Re: Who comes up with these corporate alarm names?

[nick markowitz <nmarkowitz@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mar 6, 12:39=A0am, Jim <alarmi...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mar 5, 5:18=A0pm, tourman <robercampb...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > On Mar 4, 10:49=A0pm, nick markowitz <nmarkow...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > APX is now =A0vivint =A0with =A0a small v =A0Brinks became Broadview =
etc etc.
> > > who comes up with this shit all it is new name to get away from a bad
> > > one nothing ever changes
> > > have 2 friends dads who are paying $43.00 a month for a crap system
> > > for 5 years they never use.
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> > > Oh that's right APX is going to bring home automation to =A0Joe home
> > > owner as vivint I will believe that one when i see. Joe home owner ca=
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> > > not use there alarm let alone automation . cant even program a VCR.
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> > RHC; Nick, your post brings to mind three truisms in our
> > business.....:))
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> > 1- Far too many people continue to be completely stupid when shopping
> > for security systems, actually believing you can get something for
> > nothing, and as a result, continue to get suckered into these poor
> > systems for far too much money by far too many scuzzy companies in our
> > industry.
> > 2- There are a lot of alarm system buyers who simply shouldn't have
> > alarms because they are simply incapable of using them correctly
> > 3- Big companies continue to actually =A0believe you can turn over a ne=
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> > leaf businesswise by simply changing your name without solving the
> > original problems that caused the need to divorce yourself from the
> > original image to to begin with.
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> > Sometimes when I feel most cynical, it seems to me that all you need
> > to do to stand out from the crowd in our industry is to be honest, and
> > do quality work at a fair price!
>
> > Sad really......
>
> The big secret to being a success in business that I've never told
> anyone .....
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> Tell your customer what you're going to do =A0...... and do it.
>
> There .... it's finally out ..... now everyone will know how to be a
> success.

All the big company's my way can never figure out how I get work I get
when I am a little one man company.
and they never will.:)