Re: Utah Integrator

[Jim <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Jul 18, 1:46=EF=BF=BDpm, "Bob Worthy" <secur...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I locate, they choose. That would be up to the security department for th=
is
> corporation to do. They are very up on equipment, etc. They have their ow=
n
> construction division, facilities department with all trades employed etc=
.
> Security, fire and monitoring =EF=BF=BDis something they do not do in hou=
se even
> though they have guard patrol and security control centers where they
> monitor the cameras and access control. I monitor the burg and fire for
> them.When it is out of state they hire locally for the security and fire.=
 I
> don't go outside of Florida for them. They know quality when they see it =
(or
> not).
>
> I think you'd better try to get in touch with Rodney. (just kidding)
>
> ( I don't remember ...... where you here when Rodney was going to set
> up a =EF=BF=BDalarm company referral website, but couldn't quite explain =
how he
> was going to determine that a company gave good service?)
>
> Yep, I was here. He fell of the face of the earth too.-


In recent years, occasionally, I'll be offered a job by referral for
someone who's too far away to make it profitable at a competitive
price. I call them and explain that I wouldn't want to charge them the
extra money just because I've got to spend a lot of time traveling for
the install and in the future, for service calls. And anyway, since
I'm always backed up with work, I could be doing closer (and thus more
profitable) work, anyway. I call my local ADI and ask for someone that
they know is good in the clients area, someone who's reliable and
isn't a rip-off. I call the installer and tell him that I'm giving him
the referral but that it's for a friend of an important customer and
I'd hope that he'll do the right thing and a good job, since the
referral is coming from me. Later, (weeks, etc)  I'll call the
(potential) customer and ask how it went. Haven't had a bad remark and
a lot of thank you's from the installers.

Problem is .... I'm thinking that someday, one of these installers may
want to reciprocate and I'll have to turn him down because of my
constant backlog. I just wonder what they'd think about that.