On-Line Sales fromt he Commercial Side

I usually walk over to dbl and stand in line for an hour.

Bob,

I work with several of thee firms but who is DBL? Call me sometime and I'll give you a contact at one of the smaller distributors I use. This one is very reliable and their prices are reasonable. I won't mention the name here because I don't want a certain individual harassing them.

dbl is not alarm related.

| > ...they are not consistant about handling on-line | > orders in a timely fashion. Recently I have noticed | > this with both ADI and DBL. | | Bob, | | I work with several of thee firms but who is DBL? Call me | sometime and I'll give you a contact at one of the smaller | distributors I use. This one is very reliable and their prices | are reasonable. I won't mention the name here because I don't | want a certain individual harassing them. | | -- | | Regards, | Robert L Bass | | Bass Burglar Alarms | The Online DIY Store |

OK, So what does DBL stand for and what do they sell?

stands for double, they sell everything in pairs. ;)

It's the initials for the owner David Loush, sells all sorts of home consumer electronics (wholesale only), no alarm stuff except for some cheap cameras and monitor setups (like costco does). TVs, mounting brackets, cables, some mid range a/v stuff, binoculars..all sorts of stuff but no alarm things

He started abt 20+ years ago out of a tiny office with two dalmations as his office help, now he's freekin huge.

Sounds familiar. Do you remember when KingAlarm occupied in a former gas station in Nyack? :^)

I just looked them up and I realize now that I've spoken to them in the past. They've got quite a diverse lineup. Most of their lines are not appropriate to my business though.

who are you kidding here? you'd drop-ship anything, ya shameless hussy

I wasn't in the alarm biz when I was back in NY, except for a summer job in ADI's Syosset warehouse - and never bought anything from King anyway.

I hear you, but ADI themselves bought something from King -- the whole shooting match. :^)

I started using ADI when Alan from Secres in East Windsor went to ADI. I don't remember what year that was. ADI's office was in Windsor Locks then but they moved to Cromwell some time later. The WL branch was originally the office of Arius (a spin off from Aritech).

I used KingAlarm as well for many years beginning when Phil Perlmutter from Security Warehouse went over to them. I'm not sure but I think he was among the folks who joined ADI after the buyout. By then he was management -- no longer a rep -- at King.

Was that summer job your inspiration to get into alarms?

Nah I worked there just for burger & gas money. Memorizing the Lafayette radio catalog was my inspiration along with ham radio and having a penchant for blowing things up with electricity. My old nick was Flash which changed to Crash when messing with Windows 95

There used to be a Lafayette store on Route 22 in Union, NJ. When I was a kid that was one of my favorite places to shop.

My cousin was a ham radio op. We'd get relay calls from nearby ham stations every now and then when he was living in Buenos Aires. I wanted to pursue the hobby myself but never got around to it.

Heh, heh, heh. :^)