are 180 degrees in the other
> direction. Very professional, organized, great to deal with, and pay. =
I
> would have to do numerous fast track houses to equal one custom as far =
as
> value per house.
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> I'll bet that the companys with trade unions that you DO have, are the
> companys that get the majority of the municipal, city town and state
> contracts though.
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> If a federal or state funded job has to be done in the area and there
> aren't any union companys there, they're farmed in from another area
> and even from other states.
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> Sometimes but usually licensing laws will prohibit it. What I have
> experienced however, on the prison work we have done, is that we go =
through
> a wage audit to make sure we are paying prevailing wage.
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>  Check it out. Unions are subdued nowadays,
> but they're still in bed with the politcians. They've still got the
> block voting power and funding the politicos love.
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> True, NECA (National Electrical Contractors Association), which is the =
union
> group, is alive and well and have paid lobbyist anywhere they are =
trying to
> gain a foothold on any issue they have interest in. Deal with them all =
the
> time in Tallahassee, FL. during legislative session. Some times with =
them
> and sometimes against them, depending on the issue. They know how to =
play
> the game...........grease, grease, grease those palms.
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> Bob4Secur
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