Re: A little vent

[Jim Rojas <jrojas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I was recently introduced to a potential customer by a neighbor. Turns
out he is a drywall texture contractor and owns 3 homes. I go to his
home to size up his existing system that doesn't work. He has a Moose
Z1100 that was installed 20+ years ago. I also observed all the new tile
work and cut wires throughout the house which use to be wall to wall
carpeted.

The home is an older ranch style with very little to no attic access.
Not enough space to reinstall a hardwired system without some major time
& labor expense.  So being the guy that I am, I quoted him a flat $500
just in parts to get an Ademco Vista20P hybrid system installed. I
explained that all wiring will either be replaced, or a wireless
transmitter would be placed in areas that I cannot easily get a wire to.

As expected, he balked at the price, and started spewing crap about a
Home Depot security system. He then showed me ads from ADT & Brinks for
there famous $99 lick and stick systems...So I got back in my truck and
drove off knowing that this guy was a fool. Here I was willing to give
away my free time to this guy, which was obviously not worth anything to
him. I was willing to help this guy out, and waive any monitoring
agreement which I already suspected he didn't want to begin with. This
is all too common here in Florida.

Jim Rojas



Bob La Londe wrote:
> Been there, done that, shot the messenger. (I wish.)
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> "ABLE_1" <royboynospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Last week a customer that I had installed a system in his newly built
> house
>> back in 2002 (5 Years ago) called and said he would like to get the system
>> set up for monitoring.  Said his wife is pregnant and they decided it
> would
>> be good to start using the system now that the baby is on the way.  He
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>> on to say that they have not ever used the system since it was installed.
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>> I had him arm the system and to trip the alarm just make sure things
> worked
>> while he was on the phone.  Just wanted to see if he remembered his code.
>> He did and it didn't trip.  Neither a door or a motion.  So I said that I
>> would try and connect to the system and check the program and history to
> see
>> if there was a problem.
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>> I tried to connect later and the panel would not pick up.   So I called
> him
>> direct to see if he could help with the connect.  That is when he informed
>> me that he no longer has a landline.  He has VONAGE *&^&^%*#.   So I said
>> well I will have to come out next week and see what is going on and come
> up
>> with some other options for the monitoring.
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>> Today I called and said that I would have the time today to stop out and
>> check the system.  He says he will be home and it would be ok.
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>> Then he says.  Is there going to be a charge for this????????
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>> When I said YES!!  Well we haven't used the system in 5 years I don't see
>> why there should be a problem.  Well don't bother coming out then.
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>> I said well if you bought a brand new car and left it sit in a garage for
> 5
>> years and didn't run it would you think it was going to start???
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>> He says Yes I would think so.
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>> I said well it won't since the battery is dead and the gas has turned to
>> sludge and the tires are dry rotted.
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>> What is it with some people?????
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>> I wrote this for a couple of reasons.  First: To get it out of my system.
>> Second: For all the alarm guys here to read, smile, and shake there heads.
>> Third: For those home owners that come here and hopefully will have a
> little
>> better understanding of REALITY.
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>> Ok, vent over.  You may now return to your regular scheduled program.
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>> Les
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