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No good cheap customers Just Looking 11-05-2007
Posted by alarman on November 6, 2007, 10:24 am
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Crash Gordon wrote:
> Sorry we can't take your call right now, we are taking care of other
> PAYING customers.
>
>
>
>
> <I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe>
>> Is anyone interested in buying a cheap no good customer or two? I
>> have several I need to unload. One who keeps bitching about how we
>> are ripping him off for repeat service calls on a fire alarm trouble
>> signal. I continue to explain that when you use a high pressure wand
>> to wash the area, that the AV and pull station emt will fill with
>> water. To prove it we remove the devices in his presence and all
>> watch the water pour out on the floor and hear the gulg-gulg-glug as
>> it flows. No matter, it is still out fault for not installing a
>> water proof fixture (that he still won't pay for). Until we tag the
>> panel and notify the Fire Marshall, he leaves it with all the zones
>> troubled out. Yes the bonehead had a fire too. Good thing a driver
>> passing by called the fire department. He called a meeting a while
>> back to call our bluff about the red tag and loosing his C of O and
>> invited a big national into the meeting to explain how they were
>> going to take over the account, unfortunately they left the meeting
>> and told him to F.O.
>> Now pin head wants more cameras. He has a full 16 camera DVR. He
>> wants at least 5 more cameras in two separate buildings. He "knows"
>> there are "those cheap wireless cameras" that can do the job. He
>> wants a bid but doesn't want to spend "too much" like before now
>> "that everything has come down and is so cheap".

Hah! Really.

"The number you have called is not in service at this time. Please call back
when you are willing to pay for our services. This is a recording."

--
js

- The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
( Also, the harder they bite, punch, and kick.)



Posted by Roland Moore on November 6, 2007, 11:17 am
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There is really not that much to a pull station. It wasn't the device itself
that was the problem, although the water blasts didn't help it. It was the
idea that, even with a stopper over it and other protection, the high
pressure forced water up into the conduit several feet above the device.
Since it was forced into the emt, and the system was sealed, the water
stayed in the pipes and soaked the cable and connections to the point a
ground would appear on the circuit.
Again, since all the connections were water tight, the only way to remove
the ground was remove the device and let the water drain. That is a
chargeable service call, and that is what he bitched about.


> shoulda used exterior parts in that area. tsk, tsk. nest time try using
> that head for something other than a hat rack. ;)
>
> > Is anyone interested in buying a cheap no good customer or two? I have
> > several I need to unload. One who keeps bitching about how we are
ripping
> > him off for repeat service calls on a fire alarm trouble signal. I
> > continue
> > to explain that when you use a high pressure wand to wash the area, that
> > the
> > AV and pull station emt will fill with water.
>
>



Posted by Doug on November 6, 2007, 10:41 am
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Drill a small hole in the bottom of the back box to provide a drain for any
water that finds its way in.


Doug
--

> There is really not that much to a pull station. It wasn't the device
> itself
> that was the problem, although the water blasts didn't help it. It was the
> idea that, even with a stopper over it and other protection, the high
> pressure forced water up into the conduit several feet above the device.
> Since it was forced into the emt, and the system was sealed, the water
> stayed in the pipes and soaked the cable and connections to the point a
> ground would appear on the circuit.
> Again, since all the connections were water tight, the only way to remove
> the ground was remove the device and let the water drain. That is a
> chargeable service call, and that is what he bitched about.
>
>
>> shoulda used exterior parts in that area. tsk, tsk. nest time try using
>> that head for something other than a hat rack. ;)
>>
>> > Is anyone interested in buying a cheap no good customer or two? I have
>> > several I need to unload. One who keeps bitching about how we are
> ripping
>> > him off for repeat service calls on a fire alarm trouble signal. I
>> > continue
>> > to explain that when you use a high pressure wand to wash the area,
>> > that
>> > the
>> > AV and pull station emt will fill with water.
>>
>>
>
>



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