I have to agree.. I have had people purchase stuff online for cheaper and then call me to install for them. Then they complain about the fee I charge for the install of the equipment that they bought. I do have to make a living too...
----- Original Message ----- From: "Schultz Comm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Pat Thornton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "KXT Help" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 5:14 PM Subject: Re: KX-T: making lemon-aide > Dave and all, > > Please excuse this rambling, but I *HAVE* to have my say......... > > I could probably make a pretty good buck doing minor surgery.........there's > not much to it, my overhead would be NOTHING compared to MD's, no insurance, > no office, no help, etc. The licensing people might be a bit pissed but who > cares?? > > Now I'm not ACTUALLY comparing myself to a medical doctor, BUT I did have to > spend 8,000 hours as an apprentice/journeyman to satisfy my states licensing > requirement.... even though I was an industrial arts major in college, did > bench repair for Radio Shack for several years, and had over 10 years > experience as a federally licensed broadcast engineer... for the "privilege" > of installing phone equipment. > > I can also probably fix or diagnose a phone system problem in short > order....'ya pay for what we know sometimes...not the time spent actually at > the customers premises............you don't even want to KNOW how much it > actually costs to "roll a truck" compared to how much we charge for a > service call (which includes 1 hour of on site labor...$75.00)...... > > If you can buy it cheaper...and install and maintain it ...God bless > 'ya....We were talking about the folks who "shop" for it and then expect > someone to install it for next to nothing. > > FYI...the big boys who move millions of dollars of product pay a bit less > for it than a smaller interconnect company does.......I just can't compete > wit K Mart as far as pricing........but I *CAN* blow them out of the water > with service!!!!....and that costs $$$ > > Just one 20 year veteran interconnect's opinion. > > Best, Jim Schultz > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Toppin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Pat Thornton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "KXT Help" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 10:02 AM > Subject: RE: KX-T: making lemon-aide > > > > From a buyers perspective, you could get your price in line with the > > ablecomm's and the www.kx-td.com prices. My local Panasonic dealer > > wanted about 35% more than what I could buy it from Michael for. They > > also wanted 800 to install, and I had already run all the wire. So it > > was basically hang, punch, & program. I ended up doing it all myself > > as I thought $200 per hour was unreasonable. I ended up buying the > > system on ebay and some stuff from Michael who was very helpful. I > > realize most won't go throught the learning curve I had to, but I'm > > glad I did. I can change stuff I need to as the issues arise, etc. > > This list was very helpful, and I made some great contacts who in the > > future I would use as I would RATHER NOT do it myself. Those of you > > who take advantages of internet sales, and hook up with the people who > > are selling them, could probably make a pretty good living as I'm sure > > it's a big market. Some jobs pay better than others in ALL work, > > sometimes you don't make as much as you'd like, but I've found > > sometimes you need to take the work that is in front of you. You may > > also want to take into consideration that if you are referred as an > > installer from an internet site, you are spending no dollars to get the > > business. > > > > > > > > David Toppin > > > > The Pelletizer Group, Inc. > > 483 Phinneys Lane > > Centerville, MA 02632 > > > > (508) 790 4245 > > (508) 775 9917 fax > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > www.pelletizer.com <---- see our complete, searchable inventory > > > > Please inform us of any surplus equipment you may have available. > > > > > > > > ********************************************************* > > * To unsubscribe, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] * > > * The KXT-Digest Home Page: http://kxthelp.com/ * > > ********************************************************* > > > > > > ********************************************************* > * To unsubscribe, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] * > * The KXT-Digest Home Page: http://kxthelp.com/ * > ********************************************************* > ********************************************************* * To unsubscribe, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * The KXT-Digest Home Page: http://kxthelp.com/ * *********************************************************
