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

[krw@xxxxxxxxx]

On Tue, 26 Nov 2013 16:22:22 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell"
<mike.terrell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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>krw@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
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>> On Tue, 26 Nov 2013 02:18:47 +0000 (UTC), Danny D'Amico
>> <danny@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> >On Mon, 25 Nov 2013 20:13:04 -0500, krw wrote:
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>> >> 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.

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?