Re: Hey Rob Blaire

[mleuck <m.leuck@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Jul 13, 1:17=A0pm, "Bob La Londe" <nos...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > "Bob La Londe" <nos...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >> Over 16 years as an owner and I still don't buy Optex if there is any
> >> other product in the world that will do because of you. =A0Imagine tha=
t
> >> could have been 16 years of product loyalty...
>
> >> Come on guys. =A0Its too quiet in here anyway.
>
> > So what did he do to piss you off for 16 years, because
> > ordinarily you're not one to bear a grudge or have a bad word to say ab=
out
> > a
> > distributor or manufacturer, even when they don't perform as expected.
>
> Nothing much at all. =A0Certainly not anything worth holding a grudge for=
 16
> years. =A0He just turned his back on me coldly and rudely in mid sentence=
 and
> walked away when I was a fairly new alarm company owner saying loud enoug=
h
> for me to hear clearly and in a tone I interpreted as pretty nasty, "Wow!
> Only been in the business a few months."
>
> This from being gungho to get me interested in his product and even offer=
ing
> to send me samples of items to try out.
>
> "So, how long have you been in the business"
>
> "Well, we started this company about 3 months ago... "
>
> TURNS SHARPLY AND WALKS AWAY TALKING TO HIMSELF CLEARLY LOUD ENOUGH FOR M=
E
> TO HEAR IN A NASTY TONE.
>
> "... but I've been a communication technician for about six (6) years, an=
d
> I've had a computer service business for the last couple years," which of
> course he didn't hear.
>
> I never got those samples he promised. =A0I never got an apology. =A0I ne=
ver
> even got a threat to sue me for continuing to bring it up every couple
> years.
>
> Me and a buddy of mine were over at King Alarm for a dinner banquet and a
> sales pitch for about 3 manufacturers. =A0We were all excited. =A0I had j=
obs
> going. =A0The bills were getting paid. =A0We were going to our first "tra=
de
> show" and learning all kinds of things. =A0We thought were going to go pl=
aces.
> One of the folks from King had called us and asked us to come so we did.
> Figured it was a one of our first steps towards really getting serious an=
d
> professional about the business. =A0I left shortly after my interaction w=
ith
> Mr Blaire, and I have never been to an alarm trade show of any kind since=
.
> Why bother if the people who want you to buy their product treat you like
> shit. =A0My buddy (and employee) was standing there with me. =A0When I tu=
rned to
> look at him a moment later his jaw was still hanging open.
>
> The folks at Napco do everything for me I could learn at a trade show and=
 a
> heck of a lot more, and I don't even have to leave my office.
>
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>
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>
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Makes one wonder why Optex got out of the panel business doesn't it? :)