Re: removing zones from ADT system

[Jim <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Jul 2, 9:42=EF=BF=BDpm, "FIRETEK" <firetech-aka-"bug"(change-the-ch-to-k-=

and-drop-aka-"bug")@telus.net> wrote:
> "Robert L Bass" <Sa...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in messagenews:l_SdnT2=
bVfwYt_bVnZ2dnUVZ_g2dnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> > "FIRETEK" <fire...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > > ... Perhaps some of you are familiar with "The Art/Science of Selling
> Alarm
> > > Systems" by Norman Eisenstat.
>
> > I attended a seminar by Eisenstat once. =EF=BF=BDThe man was neither an =
artist nor
> a
> > scientist. =EF=BF=BDHe was an obscene, high-pressure salesman of the wor=
st kind.
>
> And you haven't been "obscene" or "high pressure"??
>
> > He advocated lying to customers about virtually everything.
>
> And you haven't told a single lie?
>
>
>
> > The truly disgusting
> > thing was seeing many of my competitors avidly taking notes. =EF=BF=BDAf=
ter about
> 15
> > minutes I walked out.
>
> You missed the part where your employee stayed to take the very notes you'=
re
> making use of today.
>
>
>
>
>
> > > "Beware of the big bad burglars!" only with Bass it's "Beware of the b=
ig
> bad
> > > alarm companies and all those highly paid technicians that are just ou=
t
> to
> > > gouge you!"
>
> > You guys have it all wrong. =EF=BF=BDI love big, bad alarm companies and=
 overpaid
> > technicians. =EF=BF=BDCustomers who get tired of being gouged start to c=
onsider
> DIY
> > solutions. =EF=BF=BDBy all means continue to overcharge your vict... er,=
 clients.
> > Keep right on installing those inadequate, lick'n'stick alarms. =EF=BF=
=BDAll that
> > sloppy workmanship and total disregard for your customers' security just=

> > creates more business for those of us who actually care about our client=
s,
> > especially those with DIY stores likewww.BassBurglarAlarms.com.
>
> Classic Eisenstat.
>
>
>
>
>
> > > The trick is to make sure he establishes a big enough "fear index" to
> make
> > > the customer _want_ to "do-it-yourself".
>
> > There's no need for me to even bother. =EF=BF=BDYou're doing a bang-up j=
ob of
> driving
> > homeowners and businesses my way without any help from me. =EF=BF=BDAll =
I have to
> do
> > is offer professional systems at about 1/2 to 1/4 the price alarm
> companies
> > charge and they stream into mywww.BassHome.comwebsite.
>
> But your prices are ridiculously high when it comes to fire alarm product.=

> And in most states (and provinces), the "homeowners and businesses" couldn=
't
> install them anyway.
>
>
>
> > > I figure Bass has you all beat.
>
> > More precisely, you're beating yourself.
>
> Now you're being "obscene".
>
>
>
>
>
> > > I'd advise to retire now before you get that pink slip. =EF=BF=BD;)
>
> > Don't bring Cracker into the conversation. =EF=BF=BDThanks for sending y=
our
> customers
> > around, friend. =EF=BF=BDI really appreciate it.
>
> I haven't sent a single customer "your way", "friend". =EF=BF=BDNone of th=
em would
> be able to utilize "your services".
>
> Gee... =EF=BF=BDI must've hit a nerve.

Not a hard target.

Besides being a fat slob, the only other thing he's got a lot of, is
nerve.
He's short on everything else.