Re: $500 budget - hmmm...

["Nick Markowitz Jr." <nick-markowitz@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is the type of customer I say goodbye and will not spend another minute
on. Obviously they do not care about there clients and they will be out of
buisness with in months if the break ins keep happening and word gets out.
There is nothing you can say or do to convince them securty is important.
Like my grandfather said "let assholes be assholes sooner or later they
shoot them selves in there own foot."
I have a policy when I go out and a customer asks me pricing and I see how
he reacts that it is too much and I know the price is a bargain then its
time  I say good bye and move on and tell them to open the phone book and
throw the dart and find another dealer. I will not waste my time dealing
with cheapskates and imbesilles. When there is a whole world of people out
there who need my services and realise there value.
I just love people who call and want to know what I include in my free alarm
systems. I politely tell them I do not offer free systems and please call
some one else and hang up the phone. I will not waste my time. Im busy
enough as it is.



"Squirrelly" <patrick.hurley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Mar 23, 4:44 pm, Moe Szyslak <n...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> So I get a call from a mini-storage place, they need some "motion
>> detectors".  I go there and meet the lackey and he tells me that 52
>> units were burglarized on Christmas day, since then it has gotten
>> *worse*.  He lives on site!  He said the perps. are possibly staying
>> in a unit then waiting for closing time and hopping units overhead
>> (there is about 12" of clearance between the walls on top).
>>
>> So this guy (manager) wants to solve this little problem, but he has a
>> $500 budget directive from the owner!  Now, what kind of owner would
>> let 52 units -> yes, FIFTY TWO <- get ripped off at Christmas and just
>> NOW want something done for an unrealistic price?  I'll tell you -
>> this guy must be a real gem, I have not met him and don't want to.
>>
>> The bad thing is I can't help him right now because he needs to meet
>> the physical needs first.  There is insufficient lighting,
>> non-existent access control, and no physical barriers to the property.
>> Man, it's a wonder there are any tenants at all.  I thought about
>> quoting something below $500, but I can't think of anything that would
>> come close to what they need in that price, a DVR costs me twice that.
>> I just can't believe this guy has a two-page yellow page spread and
>> won't even provide security for his customers.
>
> I do security for myself and as a service for local businesses and
> schools for free when they are concerned about getting ripped off or
> have been ripped off.  There was a jewelry store that got robbed so I
> called them and told them that I would help them for free to purchase
> a system.  This lady sat there while I told her what she needed for a
> DVR, cameras and I even called a reseller of the gear and he specified
> what she ought to buy, most of which I have bought for myself.   I
> even offered her my old $1000 4 channel DVR for $400 and she just sat
> there.   In my mind she was either stupid, untrusting, scared or
> cheap.    I wouldn't spend more than 5 minutes on the phone with a
> customer if when I ask them what there budget is, they said $500.    I
> would tell them, you can't get here from there.   Here is my number,
> give me a call when your budget reaches at least $4000.
>