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

["mikey" <loismustdie@xxxxxxxx>]

Many a truth is said in jest. I've seen feuds flare up over
nothing in here and I'd regret us taking that route so I like
to soften my stance with humour. But I really can see you on
that horse.

I would like to be making more money, Bob and if I could,
I'd charge more. I charge what I think the market will bear. It's
pretty much a given you could charge more, I can't.
Hence the jibes. I can't sit here and
listen to you jump all over the "free" systems when you provide
"free" service. To me, free service and cheap monitoring over
a 10 year period is a very similar business model.

And yes, my attrition is horrible... I've had units in for less than 2
months!


"R.H.Campbell" <rh.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:yYudnQaBY62EKhbeRVn-ig@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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> >> >
> >> >
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