Re: DSC PC3000 Lockout

["Bob Worthy" <securinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Roland" <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > Sorta the same reaction I got from the Honeywell folks at the E House
Expo
> > in Orlando and they didn't hold anything back.
> I'd take all that with a grain of salt. If ADI wanted to get rid of Bass
or
> anyone selling like Bass they could turn off his account in an instant and
> let the lawyers hash it all out. ADI has more lawyers and more expensive
> ones I bet. Guess who'd win?
> I know of guys running various rep firms losing some lines they rep just
for
> telling the wrong joke around the big wigs at the companies of products
they
> rep. Everyone knows about the letters Bosch sent out kicking folks off the
> tit. It is not hard to do. So if everyone of these manufacturers and
supply
> houses has a story about Bass, it might be more for the listener's benefit
> and less a reflection of the real conditions of the business relationship
> Bass has with them. If Bass is moving any decent volume of their stuff,
and
> they haven't seen fit to boot him by now, I doubt they ever will. If you
> sell enough of their gear, they will invite you to a black tie ball and
let
> you attend in a g-string if you like, and still bill you as the guest of
> honor. In fact if ADI were to start booting folks using the 80% versus 20%
> rule, guys like Bass probably wouldn't be hurt, but it  might end up being
> that Bass' store was the only way to get parts for some folks here.

You are right in your assumptions. It isn't the people making those bottom
line decisions that are the ones that necessarily wish he would go away. It
is the ones that have to deal with him that have their own opinions. We all
know that we don't always like the people we have to deal with. However,
with that being said, it is the ones making the decisions on their bottom
line that have put some restrictions on him, which mostly have to do with
warranty issues. Again, to be fair, if he got that straightened out, great.