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Pros / Cons Of Silent 1St Alarm
PeterJames replied to RedAmberGreen's topic in !!..DIY Installers..!!
How did he not notice? Surely they use kitchens in your part of the country it cant be all fast food and takeaways -
How many mortgages do you think I had, my first house was only £37k I paid that off as an engineer, my next house was £78k so I needed another mortgage I nearly paid that of when I purchased my 3rd house, everytime I pay off or nearly pay off I buy a bigger house and move thats what mortgages are for isnt it?
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My dilemma exactly, but when I used to engineer myself I was always working weekends, it paid my mortgage off
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You could start a new topic in trade if you like Gaz
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Probably not, but if it was a one off customer wanting something done with a £70pa maint I would not lose any sleep Where do you get that idea? Serious Q btw
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Depends on the customer, i work on numbers, if the numbers dont add up I do nothing. I do not mind paying for value, if I buy a meal out and pay top dollar I do expect decent food
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ok ok Newcastle, its all the same
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LOL Aint that the truth Its all down to desperation, none of my chaps want to work weekends, so I have to ask them how how much they would want to do it. I also explain this to the customer, but If the customer is desperate enough they agree. It would be cheaper to get Gaz down to Sussex from Sunderland for some jobs
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I wish ! engineers working weekends name their price, I then add a profit and tell the customer (hoping they wont shout at me too much)
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Do you want to come and do some of mine, my chaps wont work weekends regardless of the price
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I have so many schools now they are becoming a problem, every half term they all want stuff done, more cameras, new access controlled doors, new intruder alarm panels, automated gates ect ect ect. The problem with this is engineers with kids want time off during half term, and subbies are the same. I agree with your comments though Andrew spot on for paying and they never or fk around so long as you look after them.
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I price it accordingly if I dont get it I didnt want it, if I do get it its worth having for both me and the customer. Sometimes its worth paying a bit more
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too many people putting alarms in for a bag of crisps and a luncheon voucher
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Buying an established co?
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Yes most people who we havent been recommended to, are looking for an NSI approved company
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You may get more help if you explain what you are asking the questions for
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I think we have a linage ad in YP most of our work from new customers comes from being a member of NSI
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Nothing boils my pss more than engineers in the office, I wont have that, if there in the office they are not screwing stuff to walls which is what I am paying them for There is only one engineer I allow install electronic security in my house
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But you wouldnt get a true result For example I havent had any domestic wireless installations in the last three or four months, but I still managed to keep 14 engineers and two subbies busy.
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Hi Reggie It also depends on the size of the install, some installs take a month We try and get 100% maintenance, you have to have maintenance if you want monitoring with Police response
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Langard bell box
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2013 this came out hasnt made a blind bit of difference theres always someone in the way http://metro.co.uk/2015/06/21/van-driver-handed-1000-fine-after-becoming-first-person-convicted-of-hogging-middle-lane-5256340/
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Thats a better punchline
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Hi and welcome We have a trade area full of nutcases with three nipples like you , if you would like to apply check out here http://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/forum-trade-access.html
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Is It Illegal To Have Microphone On Camera/cctv Kit
PeterJames replied to andersonsophie's topic in Guest Forum
- I wasn't aware of that change, thanks for that Dick, although my comments on the Police not knowing the laws/ regulations was still valid as the conversation was about three years ago