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

["mikey" <loismustdie@xxxxxxxx>]

If you're uncomfortable discusing it, pardon me for asking but the scenario
intrigues.
How did you negotiate your salary with company and how did you arrive at a
consulting fee,
wouldn't they just send you to your own accounts to fix them? :-)

"Stanley Barthfarkle" <sbarth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> > Stanley....
> >
> > who does your monitoring for your customers?  I doubt you have your own
> > Central Station.
>
>
> When I had an alarm company proper from 96 to 99, I contracted to
> Emergency24 in Chicago for $4.50 per month per account. I charged $14.95
per
> month with 30 day written cancellation notice at anytime. I never had a
> customer leave who wasn't moving. I got 24X monthly RMR for about 100
> accounts when I closed the business because of our customer's complete
> satisfaction, and because I went to work as an employee (with a
consultant's
> fee for 2 yrs for my old accounts) for the local company (10,000+ accts,
not
> a "dealer" for anyone else) that I sold the accounts to. They signed new 1
> yr agreements with them, and most are still there, but have gone up to a
> little over $20/mo now. Didn't make enough to retire, but made a nice down
> payment on our rental properties, which provide a nice steady nest egg
> builder.
>
>