scorpion 0 Posted May 23, 2008 Anyone have display cases, and shelving for a CCTV storefront? Table top displays, and point of purchase display are wanted also. Thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jisaac 0 Posted May 24, 2008 i have several really nice glass display cases that were used for like 4 months. But the shipping on these would be outragous. They are heavy as hell Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scorpion 0 Posted May 24, 2008 But the shipping on these would be outragous That was very kind of you to offer to send it free. How can I ever thank you? How much did you say you wanted for the cases? Now I have to see if it is worth going by UHauL! What do you estimate for shipping $200 - $300 Each, or for the whole package? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C7 in CA 0 Posted May 25, 2008 So you're opening another store front? Congratulations! I never really got the gist of your last store, but it sounds like a partnership gone bad? or you were an employee? Will your new store be a direct competitor to the other store or different area? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scorpion 0 Posted May 25, 2008 (edited) I have just been sitting in limbo for now. I am opening several stores. I will be a direct competitor. They will be closed down in short time with out any help on my part. I could close them down in the first day of my grandopening, but I am not that type. It was a 50/50 Relationship that ended up having baggage that I was unaware of in the begining. I have parted ways with the partner, and I separated on good terms. If he had some kind of problem, I would be the first to step up, and help out. He is a good guy. I ended up in a situation where I did not want to be. I terminated the relationship in NOV of 06, but then I hung out for another year to get him through a tough time that the business was going through, and then I left in OCT 07. Had you been in my shoes you would have left the first month, but I am a man of my word, even though our arrangement was on a hand shake, and I stuck it through to see if I could make some worthwhile changes, and then I realized that I could not. I waited a while as not to create to much of a conflict of interest. I had a non partner investor ready to roll in DEC 07, then his wife came down with cancer, and I could not blame the guy for backing out of deal even though I had him by the balls with signed contract. I let him off the hook as I had to respect the guy that family comes first! I would probably have done the same if it was my wife. I got torn a new one if you know what I mean. I already prepaid radio advertising, print advertising, and first, last, and sec deposit, ATT lines and I had a crushing blow that pains me to this day. I had it set up that I was going to buy people's telephone numbers. I was going to get 111 CCTV, 222 CCTV, 333 CCTV ect. When he pulled back (with permission) the cat got out of the bag, and people are now asking for more money. I would have paid $5000.00 per number, but we had some lined up to sell their number for $1000.00, and some expenses such as replacing one mans business cards, and some radio advertisment to get his new number out there. Everytime I think about that I cringe. If I could buy them all right now, then I would do it in a flash. It would make advertising so much easier. It makes the customer remember the number much easier when heard. I stole this idea from Papa John's Pizza as they have 111 PAPA, 222 PAPA! There are business around that do video surveilance, but there is no one that "hits it hard". With my former partnership I had the opportunity to create more profit X 10!!!! They do not realize what they have in their business. The guy that owns it is an absentee owner, and is big in the construction biz, and the store is just a secondary thought for him. Every time I see the store I just have to hang, my head, and shake it slowly back, and forth, as it makes me sad to see the diamond in the rough, and nothing being done about it. _____________________________________________________________ HERE IS HOW THE PLACE IS NOW!! http://www.sunbiz.org/scripts/ficidet.exe?action=DETREG&docnum=G01270900196&rdocnum=G01270900196 Note the expiration date on the DBA name. I have thought about registering it under my name! If someone were to just "accidently" register it to my name then maybe I could play the innocent "victim" as someone thought it was my business, and they thought they were "helping" me out. If it was another competitor, then it is a dog eat dog world, and I would register as fast as I can, and then I would send a cease, and desist letter to the business. If I did this, then I think it would be in poor taste. It is their responciblity to take care of their property. Enough time has elapsed that I am thinking about taking over the name. They had the time, and the opportunity. Maybe I will sell the name back to them for $10,000.00! OUCH! _____________________________________________________________ http://www.spybusters.com/blog/labels/weird.html 16 Extra Eyes in the Florida Eye Institute SpyCam Story #441 The mysterious tale of 16 SpyCams, 16 Microphones, and a recorder! FL - A 45-year-old Vero Beach woman has been arrested on eight felony charges that allege illegal electronic eavesdropping on doctors, copying hard drives from their computers and the theft of a laptop. But the seven-page complaint filed by the State Attorney's Office against Brenda Doan-Johnson, of the 3400 block of Atlantic Boulevard, does not explain why she supposedly paid a Melbourne man to place cameras and microphones in the private offices of three doctors at the Florida Eye Institute in Vero Beach. Both a Jan. 24 Vero Beach Police report and a Jan. 28 civil lawsuit filed by three of