Re: WHAT recession ?

[nick markowitz <nmarkowitz@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Jan 10, 11:50=A0pm, Jim <alarmi...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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. =A0House 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. =A0Move control panel from closet to basement due to
> renovations. Finish alarm install in another prewired house that had a
> fire. Relocate =A0and 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, =A0finished 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 =A0panel, 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.
> .

I have been very busy for holiday season which is good that means all
my industrial customers have orders and are busy.this is usually when
we switch out machines and do maintenance and every one is running
instead even the alarm side is busy.