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Posted by Roland More on September 7, 2007, 11:15 am
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I don't know what your cost structure is like, but that kind of pricing
would bankrupt many other companies besides just Brinks. I know ours would
be history if we charged like that.
> We do not use boiler plate microscopic contracts. We went out of our way
> to redo
> all our contracts so they are in larger type, single 8.5 x 11 paper, so
> the customer can actually
> read them. We removed all the confusing legal terms, because the customer
> did not go to law school.
> It is this practice that has gained us a nice market share. We even leave
> the
> contract with the customer prior to them signing it. This way they can
> take
> their time to read it all. We also place initial lines by each critical
> paragraph to insure
> that the customer has read it. We call this honest selling practices. We
> even have
> a translation forms in spanish, french, and can get then translated to
> just about any other
> language thanks to the internet.
>
> If Brinks was to do this, they would not get as many customers to sign
> otherwise.
>
> If the system is rented or leased, we place that statement on the front
> page of the
> schedule of protection, in larger bold type so there is no question about
> ownership.
>
> We also do not install basic systems. We do every opening, period.
>
> We charge $34.95 for 3 years to recover our costs, with no credit
> checks. We do ask for a drivers license & SS card, and we do verify
> employment.
>
> After the 3rd year, the customers rate drops to $22 a month, which
> includes a
> full maintenance contract that includes battery replacement. We mail
> customers batteries
> for wireless devices because we get them for $1 each on the internet. We
> do not
> charge to come out to the home. We do limit each customer to 4 service
> calls a year to keep
> our costs down. After the 4th call, we charge a $25 trip charge. To this
> day,
> we have yet to visit any customer more than twice a year.
>
> This practice would bankrupt companies like Brinks.
>
>
> Angry Man In Gauteng
>
>
>
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>
> I've never met a Brinks client that knew about the system being
> proprietary.
>
> I met these Brinks clients because they were not exactly thrilled with
> Brinks.
>
> I believe a client should be able to choose another monitoring company
> after
> he has paid for his system & fulfilled his contractual obligation to
> whoever
> he is signed with...and you can't if you have Brinks stuff
>
>
>
>
> | no one is "stuck" doing anything!!!!
> | they are "bound" by the terms of the contract.
> | if they do not want to meet the terms, then don't sign.
> | it's as easy as that. why is it so hard for people to
> | understand that a contract is a contract?!?!?
> | what ever happened to people who actually PAY their bills??
> |
> |
> |
> |
> | > As I'm sure you know, Brinks does that because after scrapping the
> | > victim's perfectly good security system and installing their *leased*
> | > garbage, the customer is stuck using them and them only. They make a
> tidy
> | > profit on the installation and then screw the customer as long as he
> owns
> | > the house. Nice folks, eh?
> | >
> | > --
> | >
> | > Regards,
> | > Robert L Bass
> | >
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