Dr. Paul V. Minotty's business partners, say Minotty, founder of the institute, had hired a private investigator and the police report identified her as Doan-Johnson. According to the state attorney's complaint affidavit, Doan-Johnson paid Mark Lynch, of Spy Source Warehouse in Melbourne, with a $6,000 personal check as deposit on $13,000 to install 16 video cameras, 16 microphones and a digital recorder at various places in the Florida Eye Institute — including the offices of doctors Karen Todd, Mark Gambee and Val Zudan. Lynch worked after business hours for six days, starting Jan. 11, to install the equipment, the affidavit states, noting that audio recording apparently did not function. Investigators reported that Doan-Johnson introduced Lynch to two other people who also were working in the building, identifying them as computer forensic specialists who were copying the hard drives from the desk computers of doctors Gambee, Todd, Zudan and Thomas Baudo. According to investigators, Lynch phoned Gambee (!?!?!) Jan. 24 and told him about installing the electronics in Florida Eye Institute offices — including Gambee's office. The Vero Beach police were called to Florida Eye Institute the same day. Gambee told Vero Beach officers his computer was missing. Doan-Johnson returned it, saying it was thought to be company property... _____________________________________________________________ http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/apr/26/no-headline---26vwiretap/ VERO BEACH — A 45-year-old Vero Beach woman has been arrested on eight felony charges that allege illegal electronic eavesdropping on doctors, copying hard drives from their computers and the theft of a laptop. But the seven-page complaint filed by the State Attorney's Office against Brenda Doan-Johnson, of the 3400 block of Atlantic Boulevard, does not explain why she supposedly paid a Melbourne man to place cameras and microphones in the private offices of three doctors at the Florida Eye Institute in Vero Beach. Both a Jan. 24 Vero Beach Police report and a Jan. 28 civil lawsuit filed by three of Dr. Paul V. Minotty's business partners, say Minotty, founder of the institute, had hired a private investigator and the police report identified her as Doan-Johnson. According to the state attorney's complaint affidavit, Doan-Johnson paid Mark Lynch, of Spy Source Warehouse in Melbourne, with a $6,000 personal check as deposit on $13,000 to install 16 video cameras, 16 microphones and a digital recorder at various places in the Florida Eye Institute — including the offices of doctors Karen Todd, Mark Gambee and Val Zudan. Lynch worked after business hours for six days, starting Jan. 11, to install the equipment, the affidavit states, noting that audio recording apparently did not function. Investigators reported that Doan-Johnson introduced Lynch to two other people who also were working in the building, identifying them as computer forensic specialists who were copying the hard drives from the desk computers of doctors Gambee, Todd, Zudan and Thomas Baudo. According to investigators, Lynch phoned Gambee Jan. 24 and told him about installing the electronics in Florida Eye Institute offices — including Gambee's office. The Vero Beach police were called to Florida Eye Institute the same day. Gambee told Vero Beach officers his computer was missing. Doan-Johnson returned it, saying it was thought to be company property. Vero Beach police declined to press criminal charges after the Jan. 24 incident. Neither Minotty or his lawyers could be reached Friday. West Palm Beach attorney James McCann, representing Gambee, Zudan, Todd and Baudo, said he didn't know whether Minotty had hired Doan-Johnson to place the cameras and microphones in the doctors' offices. "That's something that's going to have to come out in discovery," McCann said, referring to sworn testimony given in lawsuits. Doan-Johnson was released from Indian River County jail after posting $45,000 bond. She could not be reached Friday for comment. The State Attorney's Office had no comment, saying the case was still under investigation. Edited May 25, 2008 by Guest Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scorpion 0 Posted May 25, 2008 Mark Lynch is the guy that replaced me when I left in OCT 07 I would never do anything that was illegal. I would never disclose to a business that I installed surveillance!! I would never have the trust of a PI ever again if they thought I would rat out an operation! Then again the PIs that I work with are squared away! I have never heard of that PI in the story! She has a lot to learn, and the hard way! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C7 in CA 0 Posted May 25, 2008 Well good luck with the store front! I'm sure you will do just fine. If you can swing it without a partner please do so! I'm still crawling out from under a 3 way partnership where one of the partners flubbed up his end of the deal so bad it damn near took us all out. I would never again partner with anyone that calls themselves a business man. I would only partner with someone that brought a real skill or product to the table. Not business savy alone. I read that article the first time you posted it. I was wondering why Mark Lynch contacted the eye center? Did the PI not pay, or did Mark see a law being broken after he did the install? I wonder if the PI did not pay because Mark wouldn't turn on the audio? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scorpion 0 Posted May 25, 2008 I get you the scoop soon. I have not talked with him in since Jan, and I have not had the time to get caught up to date! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C7 in CA 0 Posted May 25, 2008 That should be an interesting conversation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites