Re: Question:

["Everywhere Man" <alarminstall@xxxxxxx>]

Seven years ago the story was my telemarketer called one of your
friends on a Friday night. Keep the stories kinda close, wouldya Pinky?


Robert L Bass wrote:
> > Forced out of business in Connecticut.??
>
> They caught him operating without a license.  He would have been able to get the
> license if he took the test and paid the small fee plus a hefty fine for
> operating without a license.  However, Fowler does not know the state contractor
> laws, has not studied NEC or NFPA72 and has almost no knowledge of basic
> electronics.  These are all required knowledge to pass the CT license exam.
>
> I know what's on the test because I held a CT contractor's license for 24 years.
> In all those years I never once had a complaint filed with consumer protection.
> Fowler had enough complaints to fill a suitcase, mostly related to false and
> misleading advertising.  Upon investigation the state found he was operating
> illegally and ordered him to stop.  Instead, he packed his own suitcase and
> moved on to more fertile fields.  He has done this before.  He'll do it again as
> soon as the NY state authorities catch up to him.  He doesn't have a valid
> electrical contractor's license there either.
>
> He left the state, moved to NY and set up shop there, claiming he had quit the
> business because his girlfriend died.  His MO consisted of hiring a few
> telemarketers to call every name in the directory offering a security system.  I
> got a good laugh early one Saturday morning when one of his girls called me at
> home.  When I explained that I owned an alarm company she went right on telling
> me what a great system Milford had to offer.  It took several tries before I got
> her to understand I wasn't interested.  Sure enough, several days later they
> called again ... same spiel.
>
> When I first told Fowler he needed a license to install in CT he said that he
> was not required to be licensed because he only ran short wires.  A state
> examiner told that he had stated on his application that he was a "home
> improvement" contractor.  He made no mention of the fact that his "home
> improvements" consisted of installing alarms because he knew that requires a
> license.
>
> I never bothered to file a complaint against him though perhaps I should have.
> It might have gotten him out of there a bit earlier, saving scores of consumers
> from being ripped off.  The "systems" he sold were useless junk.
>
>
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>
> Regards,
> Robert L Bass
>
> Bass Burglar Alarms
> The Online DIY Store
> http://www.BassBurglarAlarms.com
>
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>
> Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.