Re: another newbie, what to do with this Brinks alarm system?

["alarman" <alarman2000@xxxxxxxxx>]

"J. @netscape.net>" <jsloud2001<removeme> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 3 Nov 2006 20:41:35 -0800, "alarman" <alarman2000@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>Where do you get the stones? Your company has totally fucked up this
>>industry, and it's perception by public and police. Now you have the
>>chutzpah to say:
>>
>
> It's not my company.  I don't own it.  The work that I do doesn't have
> anything to do with the low down residential lick and stick 2 doors
> and a motion illusion of security that's sold by ADT dealers and their
> corporate high volume residential program.  You're right about one
> thing, they're in business to make money and nothing else.  ANSC or
> RMR as you call it, is king.  Of course, long term profitability does
> require some level of competence, and ADT has been making money for a
> long time.  Personally,  I'm in business to make enough money to buy
> the things I need to support my family and hopefully retire before I
> hit 70.  Hopefully ADT/ Tyco does well and my stock earns a decent
> return.
>
> I know a lot of people in this industry working for a whole lot of
> different companies.  You can bash ADT all you want, but the vast
> majority of local and regional companies do business just like ADT.
> They use the same type of equipment.  The monitoring procedures are
> the same.  The pricing is very similar.  Contract language is the
> same.  The systems perform the same way.  What make's you so
> different?

Well, I care about the quality of the systems I install. Those systems are
reliable, and not prone to false alarm. I answer the telephone when people
call for service, even after hours. I look for ways to keep my costs down do
that I do not have to raise my monitoring prices every year. I don't promise
people things only to take it away with the small print in a contract. I
show up on time. I don't make people wait two weeks for service, and then
send out some dope who doesn't know what he's doing.
Shall I go on??
js