Re: I Want Out

[Jim <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Monday, February 3, 2014 6:17:19 PM UTC-5, John Smith wrote:
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> >> Holy Shit!
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> >> I had an offer.  It was a little lower than I hoped for, but after doi=
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> >> I guess I have a choice.  Either continue to service a business that I=
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Here's another thought ......... Maybe you could sell a few accounts at a t=
ime to other installation companies. If someone came to me and said they wa=
nted to get out of the business and wanted to start selling some of their a=
ccounts, depending upon who they were and what central they were  using ...=
. I might consider it. Say ..... 5 or 10 accounts. Only thing is, I'd want =
to inspect the installations, see the clients paper work, see the record of=
 payments .... and maybe negotiate a payout over some period of time and re=
quire you to change them over to my central. (all of which you will probabl=
y be required to do no matter who you sell to) Your goal would be to sell t=
hem at the highest multiple and my job would be just the opposite.=20

I don't know if you'd be open to this. It could be dangerous, and would req=
uire a lot of follow-up .... of course, but ..... it might work. Even if it=
 only resulted in selling some of your accounts it would be reducing your w=
ork load somewhat so you could concentrate on other things.