Re: Devcon Buys Out Coastal Security, Adelphia, & Guardian

["R.H.Campbell" <rh.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ok, I get it now, but sometimes your humour is "oblique" to say the
least...:))

BTW, while we're talking about your not agreeing with my business approach,
how about you tell me how you handle your Medical Alert business. You
install leased equipment, so it costs you perhaps a couple of hundred
dollars to install it, then you lease the pendant for $40 a month. What
happens when the old doll croaks after six months ? Do you sue the estate
for the balance of your contract, or take compassion on the family, and just
go out and remove the hardware ? So six months, you make....6 times $40 less
your cost of installation AND removal leaving you exactly ...what ? And how
do you handle the Elizabeth Frye societies of the world who give the same
service for free ???

So I spend (for example) $500 worth of equipment AND labour in one day and
walk out with $1000. Say, the client leaves after 6 months (which probably
happens less often than a aged client of yours dies), and I have only made
an additional $54 of profit on those same six months. So I walk away with
$554....Who's kidding who ?

Now I realize this pricing example may be taking things out of context a
bit, Your clients don't die all that often, and my clients don't leave me
that often....again, no flame intended, so things would level out over time.
However, don't throw stones while you live in a glass house.

But I would be curious how our business approaches differ that much. Neither
of us has "guaranteed longevity" (especially your business customers, most
of whom likely have one foot in the grave already...:)))
Mine usually stick around for five to ten years...

Do I think you're crazy ? No !  I don't know the details of how you do it,
but I don't condemn you for your business approach. Try to think "outside
the box"....

RHC

"mikey" <loismustdie@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:3tKdnTfui8x-BxbeRVn-gQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I gather you do not remember those commercials. It was bleach or something.
> The white knight gallops along from clothesline to clothesline zapping
> things
> like sheets and undies and stuff. The bored 50s stay-at-home moms are
> frothing at the mouth as the guy zaps their cothes to whiter than white,
> one lucky gal gets the shirt that she's actually wearing zapped, man,
> that's the climax of the commercial, you don't remember it !?!?
>
> Anyways... the Knight from White Knight Security & Window Bars
> gallops along zapping ADT yard signs... jeeeze, no sense of ha ha
>
> "R.H.Campbell" <rh.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:kdOdnW67bcMhCRbeRVn-iA@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> No, I'm not in the least bit upset over anything he says. I would have to
>> care to be upset ! I hardly call his posts eloquent ...long winded for
>> sure...
>>
>> Mikey, feel free to run your business anyhow you see fit. Lock 'em up
> tight
>> if that suits you and your customers buy it ! I've never suggested my way
> is
>> the only way, or the right way for most people. It's just the way I do
>> it,
>> and it works for me ! And when your company is even close to as big as
> mine,
>> come see me for some other revolutionary new ideas that run "against the
>> grain", or by that time, just watch my son.!!...
>>
>> As for the rest of your post ???....man, what have you been smoking
>> guy...:))
>>
>> RHC
>>
>> "mikey" <loismustdie@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:ir2dnXQDOLuhGhbeRVn-pA@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Oh, you're just upset that he colourfully tore you a new one.
>> > I agree with almost all of it but would never express it quite so
>> > eloquently
>> > :-)
>> > And I've heard it from other dealers, wholesalers and suppliers.
>> > So? What's the big deal?
>> > You chose to live in a modest 4 bedroom home in an okay location
>> > instead of small mansion on the river, that's your choice, right?
>> > They make really nice Harley's these days but if you'd rather give that
>> > stuff to your customers, who are we to judge?
>> > I've heard of Silent Knight but I don't think White Night is taken,
>> > man, think of the logo...
>> > remember those old commercials where the knight zapped the clothes
>> > on the clothesline?!?
>> > the knight could ride by zapping ADT yard signs...
>> > I think yer crazy, Bob but those guys sometimes end up as mayors
>> > so it's not like this is a flame or nuthin'
>> >
>> >
>> > "R.H.Campbell" <rh.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> > news:RNOdnVD58bOB5BbeRVn-sA@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> "Jim" <alarminex@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> news:1133205364.104633.224420@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >>
>> >> Well, I'm BAAAAAACCCK and I just couldn't resist responding to this
>> >>  pile of shit.
>> >>
>> >> RHC: With more no doubt !!
>> >>
>> >> Really? Well I think you're a stupid son of a bitch too.
>> >>
>> >> RHC: You have a right to your opinion; however, the feeling is mutual
> in
>> >> some respects. Those who have little to say about things and have to
>> > respond
>> >> with personal insults are the ones who can't back up the worth of what
>> > they
>> >> say...
>> >>
>> >> You make assumptions and exemplify your stupidity and lack of business
>> >> acumen
>> >>
>> >> RHC: Yeah, right, I ran a small part of a large business venture for
>> >> 27
>> >> years with 60 some employees under my pervue and $850 million dollars
>> > worth
>> >> of revenues, and I'm the stupid one....:)) Plus I've had two other
> small
>> >> businesses that were both quite successful, and I can't run this
>> >> one....hmmmm.... yeah, very good....nice try !
>> >>
>> >> Frankly, I didn't bother to read the rest of your diatribe. I've heard
> it
>> >> before ad nauseum !  And the constant insults just add to the fact
>> >> that
>> > you
>> >> are really not worth responding to. It's a free newsgroup ! Say what
> you
>> >> wish; however, your conduct here speaks highly of the worth of your
>> >> input.
>> >> And I care so little about what you think that frankly, responding to
>> >> your
>> >> comments is just not worth the time it takes...
>> >>
>> >> Jim, you are one really classy guy....
>> >>
>> >> RHC
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I choose Polesoft Lockspam to fight spam, and you?
>> >> http://www.polesoft.com/refer.html
>> >>
>> >>
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