Trouble cyphering the Guzzintas

["Everywhere Man" <alarminstall@xxxxxxx>]

These posts need a V8

The first two were from the same thread. Anyone know who the author
was?

1- Having been installing and servicing alarms since before the 1980's,
I'm
well aware of the above.  I explained how I accomplished the job
several
years ago -- prior to any changes -- using the panel which the OP
described.

2- "Seeing as" I installed security systems for over 20 years and held
a CT
contractor's license I guess I was qualified at the time.  I no longer
install for a living but I can certainly instruct DIYers.

3-
"Since you don't even have a license you're in no position to judge my
qualifications.  However, your oft-repeated lie about the extent of my
experience is way off.  I operated an alarm company in CT for over 20
years.
Until I had sufficient hours to get my own ticket I employed an E1
licensed
electrical contractor.  I took and pssed boith the journeyman (L6) and
contractor (L5) exams, obtained my license and continued to operate
their
until I moved to Florida a little more than three years ago."

4-  I've been in this trade for over 26 years.  I've never been sued
yet.  It
sounds like you've been in the trade a relatively short time and you're

totally unconcerned about the biggest problem the industry faces.  You
blithely pass off the false alarms you cause with a "so what" attitude.


5- I've been in the trade 20 years.  I don't recall ever typing 30
years but if
I did it would have been a typing error.  Perhaps you have noticed that
my
typing skills leave somewhat to be desired.

6- My primary area is security.  I do some commercial fire, some access
control
and a fair bit of CCTV.  I've installed, repaired or done service calls

literally thousands of times over the 26 years I've been in the trade.
I've
done countless takeovers from everyone from local shops to ADT, Brinks
(rip
out and toss junk; install real system) and every major player in the
Northeast.  I've worked on evwerything from ancient Holmes systems with

McCullough (sp?) transmitters to tape dialers to modern,
multi-partition
systems with hundreds of sensors.  And I can and have pulled wire in
places
most guys would slap a wireless transmitter.

7- I've been in the trade for 23 years now. Although I've nothing
against it, I
never used a telemarketer.

8- I've been in this trade with you for 25 years.  I respect guys who
do a good
service for their clients.  I think you know that I respect you
personally
though we've sometimes disagreed on a few things.  However, that still
doesn't make alarm installation particularly complex or difficult to
learn.
I've been teaching amateurs (DIY'rs) to do it successfully for decades.


9- I've been in business over 28 years and I can
assure you I know sales tax laws.

10- I don't fault you for doing what you believe is right, Paul.  I
hope you
won't take it personally if I still disagree with you as to the size of
the
problem.  Bear in mind, please, that I've been in the trade over 25
years.
I know of several much larger loop holes in the typical modern alarm
system.

11- I've been in this trade for 26 years.  Although no one can possibly
know
what *everyone* charges, I do know that there are way too many that
charge
way too much based on what I've seen going on for over a qarter
century.

12- I've been in the trade
for 28 years and have had an Internet store for 8 years now.  In the
early
years online sales were probably less than 0.1% (figure picked from
midair)
of the trade.  Now there are tens of thousands of online dealers
selling
alarms all over the country.  If a small dealer like me can sell better
than
$1.5 million a year, think what the total online alarm sales must be.
Companies like Nassau and Norco do even more than I do (but not for
long).
Smarthome, probably the highest priced online dealer, sells close to
$2M per
month.