WHAT recession ?

[Jim <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

Holy crap!

The week before and between Christmas and New Years day I only got a
few calls for service .. which made for a nice relaxing holiday season
this year. The week after New Years day all hell broke loose. From 7
CCTV cameras + DVR in a restaurant, add new windows to system on a
room addition, Old system crapped out replace with new, Old customer
from years ago bought new house wants system since he's now retired.
Renovation replaced 9 windows and slider, 2 New TV wall mount
installations.  House that had a fire is now ready for final install
of alarm, whole house audio and home theater. Install front door
camera in existing home CCTV system. Daughter of an existing customer
newly married and in new home want's alarm system, TV's mounted and
network wiring.  Move control panel from closet to basement due to
renovations. Finish alarm install in another prewired house that had a
fire. Relocate  and install new computer network wiring and wireless
network setup for new networked Blu Ray, receiver and TV.

The toughest one was breaking some bad news to an existing customer
who called me to re connect his 3 new replaced basement windows in his
newly finished basment. What he didn't count on was that when I got
there to work on the windows I noticed that there were four zones that
were open on the ground floor and all doors and windows were closed. I
figured the contractors may have damaged some wires. I go down to the
basement to check and, except for the furnace room, every inch of the
basment ceiling is drywalled,  finished and painted. He travels and
his wife is alone for days at a time. They need an alarm system.
Existing panel can't do wireless. So .... new  panel, keypads,
transmitters on multiple windows and doors ..... $2000.00 ...... I
think I saw a tear in his eye.

Jeeeeeze ..... now I actually have to go to work again.
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