Re: False alarms

["Everywhere Man" <alarminstall@xxxxxxx>]

I am willing to pay any fine imposed on any of MY customers. I don't
deal with DIYers, and Mr. Schmoe recently signed up with Frank Olsen
for the installation of a Loxxon.

Crash Gordon wrote:
> So you are willing to pay fines for clients that are idiots and leave doors
> unlatched and blowing in the wind...or ones that refuse to buy a backup
> battery (the one they have is fine...even though it's 9 years old). ?
>
>  And, what about those diy'ers...you gonna pay for false alarms because Joe
> Schmoe fixed his own alarm system with a piece of chewing gum?
>
> yah..
>
>
> "Everywhere Man" <alarminstall@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1144702426.272614.144170@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> | Last week I was asked to address the local Chamber of Commerce
> | regarding false alarms.
> | Here's a brief article on the event.
> |
> | http://www.mvinquirer.com/chamber_meeting_of_april_6.htm
> |
> | What I would like to know is if I am alone in believing that if the
> | alarm company were to be fined we would have a greater control over the
> | amount of false alarms?
> | My belief is, as stated in the interview, that we have the ultimate
> | control over those who are not educated on how their alarm functions,
> | as well as those who have faulty systems, or are just chronic abusers.
> | How many fines would we need to get hit with before we say goodbye to
> | those who abuse their systems? Are we really hooked on that RMR so
> | badly that we will let the customer go wild?
> | How many fines would we need to be hit with before we make sure
> | everything is properly installed, and the customer knows exactly how it
> | works?
> | Fining the customer is a ridiculous solution that many cities employ.
> | Our greatest detractors (the police) would become our biggest advocates
> | if we could lower the current false alarm rate of 90+% to less than
> | 50%. At the rate we are going now the police will soon adopt no
> | response policies so we can't really ignore this.
> | In the end we would garner more business, and have less headaches.
> | I'd welcome your opinions.
> |