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We have given $2500.00 to charity. That is slightly more than our profits for December (we rounded up). Thanks to all who helped!

Today ADI gave $1000.00 to the Minneapolis branch of the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation. This brings our two week total to $2000.00. We will be giving all of our profits for December to Charity and in fact this is more than our profits so far..

It has been a tough few years for small businesses like ADI, but 2010 has improved over past years. In the spirit of the holiday season, ADI will be donating all of its profits for December to charity. No strings, no gimmicks. So as a start, I just made a $1000.00 dollar donation to The Salvation Army. I encourage you to give as much as you can this year as there are many people still out of work and hurting. Thank you to all of our loyal ADI customers for making this possible!

Lately I have talked to some customers that are doing business with companies in the Twin Cities that are not licensed to do Audio/Video work. This is a bad idea for many reasons. First, it is not legal for them to do work in your home. Second, they most likely don't have the training, insurance or a bond that is required to be a licensed Technology Systems Contractor in Minnesota. So if something goes wrong, you may have no recourse to get your money back. It is very simple to check on the company you are considering. Just check here: https://secure.doli.state.mn.us/licensing/licensing.aspx

I have received two calls just this week where the so called big box retailers have fallen short. The first one was a customer that had bought a Home Theater at Circuit City and had their Firedog installation arm install it. Well, they had some issues and now that Circuit City is out of business, they didn't know what to do. If you have had any issues with a Firedog installation, just call us and we can take care of it!

The second one was a customer that bought some Control4 products from Best Buy and had the Geek Squad install the system. But they never finished the installation and it was only partially functional. Part of the problem was a poor design and the part of the problem was lack of knowledge on the installation & programming of the Control4 products. We were able to get the system working in very short order.

Now, don't get me wrong, I buy products from Best Buy frequently. But their installation services are over-priced and they under deliver on anything but the most basic installations. So contact us before you have that big retailer do anything but the most basic installation. You will save money and it will be done right the first time!