Re: Monaco Fire

["alarman" <nospam@xxxxxxxx>]

Bob La Londe wrote:
> Got a last minute request from a contractor about 20 minutes ago bid a
> Monaco addressable fire alarm panel.  He said actually said wireless.
>
> He told me his boss told him to get some more bids because they ones
> they had were too much money.  My immediate instinct is to not bid it
> at all. Since I am a last minute contact they are either hoping I'll
> do something stupid and bid it too cheap, or they don't plan on me
> getting the job at all, but hope I will give them a cheaper bid to
> beat down their other bidders or favorite company.
>
> All  that being said, I have an e-mail and a fax off to Monaco asking
> for some general information.  Since they are in in Spokane
> Washington it will be a couple hours before they even see those for a
> couple hours.
> Are they proprietary like so many other fire systems?
> Do they have limited dealers in any region?
> Do they have expensive certification classes required?
>  How much?
>  When?
>  Where?

A fire system cheap, eh?
Forget it. I'd walk away.

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js

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