Re: Danger - Independent Alarm Dealers

["CondoMaximum" <nospam@xxxxxxx>]

so you're saying that it all comes down to the INSTALLERS?    whether an
company sucks or not?      sonicdick take note

"Nick Markowitz" <nick-markowitz@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I worked for 2 independant dealers in the ADT program one did an excellent
> job on his installs and treated his subs great. He did not meet the
> quotion
> every month for installs so ADT dropped him of all the installs he did 70%
> did not sign back up as the buisneses failed people moved or were
> completely
> disatisfied how ADT treated them.
> The other dealer  worked for did not give a damm about his installs how
> they
> went in and was still a dealer last i heard of the systems i put in for
> him
> again better than 90%  of the systems i put in for him did not renew
> becuse
> people moved , did not pay for there service ,went out of buisness or were
> completely disatisfied with ADT
> Compared to myself which I loose 2% a year due to resident selling there
> home and new owner using there own company they like or person has passed
> away or they do not want a burglar alarm which is whati suspect in many
> cases they pu the alarm in the house for the insurance discount and never
> use it. .
> Personelly I will be glad when I have no more residential left.But i stay
> dedicated to them till they move or or pass on. I have lost 5% of all
> comercail installs I have done over 25 years.buisness has failed or moved
> and new person moing in has own company or does not want an alarm.
>
> Yes at one time I did respect ADT  as I once worked for Holmes  but both
> companys went to shit over greed.
> I saw the Pittsburgh Holmes branch  which at one time in the early 70's
> had
> most of the burg market in Pitsburgh loose 25% of its customers due to
> poor
> service the 6 months I was there and eventualy they sold to Vector What
> was
> left which was
> maybe 1000 accounts
> And after I had dealings with ADT trying to get them to set 16 apartmet
> buildings in Monroeville  in 1986 on to there Mcullogh Loop to meet
> Monroevilles tough fire codes at the time and watched one tech after
> another
> come out and look and be totally bewildered and do nothing and then try to
> charge us is when i lost all faith with ADT in 1987 they did eventualy get
> the panels working on the loop after they damaged all 16 fire panels and
> had
> to replace them when they hooked high voltage into them . They also got
> charged  by Bell Of Pa. now Verison for stealing phone lines with out
> paying
> for them in the complex and the matter was settled out of court.
> Yes ADT has wronged alot of people but i can tell you just as many horror
> stories about independants who jammed it to customers too.
>
> It all comesdown to who is doing the install how the equiptment is
> installed
> how much the customer is willing to spend.vs how much the dealer makes on
> an
> install . even cheap equiptment works when installed and maintained
> properly.But i try to stay away from lower priced panels and equiptment as
> I
> do all commecail industrial at this point .
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