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Customers who always look for the cheapest are a nightmare imo, sell your service and don't be afraid to charge a fair price for it. I would have more respect for someone charging me a good price for a good job.

Hi what is wrong with our trade, why is it last man to quote for a system commercial or domestic, always want's to beat the cheapest price and fit the cheapest wire free system they can buy bells only or speach dialer. Only for the customer to find out the sytem does not meet insurance requirement's or extra works are required and do not start me off with the hidden call out charges This hurt's all of the industry who install grade 2 or 3 sytems with a central station connection I have been installing security systems for many years, [38 years i had not realised it was that long until i had to fill out my employmant history recently] . remember you install a system you fit one way radio junk thanks peter

OP I mean no disrespect here but as an apprentice you tend to not have a vast amount of experience. If this is going to be your bread and butter you gotta be good, can you take over a Castle panel one day, then work witha Pyronix / Visonic the next? Do you fully understand IP cctv and networking? Wiring locks and the diiferent access panels on the market? I think the issue now is theres a lot of installers, all going for the same work but customers don't want to part with their cash. This is where you start seeing the Swann's and the Yales everywhere, that's killing local work. I'm a one man band, 25, estate car, signed up, advertise online, flyer and word of mouth but I still don't have enough work for full time! If you can make it work, do it. But it isnt easy, not by a long shot.