Re: Another dumb ass tech

[nick markowitz <nmarkowitz@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Jan 2, 2:26=A0am, Frank Olson
<use_the_email_li...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> mleuck wrote:
> > On Jan 1, 10:09 am, tourman <robercampb...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> On Jan 1, 10:33 am, mleuck <m.le...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >>> On Jan 1, 8:45 am, tourman <robercampb...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>> On Jan 1, 4:28 am, mleuck <m.le...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>> What is ADT's attrition rate Robert?
> >>>> RHC: You know darn well that is a highly kept secret for PR reasons.
> >>>> However, I do know the attrition rate of another large company and
> >>>> ADT's is equal or worse. So my guess would be somewhere between 7% t=
o
> >>>> 20%. The exact number doesn't matter so much as the fact that they
> >>>> either don't care, or simply accept it as an unavoidable fact of lif=
e
> >>>> for a large corporation.
> >>> How do you know ADT's is equal or worse than that other large company=
?
> >> RHC: Another trick question !!
>
> > I don't see how, you talk about ADT's high attrition rate yet you
> > don't know what that rate is however it's worse than some other
> > company which means it's somewhere within a 13% spread...
>
> >> The situation is not black and white ! Little guys can be atrocious as
> >> well. There are "little guys" here in town that no one "knowledgeable"
> >> will takeover their accounts - period
>
> > You never seem to mention them, you only seem to make baseless
> > statements about ADT.
>
> Their attrition rate could be a tad higher these days what with the
> record unemployment numbers coming out of the US. =A0It's a sad fact that
> "security" takes a back seat when the going gets tough. =A0People would
> rather do without monitoring service than lose their cable TV or
> Internet. =A0In Vancouver & environs, ADT remains a force to be reckoned
> with and those numbers Bob speculated about are more than likely lower
> than 7%.

I think its higher than that the one ADT dealer I did work for had a
90% loss from ones I know he did  after 3 years all the yard signs
changed.