Re: Notifier

["Roland Moore" <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>I disagree.  I don't know about the branch
>where you are but there are several guys
>in my ADI branch who know various
>systems fairly well.

Ask them if they want to transfer to Texas. And if they can speak Spanish
(even with a Cuban accent) they're in for life. Just don't tell them no one
here eats fried bananas until after they get here.

"Robert L Bass" <no-sales-spam@bassburglaralarms> wrote in message
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>> ADI needs to know the SKU and the
>> price, and if they have it in stock and not much else...
>
> I disagree.  I don't know about the branch
> where you are but there are several guys
> in my ADI branch who know various
> systems fairly well.  They're not tech
> support gurus mind you, but they know
> the product capabilities.  They're more
> klnowledgeable than many at our other
> distributors.
>
>> Alarm company staff need to read the
>> installation manuals, not have it read
>> and explained to them over the phone
>> by the counter staff.
>
> Hehhehheh.  True indeed.  Because of
> Google I get a lot of calls from alarm
> dealers who think we're the manufacturer
> or at least a manufacturer's rep.  You
> should hear some of the questions we
> get.  The amazing thing is that these
> guys don't have the manufacturers'
> tech support numbers in their Rolodexes.
>
> [Note to those easily offended:  The
> above is not intended as a slam against
> installers in general.  I assume most do
> have the tech support phone numbers
> in their Rolodexes.]
>
>> Most parts houses know the type
>> company they're sell to. They know the difference between companies that
>> buy
>> direct from the manufacturers and work on keeping a knowledgeable staff
>> and
>> ones that don't. Getting to that level doesn't happen over night by
>> sprinkling
>> magic dusk or adopting an elitist attitude.
>
> Rats!  I was hoping that by being an elitist
> drop shipper I would automatically become
> an expert at everything.
>
>> It is certainly not diminished by being
>> thought of as elitist, especially by a
>> self described trunk slammer...
>
> I always thought the term, trunk slammer,
> was simply an insult hurled at smaller or
> newer competitors by people whose only
> selling point was that they work for a big,
> old company.
>
>> Some people have a different name for
>> what you refer to as elitist. I believe it
>> is called professional (elitist) or
>> knowledgeable professional (fucking
>> elitist).
>
> --
>
> Regards,
> Robert L Bass
>
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