im meaning as the buyer, i know if i knew nothing of our industry id go for the name i know and had heard of. even honeywell are known for rad valves and heating

I'm a bit of a brand snob to be honest.

@ CM

 

Very true. How many houses do we see with a £1200 TV, £39 a month sky, £29 a month iphone....

 

WHAT £600 FOR AN ALARM, £9.99 JUST FOR MONITORING, DO ONE SON!

agreed

Alarms are a grudge purchase Biggest problem with our industry

@ CM

 

Very true. How many houses do we see with a £1200 TV, £39 a month sky, £29 a month iphone....

 

WHAT £600 FOR AN ALARM, £9.99 JUST FOR MONITORING, DO ONE SON!

You been spying outside my house? Wish the fruit phone cost me as little as £29 per month.

 

Mad isn't it?

Alarms are a grudge purchase Biggest problem with our industry

I suspect even more difficult for a company like yours to try and sell them

im saying would you as a consumer choose what brand of kit was being offered.

if you dont care it would be price and id suppose you would buy risco/pyronix or texecom as the cheapest gear.

or would you prefer a brand you have heard of, ie siemens?

 

Funny thing was I tried to get into Siemens last time around, in Bath of all places where

kitchens and utility rooms frequently had £5ks worth of their products...

 

Customers chose the 9651 bells only quote over the Siemens quote every time.

 

I'm not saying I made all the right choices back then, and have a very different business model

now, but suffice to say I was very surprised, I chose Siemens then for all the reasons you are

advocating now and the very people I thought would care, didn't.

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Alarms are a grudge purchase Biggest problem with our industry

why, i dont agree that is the biggest problem. imo we offer the wrong product

You say to average woman would you like new kitchen for 1k or a really nice kitchen for 2k 99% would choose nice kitchen..

 

 

as for intruder cctv fire..... As long as it works they would normally choose the lowest cost....

 

Don't think there is much anyone can do about that, it's the nature of the product. it's not a fun thing to be using.

You been spying outside my house? Wish the fruit phone cost me as little as £29 per month.

 

Mad isn't it?

 

Insane. That £29 was just a guess by the way, and why I like my £18 unlimited everything with free Lumia on O2

I'm not saying I made all the right choices back then, and have a very different business model

now, but suffice to say I was very surprised, I choose Siemens for all the reasons you are

advocating now and the very people I thought would care, didn't.

 

my sales have been designing systems on all fronts, siemens wins as a rule due to what it does and the brand and the quality of the brand