Re: Alarm system transformer + power supply (would both go bad at once?)

[krw@xxxxxxxxx]

On Sun, 01 Dec 2013 21:27:56 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell"
<mike.terrell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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>krw@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
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>> On Sun, 01 Dec 2013 19:52:44 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell"
>> <mike.terrell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> >krw@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
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>> >> On Tue, 26 Nov 2013 16:22:22 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell"
>> >> <mike.terrell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> >> >   This is nothing new. I helped a friend start an alarm business
>> >> > back in the mid '70s. Some distributors refused to sell to the
>> >> > company, unless we signed a contract to spend at least $100,000
>> >> > a year with them.
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>> >> I'm sure it's not new.  It's completely understandable.  Do you
>> >> think McDonalds corp. will sell to you for a lousy $100,000 a
>> >> year?
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>> >I have no idea what a McDonalds franchise costs.
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>> http://franchises.businessmart.com/how-much-does-a-mcdonalds-franchise-cost.php
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>>    "How Much Does a McDonald's Franchise Cost?" The McDonald's
>>    Corporation requires a minimum of $250,000 of non-borrowed
>>    personal resources to consider you for a franchise. In other
>>    words you need $250,000 cash on hand to just start the
>>    discussion process with McDonald's."
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>   I have nothing to discuss with them.  I might go there twice a year.
>There is at least one closed franchise near here. Boarded up for years.
>It's next to a Lockheed Martin factory.  A half dozen other fast food
>places are empty, as well. One was only open two months before it
>closed.

Just stating the facts.

>> >These companies were refusing to sell wire and door switches. Items that other
>> >companies begged to sell us, and they carried the same brands.
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>> Their business model.  If you don't like it, buy from the companies
>> that were begging for your business.  Some don't take their franchise
>> agreement seriously.  Others would rather not risk their livelihood.
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>   They dropped the minimums after we started buying from their
>competition, but their prices were more than double what other vendors
>wanted.  Hell, we could buy it cheaper from the OEM, than from some of
>obnoxious wholesalers.  In fact, we could buy custom branded sensors for
>less than their OTS inventory.

So where's the beef?