Re: Ademco Panels?

["Russell Brill" <russwbrill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Jim" <alarminex@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Jim Rojas wrote:
>> Every manufacturer has it's pros & cons. Ademco just leads the way when
>> it
>> comes to providing innovative products 10 years after everyone else has
>> done
>> so. I have been watching Ademco for over 20 years. It hasn't been pretty.
>> The ITI patent scandal was just a small part of what I have seen them do.
>> Even their original 100 series panels were "borrowed" from someone else's
>> hard work & sweat...again nothing new there.
>>
>> Ademco wireless is excellent, they offer a wide range of sensors, and
>> they
>> have a pretty solid panel line. Their unfair pricing & restricted
>> distribution channels are another story. It pisses me off when a
>> manufacturer distributes their own products, which then creates unfair
>> trade
>> & selling practices. But then again, that's Ademco for you. Ademco is
>> more
>> than willing to sell direct to your customers, even though they have no
>> "required" alarm license on file. Ademco is famous for shooting
>> themselves
>> in the foot with backdoor sales to local & government agencies, which
>> they
>> forgot originally came from their dealers.
>>
>> About 5 years ago, I received an order from a government agency for 1000
>> panic buttons. I made the mistake of placing the name of the buyer on the
>> PO. One week later, my order gets cancelled. Then I find out from the
>> person
>> I know from the government agency that Ademco sold the panic buttons
>> direct
>> to them for 30 percent less than my cost...real nice eh?
>>
>> Ademco has even hired a couple of surplus distributors with truckloads of
>> parts to sell off on eBay, instead of offering a good discount to their
>> dealers. Of course they will never admit to it, but a few regulars here
>> in
>> ASA have seen this for themselves. I scatch my head and try to figure out
>> why Ademco allows its surplus distributors to sell 5816 transmitters on
>> ebay
>> for $15-18 each, when they turn around and sell it to their remaining
>> faithful dealers for $24+ each...
>>
>> I stopped buying all products from ADI because of their BS pricing
>> structures. I now enjoy 50-75 percent discounts everyday, with no minimum
>> purchase orders, because I buy all my alarm products online.
>>
>> Jim Rojas
>>
>>
> I've been in this industry for 36 years and I'd have to say that Jim
> has hit it right on the money with his opinion of Ademco. It's business
> philosophy hasn't changed one bit since Morrice Colman started it, as
> Progress Electric prior to being purchased by Pittway, back in the
> 60's.  Ruthless, merciless and considering it's size and resources,
> always behind in technology and innovation, with only a couple of
> exceptions . Also, ADI is the biggest ruse in the alarm industry.
>
ADI seems to be charging retail prices on a lot of their inventory...