Re: Monthly Rates

[Jim <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Apr 21, 9:36=EF=BF=BDam, "Just Looking" <S...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It seems in different parts of the country there may be a considerable
> difference in monthly charges for monitoring services.
> Since Alarm.com and Total Connect services pile on more fees it seems ther=
e
> is getting to be more of a spread in pricing between companies offering
> similar services.
> Any guess as to what percentage of dealers offer these kinds of extra
> services? What type customers seem most interested in those types services=
?

Through the years it has seemed to me that the monitoring rates
through installing companys has been lower on the east coast than on
the west. When the "Lick n Stick" companys started here ( I was
getting $18.00 per month) , their monthly prices were higher but the
general public didn't make the connection between getting a "free"
system and paying a higher monthly, so the regular installing companys
began raising their prices (I guess) because there was so much of the
higher prices being quoted by the "Lick n Sticks". (again, I guess)
After someone got a monitoring quote from the "Lick n Sticks" the
public thought they were getting a bargin with the lower monitoring
price from the regular intallers...... even though it was higher than
it was before the "L n S's" started in the area.

I'm getting $22.00 to $25.00 now but that was what I heard was
"normal" for the west coast a number of years ago. I'd presume it's
higher out there now. That's just for straight monitoring for
residential and small commercial. I don't do large commercial or fire
anymore and have rid myself of those accounts and as a matter of fact,
do as little commercial as possible. Have radio backup accounts
(additional $18.00 per month)  and some opening and closings which
I'll get $45.00 to $48.00 per month (including alarm monitoring) ,
depending upon the detail of the reports. These prices are about
average or a little higher, for around here, as close as I can tell.