Re: Want to move Brinks keypad

["alarman" <alarman2000@xxxxxxxxx>]

R.H.Campbell wrote:
> Mike, for crying out loud, how many times do I have to repeat myself:
> I don't give free service. It's built in to my rate - period ! As is
> my warranty ! And if I come across as irritable, I apologize, but
> I've just done my thing with the tax department and I am some pissed
> off right now. I gave over half my business income to the government
> last year. I had to sit down with a Chartered Accountant to do some
> long range tax planning, for no other reason than I'm making too damn
> much money. What the hell's the point of running a business if the
> government steals more than half of it, and then pisses it away with
> idiotic programs like the long gun registry, or steals it through the
> Sponsorship Program...
>
> No, I don't give a damn what all the other local dealers say about my
> "too low monitoring rate". And the fact that I don't nickel and dime
> them for every little thing !! I did a calculation...if I raised my
> rate to fair market rate of $20 monthly, I'd make $75K more per year
> and give the fu**ing tax department about $50K of that. Screw them !
> I'd rather give it back to my customers in lower prices !!
>
> So lay off the "free service" sh*t please ! If you feel you have to
> charge for every little visit, be my guest ! Run your business the
> way you see fit and I'll do the same. Either way, we'll both continue
> to beat the crap out of Big Blue in the process...hell they're no
> real competition. Other small dealers are the only real competition.
> If I lose to them, I don't really care; at least the customer will
> have a better chance at getting a decent system than dealing with the
> Borg..
>
> RHC

Dang!
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