Re: Installing alarm system on a 'prewired' house

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I had a very similar sales call once...XXX guy said they'd use a wireless
system. I said why spend all that money?..the house is prewired! (I had
prewired it)...the XXX guy never even looked! No brainer that I got the job.


"Robert L Bass" <sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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|> Yah probably as bad as one of my salesguys going out to a huge house and
| > bidding the job based on the fact that all doors/windows had contacts.
NOT !
|
| One of my favorite sales calls was a couple in a rural town in
| Connecticut.  They'd scheduled an "authorized dealer" sales rep
| to make his presentation several hours before me.  He showed up a
| little late -- understandable sine the place was somewhat out in
| the boondocks.  He was still there when I arrived.
|
| I got there a few minutes early and saw his car in the driveway
| so I waited a few minutes and then just walked up and rang the
| bell.  The other guy was miffed that I was interrupting his
| pitch... er, security survey.  Oh, well.
|
| Anyway, the fun part came a few minutes into my presentation.  As
| I walked around the house I explained how we would protect each
| window and door, where we'd place motion, glass breakage and
| smoke detectors, etc.  The homeowner asked if I was going to use
| wireless.  I said no, we prefer to hard-wire our systems.  He
| said that, "ADT says they can't wire this king of house because
| it's a raised ranch" with a finished basement.
|
| I had already wired plenty of similar homes so I just said,
| "Maybe they can't but I've done it plenty of times.  It's really
| not a problem."  Needless to say, I got the job.  Some of these
| competing salesman can be real blessing... for their competitors.
| :^)
|
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|
| Regards,
| Robert L Bass
|
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