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Would ya believe?



This is not a big deal but .......yesterday I got a service call from
someone that I had installed a system for, years ago. They were never
monitored, so I'd forgotten all about them. Believe it or not they
have an Ademco 5600 wireless system that's been working all of these
years. One of the transmitters stopped working but I've saved some
from pull-outs that I've done through the years and I was able to
replace it.  Even the little incandescent light bulb in the keypad is
still working. It's gotta be 35 years and they've never had a problem.
Amazing! That was back in the days when prices were about $40.00 per
opening.

And .... as you would expect, since it's worked all these years ...
there's not a chance in hell they're going to upgrade. They're kind of
elederly ( that means older than me ) now, retired, limited
income ..... so I think they'd have to go without a system rather than
afford a new one. I just charged them $65.00 for the service call and
$20.00 for the transmitter. I even felt kind of uncomfortable about
that ..... but .... nowdays that just about covers expenses for a
call.


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