Re: Problem with Scantronic avenger VI

[Jim <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Aug 28, 9:53=A0am, tourman <robercampb...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Aug 27, 10:18=A0pm, Jim <alarmi...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > On Aug 27, 6:35=A0pm, tourman <robercampb...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > On Aug 27, 3:57=A0pm, Jim <alarmi...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > > On Aug 27, 8:21=A0am, tourman <robercampb...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > > > On Aug 27, 7:47=A0am, Jim Rojas <jro...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > > > > Jim wrote:
> > > > > > > On Aug 27, 12:29 am, Frank Kurz<t...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> =A0wrote:
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> > > > > > >> That's not necessarily true in all cases. =A0You can't alway=
s equate a
> > > > > > >> "hot" battery with "dead battery". =A0Considering the alarm =
panel is
> > > > > > >> prehistoric however, I'm thinking the OP should follow the a=
dvice of our
> > > > > > >> resident Technosaur and turf the battery. =A0I believe his p=
roblems will
> > > > > > >> become a thing of the past (just like his panel). =A0:-)
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> > > > > > > That's funny. ( Technosaur) Did you just make that up?
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> > > > > > As I remember, those panels were very troublesome, keypads wore=
 out
> > > > > > fast, and didn't handle static electricity very well. We replac=
ed all of
> > > > > > them within 5 years of their introduction back in the 1980's
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> > > > > > Jim Rojas
> > > > > > Technical Manuals Online!http://www.tech-man.com
> > > > > > 8002 Cornwall Lane
> > > > > > Tampa, FL 33615-4604
> > > > > > 813-884-6335
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> > > > > RHC: I've been following this thread with some interest. You have=
 to
> > > > > wonder why some people insist upon putting an old clunker like th=
is
> > > > > back in service especially if it's going on line with the authori=
ties.
> > > > > No one would try to keep a 386 computer in service today, especia=
lly
> > > > > in a business application, but they'll try to keep an old alarm
> > > > > clunker going forever. With panels and keypads available wholesal=
e at
> > > > > less than $100, you really have to wonder!!!!
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> > > > > The other thing I still haven't figured out after 20 years in the
> > > > > business, is a customer will go out and spend $1000 on a big scre=
en
> > > > > TV, but not a penny on a decent alarm.....go figure-
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> > > > Only a thousand??? =A0 I had a couple I was called in to give them =
a
> > > > quote on an alarm system at $1500.00 and they put me off but schedu=
led
> > > > me in to do a $5000.00 home theater installation that the owner had
> > > > all the equipment and was going to attempt but got cold feet when h=
e
> > > > saw how much there was to it.
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> > > > Of course, I turned them down ..... (yeh sure ....;-> i figure now
> > > > that they saw what I could do with the HT they'll call me back for =
the
> > > > alarm.
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> > > > That's the " I Want My MTV" =A0generation for ya.
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> > > RHC: Yeah, it also might be that an alarm system is not a "fun thing"
> > > to buy; it's seem by many as simply an unfortunate but necessary
> > > purchase that they would rather do without. So it makes it easy to go
> > > cheap, or not go at all.
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> > > Had another interesting thing happen today. I had confirmed an
> > > installation for today a couple of days ago as I always do, and when
> > > we arrived, there was no one to be seen. Since the guy was a doctor,
> > > he couldn't be reached, so pissed off as hell, I left my card in the
> > > door and went home. A wasted day !! He calls my son later and gives n=
o
> > > reasons for not being there, and no apologies, so my son said I would
> > > call back and reschedule.
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> > > Yah right, when hell freezes over!! =A0As a doctor, he can leave me
> > > waiting for hours and I put up with it because I know his time is
> > > valuable, =A0but he doesn't have the decency to treat my time as
> > > valuable as well. I'm thinking =A0should send him a bill for a day's
> > > labour and see how he likes that.....
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> > > Prick !!-
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> > Now Robert!!!!!!!
> > I know that you and I don't have the same kind of philosophy in all
> > things but I can't imagine that you'd miss an opportunity like this,
> > especially with a "doctor"
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> > Simply call him back ...... make an appointment to start the job early
> > in the morning......... and when the time comes for you to be there,
> > give him a call, tell him you ran into a little delay and that you'll
> > be there within two hours. When that time comes, call him and tell him
> > that you're en-route and will be there within a half hour ...... then
> > call him and tell him that you hope he enjoyed wasting his time the
> > way he wasted yours but you've decided that you prefer to deal with
> > people who have more consideration for others. And that if he would
> > treat you that way BEFORE you were doing business together, that you
> > couldn't imagine what he would do to you once you were more involved.
> > Have a nice day................
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> RHC: Yeah, wouldn't that be great feeling of "gotcha". However, life
> is too short to engage in these sorts of activities, no matter how
> justified they might be. Things in life that go around, usually come
> around. Who knows, why leave someone who might affect future business
> with a bad taste in their mouth. People like this would probably have
> no problem "bad mouthing" my company in a crowd somewhere no matter
> how unjustified it is....
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> People like that are just not worth bothering with when all is said
> and done. Dealing with idiots is just the price you have to pay
> sometimes when in business....-

Hmmm, obviously you're in a smaller "community" then I am.

"Bad mouthing" a business in my area is like a fart in a windstorm,
unless your a mega company.