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

["Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

krw@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> On Tue, 26 Nov 2013 02:18:47 +0000 (UTC), Danny D'Amico
> <danny@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >On Mon, 25 Nov 2013 20:13:04 -0500, krw wrote:
> >
> >> Why bother quoting it if they can't sell it to you.
> >
> >My logic in asking would be the same as my friend asking
> >me how much my cellphone cost. I could still quote the
> >price even if I had no intention of selling it to him.
>
> So, you would give your friend a price on *your* cell phone without
> any intention of selling it?  Do you think Bosch is your friend?
>
> >They all told me exactly the same thing. If they told
> >me the price, they would be breaking their legal agreement
> >with the manufacturer.
>
> Gee, they won't violate their contract with each other.  How odd.
>
> >So, one thing I've learned here is that Bosch sure knows
> >how to lock up a market. I'm pretty sure I will have a
> >source by tomorrow though, as I have a few leads pending
> >from my phone calls.
>
> Bosch has done no such thing.  "The market" is not their parts.   Buy
> a system from someone else, if you don't like the way they do
> business.


   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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