Re: Why ADT Monitoring is better.

[Jim <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Sunday, November 2, 2014 11:46:21 PM UTC-5, John Sowden wrote:
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> Point well taken re: UL Listed Central Station
> (by the way, you sound like an alarm company shill, err employee; most=20
> people erroneously use the term UL Approved.)
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> Point 2: As a UL Listed Central Station, the company is required to have=
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> a disaster plan, to review it twice a year, as things might change, and=
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> to implement it once per year.  By the way, most of the contract=20
> monitoring companies that local alarm companies (read good, personal=20
> service) use are UL Listed.
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> We are a local UL Listed Central Station alarm company (read good,=20
> personal service) like you are referring to.  We have been Listed since=
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> 1978.  We don't just call the cops and the responsible parties, and=20
> we're done.  That's what the big boys do, cuz the next alarm just went
> off in Detroit.  We call the PD back for a status, THEN wake people up
> and let them know what actually happened, if necessary.  Read the=20
> complaints about ADT.  There are many.  Most are employees avoiding=20
> taking the responsibility to service the customer.  It's so easy in a=20
> large company to say 'That's not my job" and pass the buck.
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> That's the big difference between a big company and a local alarm company=
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> By the way, "Monitoring" is just part of "Alarm Service".
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> John R. Sowden

Your post is right on John but I'm sure it's to no avail. I'm sure it was w=
ritten by some starry eyed newbie who's just been recruited and been fed th=
e same old hype and smoke and mirrors that the name ADT can bring to a na=
=EFve recruit. As befalls the mass majority of "dealers" he'll soon find ou=
t that the "quotas" and pay backs for lost accounts will overwhelm him and =
he'll drop out of the program leaving ADT with a few more accounts who "stu=
ck".=20

It's the same game that insurance companies and real estate companies play.=
 Pump up the new recruits, get the names of friends, family, neighbors, as =
possible clients, give the recruits lot's of information about how well the=
 existing dealers are doing and send them out into the field to ultimately =
fail and leave all their leads behind. A pretty inexpensive lead  and accou=
nt generation process. Talk to this guy in a couple of years after he's wor=
ked his guts out with little equity to show and no outlook but more of the =
same humping for new sales for minimal return. See what he has to say then.