Re: Apx Sells 44,000 Ex-Brinks Accounts To Monitronics

["Just Looking" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>]

He'll have a bit of a quandary as to whom he'll be loyal. He has to sniff
out the client that (1) has the biggest wallet and (2) the largest number of
billable hours available for him to milk. Since he already did work for one
of the parties he'll have to trend lightly so as to avoid any allegations of
conflict of interest.

"Jim Rojas" <jrojas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Sableman looking for another huge payday I suppose.
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> Jim Rojas
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> Mark Leuck wrote:
> > Interesting article except the 44,000 ex-Brinks accounts to Monitronics
> > part is bullshit
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> > "Anonymous Sender" <anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:6171a11817c4319a8d300fa3238a3374@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> From Security System NewsPROVO, Utah-In business as a full-service
> >> alarm company for only about four years, ApxAlarm is a young company
> >> by any standard. Among the growing ranks of the summer-model alarm
> >> companies, however, in sales/security terms, Apx is an elder
> >> statesman-the model, in some ways, for the summer-model surge. Apx has
> >> been around the longest and generates the most accounts annually.
> >>
> >> This summer was no different. Apx sold and installed 125,000 gross
> >> (119,000 net) accounts this summer, coming pretty close to its goal of
> >> 130,000 accounts. It sold off a "fraction" of these accounts, said
> >> Jack Inbar, Apx COO. Like its competitors, Apx considers its numbers
> >> record-breaking. "I don't think it's ever been done [selling 125,000
> >> accounts] in such a short period of time," Inbar said.
> >>
> >> Apx's 2007 numbers are up from 90,000 sold in 2006 and 44,000 accounts
> >> sold in 2005. Inbar said he didn't think the company could sustain
> >> that rate of growth year over year, but said he expects the company to
> >> be able to sell between 150,000 and 200,000 accounts next year "and
> >> continue to do that on a regular basis for many years to come. It's a
> >> great market and it's not saturated." Apx currently owns 143,000
> >> accounts, with third-party monitoring from the new CMS (it sold a
> >> number of accounts in 2006 and 2005). Inbar said 80 percent of the
> >> contracts sold this summer were for a 60-month term and said the
> >> "average credit score" for new 2007 customers was 700.
> >>
> >> Apx is already recruiting for the summer 2008 season. Inbar credits
> >> their success this year to their customer service and proactive
> >> programs such as the team he oversees that follows up on every alarm
> >> dispatch. They also check in on accounts with lack of usage, excessive
> >> signals, and accounts that do not have signals.
> >>
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