matthew.brough Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 We have never done bells only installs for the same reasons. www.securitywarehouse.co.uk/catalog/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyatthaplo Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 I guess it depends on how much work you have If you have the time why not do bells only. Especially ones you can get a contract on. My old place we had about 300 bells only and around 150 monitored. That's 450 people that have our alarms. People know people, word of mouth is the best advertising and most of the work we did was word of mouth and we got plenty of leads from the bells only ones that were for monitored systems. If someone just flat out said they didn't want to do my alarm because I didn't want to spend more on something i didn't feel i needed i won't be recommending them to anyone. I don't really see the point in turning away the bells only. It keeps the guys working and work is work especially in this recession. If you have enough work to turn away the bells only why not get another engineer? Work Website: http://www.welch-group.co.uk/ Personal Blog: http://wyatthaplo.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 What I've started doing on all our quotes, is specifying (for example) 2B with police as default but on the acceptance form it's broken down that the customer has to select the bells only installation with a monitored "add on". This way even if we didn't quite make the monitored sale then we're making good money from the install. The whole spec/quote document is very heavily loaded with monitored this and that so by the time you get to the bottom line at the end, hopefully, the only answer is monitored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jb-eye Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 I don't really see the point in turning away the bells only. It keeps the guys working and work is work especially in this recession. If you have enough work to turn away the bells only why not get another engineer? If a customer realy only want a bells only then pass this on to your engineer. Our guys tell me they arent intrested anymore as they can earn more working weekend for the co than they can make out of a bells only job. have you seen the prices being quoted for domestic instal. One thing a bells only customer cant compare is quality because they are ignorant of the facts. Customers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew.brough Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 I guess it depends on how much work you have If you have the time why not do bells only. Especially ones you can get a contract on. My old place we had about 300 bells only and around 150 monitored. That's 450 people that have our alarms. People know people, word of mouth is the best advertising and most of the work we did was word of mouth and we got plenty of leads from the bells only ones that were for monitored systems. If someone just flat out said they didn't want to do my alarm because I didn't want to spend more on something i didn't feel i needed i won't be recommending them to anyone. I don't really see the point in turning away the bells only. It keeps the guys working and work is work especially in this recession. If you have enough work to turn away the bells only why not get another engineer? We keep hiring new engineers, but they are an expensive resource and there is so much profitable work around the bells only stuff just doesn't have the margins in it to bother, especially on the recur billing front. I'd need 200 bells only maintenance contracts to equal the same turnover as the average high school we do and I'd need to do 600 bells only maintenance contracts to make the same profit that we do out of the average school. Its much easier looking after 1 customer than 600. The old saying, turnover is vanity and profit is sanity. There are plenty of sparks prepared to do that type of work for very little money which is a shame as it is only the lack of profit that turns us away from doing it. www.securitywarehouse.co.uk/catalog/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james.wilson Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 turnover is vanity and profit is sanity. We have another mini me. Matt Jeff likes that saying too i think securitywarehouse Security Supplies from Security Warehouse Trade Members please contact us for your TSI vetted trade discount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterJames Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 We have another mini me. Matt Jeff likes that saying too i think Ive been known to say that too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james.wilson Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 ok matt can be yours securitywarehouse Security Supplies from Security Warehouse Trade Members please contact us for your TSI vetted trade discount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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