Re: Same Old Northern

["Mark Leuck" <m..leuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Both were bought by Pittway who was bought by Honeywell

Anyone notice we still call Honeywell stuff Ademco and GE stuff ITI or
Caddx?

"Jim Rojas" <jrojas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Northern was gobbled up by Pittway or Honeywell, I forgot which. This
> usually happens to companies that forget who there customers are.
>
> When ADI started selling direct to non alarm dealers, I knew they were in
> trouble, and it would be just a matter of time when ADI would be sold. Low
> and behold they were acquired by Honeywell 4 years later.
>
> Jim Rojas
>
> "Robert L. Bass" <robertlbass@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >> Oh, yeah.  I remember those guys.  Haven't got a call from them in
years
> >> thank goodness.  They were the guys who wanted you to fill out a multi
> >> page
> >> credit ap, send complete copies of all your financial documents, pledge
> >> your
> >> first born, secure everything with a credit card, and swear an oath of
> >> fealty so they could sell to you COD.  LOL.  I never bought a single
> >> thing
> >> from them.  Are they still around?  If so I am sure they didn't miss my
> >> business.
> >
> > Oh, yes.  That was them alright.  They were the worst PITA we ever dealt
> > with.  They would ship the wrong component and then refuse to give full
> > credit when I returned it.  I don't know if they're still around or not.
> > They were big in telecomm and I was doing interconnect work in those
days
> > so it was nice having some of the lines.  It seemed as though they all
> > took Jiminex' "How to Annoy Friends and Irritate Victims" class.  :^)
> >
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