Well said.....well put ...I agree there is always someone trying to get it for free or doesn't have a clue of what it takes to maintain a crew ,or a fleet, nor do they care WHAT really burns me is the internet company that sells the product for less than 20 dollars over our cost, then has the balls to sell the product for the same price in the same state they are in and in the same town they are in. If you're a legitimate local interconnect provider and run into the same customer looking for product you're screwed to a certain extent.....you know what I mean ....Am I the only thinking wrong here?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Schultz Comm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Pat Thornton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "KXT Help" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 6:14 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/ * *********************************************************
