Re: Problem with ADT Security Company

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

Yup ! It's always the same guys time over time, and I figured some time ago,
they simply weren't worth the aggravation. And they were always small,
corner pizza parlours or some such thing iffy enterprise. So a year ago, I
finally had enough, and I sent them all a registered letter telling them I
was terminating their service in one month, and to find another dealer.
Surprisingly, only one of them called to complain; they KNEW why I was doing
it, and figured if I was fool enough to put up with their poor pay habits,
then they'd continue along until I got fed up. I did it and sleep a lot
better (plus it was 15 less customers I had to actively bill each half
year). Since then, I've refined my business plan to not take on any kind of
business venture unless I have the guys home system prior to him starting
the business.

When I went back sometime later to the guys I'd disconnected, almost all of
them had signed up with a disreputable dealer here in town we all call
"Jimmy the sleaze". I had to laugh...these guys really deserve each
other...:)))

Unfortunately, the kind of people who run marginal operations are also the
kind of people who don't deal with others straight up and honest. I feel
like you do; if they explain the nature of the problem, I've carried people
who lose their jobs for periods as long as a year. Unfortunately again, a
lot of them end up losing their homes and have to sell, so I'm out that
period of lost revenue. But really, so what !

Crash, I like your style !!

RHC

"Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Qou6f.4$yz4.950@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I usuallly don't...they get warned and then shut off at the end of the 2nd
> deliquent quarter. What irks me the most is that if they would only call
> and
> let me know what's up I'd work with them, it's when I'm ignored I feel
> dissed and get really pissed. I only have 3 scheduled for nastiness on the
> 30th...not too bad. It's usually the same few accounts too.
>
>
> "R.H.Campbell" <rh.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:BY2dnX4aIubF-sfeRVn-tg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> | Ouch ! Not a good idea to let them get so far behind if you can avoid it
> | obviously. I've moved totally away from standard billing to automatic
> | billing (void cheque out of their bank account). Some won't buy it, but
> most
> | don't mind as long as they know I control it, and it sure cuts down on
> | defaulting payments.....
> |
> | Only downside is that I sometimes have to refund them a month's advance
> | billing if they discontinue service....move away etc...no big deal !
> |
> | RHC
> |
> | "Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> | news:IEs6f.21$9i2.3755@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> | > You don't *have" to execute every nuance of a contract...I let people
> out
> | > of
> | > contracts all the time...why?...I get their next house or
> business...or
> | > sometimes people fall on hard times temporarily...they come back later
> if
> | > you're not a bastid abt it.
> | >
> | > It's a different story if they owe me  3 quarters of monitoring and
> want
> | > to
> | > cancel though!
> |
> |
> |
>
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