Re: Question about buying alarm accounts

["Mr.Double-sided tape" <alarminstall@xxxxxxx>]

I couldn't resist :-)

Russell Brill wrote:
> Oh nooooooooooo, you had to go there, didn't ya........
>
> "Mr.Double-sided tape" <alarminstall@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1137638238.203478.16260@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Save your money. There's no need to buy existing accounts.
> > Those accounts will run you close to $50,000.00 and the law of averages
> > says at least 20% of them are crap. Rather than blow 50k on someone
> > else's headache use it to fund equipment/overhead on new accounts.
> > If you really want to make some money just have Bob Campbell set you up
> > as an area rep in his Loxxon Authorized Dealer territory.
> >
> > Stephane Laviolette wrote:
> >> true its not much
> >> but i'll be starting on my own
> >> 100 accounts could give me a good start by at least paying for my store
> >> rent
> >> or part of it
> >> but the technical aspect I got warned about already..
> >> and it makes sense, it could be alll junk
> >>
> >>
> >> "Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:LTszf.13$I35.31@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > Be really really rweally careful - if they're junk installs, or slow
> >> > pays,
> >> > you're buying a headache.
> >> >
> >> > 100 accounts is not very many for a "jumpstart"...you could easily do
> >> > that
> >> > in 6 months with a couple of installers on your own. Besides it aint
> >> > much
> >> of
> >> > a monthly income after you pay monitoring and billing costs and taxes.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "Stephane Laviolette" <manouche_j@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> > news:AHizf.48528$Fl2.1205627@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > | Hi
> >> > |
> >> > | I hope this is the right place to ask this question...
> >> > |
> >> > | Well i'm looking to get into alarm sales & monitoring and may have an
> >> > | opportunity to purchase existing alarm account.
> >> > | If contracts have 12 + months remaining and charge 16$ monthly what
> >> > do
> >> you
> >> > | thin is a resonnable price to buy 100 or so of these accounts ?
> >> > | This would be great and give us a jump start and a steady monthly
> >> income.
> >> > | any advice would be appreciated
> >> > |
> >> > | Stephane
> >> > |
> >> > |
> >> > |
> >> >
> >> >
> >