Homesafe1 Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 HI GUYS MY First advert went into local paper last week , there is never anyone else who advertises intruder alarms, so i couldnt beleve it when next to my advert there was some other company advertising package including 4 PIRs 2 DCs Bell panel and keypad for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arfur mo Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 HI GUYS MY First advert went into local paper last week , there is never anyone else who advertises intruder alarms, so i couldnt beleve it when next to my advert there was some other company advertising package including 4 PIRs 2 DCs Bell panel and keypad for If you think education is difficult, try being stupid!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 That is the forces of a free market i`m afraid. How you can quote a fixed price without a site visit or risk assessment is beyond me anyway. Perhaps quoting prices here isnt the wisest choice anyway, as said before join trade and watch a larger profile become available to yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golfball Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 Advice is free,and any you can get when your starting out is valuable so in an atempt to boost your confidence when we started out on our own we made a concious decision to set out and stick to our principals 1. install good quality kit 2. charge a fair price 3. carry out the risk assesment and if a grade 3 was req. then a grade 3 is what we would fit 4. be honest and up front with the customer thats the price and no budging 5. be promt and punctual we found that we grew a reputation of beeing a quality company by word of mouth and it was far more efective than any advertising when we could afford it we went registerd first with the ssiab then with the nsi as well what started out as a two man show has grown now we run 3 vans 3 engineers we have moved into a propper office with a secretary its hard work and takes time yes we lost jobs to beying under cut and several times we thought about chuking it all in but stick to your guns it will pay off eventualy it has for us Life is like a box of choclates.....if you dont get there first your left with all the naff ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whistle Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 Advice is free,and any you can get when your starting out is valuableso in an atempt to boost your confidence when we started out on our own we made a concious decision to set out and stick to our principals 1. install good quality kit 2. charge a fair price 3. carry out the risk assesment and if a grade 3 was req. then a grade 3 is what we would fit 4. be honest and up front with the customer thats the price and no budging 5. be promt and punctual we found that we grew a reputation of beeing a quality company by word of mouth and it was far more efective than any advertising when we could afford it we went registerd first with the ssiab then with the nsi as well what started out as a two man show has grown now we run 3 vans 3 engineers we have moved into a propper office with a secretary its hard work and takes time yes we lost jobs to beying under cut and several times we thought about chuking it all in but stick to your guns it will pay off eventualy it has for us 100% Agree with you mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whistle Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 Our price is our pirice if the customer dont like it then no job done. Dont get me wrong if its a 10k install i can move a few % to get the deal but i wont work for nothing ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
integrafire Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 I feel sorry for you security guys. The market is flooded with cheap **** security companies who lash it in for next to nothing making it impossible for quality companies to earn a living. The same is happening to an extent with the fire industry with sparks taking all elements of installs and fit outs thinking its a nice easy job to lash in a cheap system. All you can do is be honest and diligent and hope your integrity wins thro in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woosh Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 My price is my price no discussion even on a recent 5K CCTV job. Got the job and have received three phonecalls from different department managers to say how pleased ther are with it. Quality wins out in the end. Stick to your guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adi Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 I feel sorry for you security guys. The market is flooded with cheap **** security companies who lash it in for next to nothing making it impossible for quality companies to earn a living. The same is happening to an extent with the fire industry with sparks taking all elements of installs and fit outs thinking its a nice easy job to lash in a cheap system. All you can do is be honest and diligent and hope your integrity wins thro in the end. Couldnt agree more with sparks ruining the fire industry, it gets right on my tits. I really can't be ar**** with it anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eggy Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Homesafe - don't undersell yourself. I understand that when you start out, you have to get the business somewhere, but it's critical that you don't get into a Dutch auction. I personally wouldn't put that alarm in for less than Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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