Re: Want to build your own alarm gizmo?

[tourman <robercampbell@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Apr 19, 12:46=A0am, Jim <alarmi...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Apr 18, 11:45 pm, tourman <robercampb...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > On Apr 18, 11:19 pm, mleuck <m.le...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > On Apr 18, 8:00 am, "Bill" <billnomailnosp...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > > You would come across these things and say "What is that?" (Because=
 it was
> > > > the only one of its kind in the world!)
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> > > That's exactly why people don't do much of that anymore, too much of =
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> > > pain for the next guy to troubleshoot
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> > RHC: In all honesty, why would any company want to bother with an
> > activity that eats up valuable time for one customer which could be
> > far more wisely spent making money serving many others. It's simply
> > not a good use of your limited time resources.
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> > You might want to do it because it's a challenge; because it's a bit
> > of a hobby, or because you're doing a friend a favour, but as a matter
> > of business course, absolutely not ! Any activity that is outside your
> > core business activities means you are not conducting your business as
> > efficiently as you can or should. IMO, it should be strictly the
> > domain of the hobbiest and the DIY crowd
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> > ..... but then wtf do I know.....:))
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> Don't you ever do anything because it's a fun challange, even if it
> cost you time and money? =A0That device that I built is now sitting in
> my basement but ........ I know I can do it now and it really was a
> lot of fun figuring it out. I wouldn't do it on a regular basis
> but .......... once in a while it's =A0..... ummmm fun! How ever I guess
> the other part of what you said is partially true too. I'm one of the
> few lucky ones that I can make a living at my hobby. Gadgets and
> gizmos and inventiveness, and being able to improvise and work outside
> the so called "box". Otherwise, all this alarm stuff only, would be
> pretty repetitive and ultimately boring. A number of people that I
> meet in this trade will tell me that they think what they do is boring
> and that they wish that they could do something else. I tell them if
> that were true, they'd be doing it.

RHC: Sure I do far too much stuff because it's fun or a challenge, but
I recognize it for what it is...a waste of my time and resources. I
don't find installing and servicing alarms boring;far from it. It's
still a challenge to solve a problem for a client but I do it with off
the shelf hardware.

The day this becomes boring is the day I get out of the
business....that's exactly why this is my fourth business venture