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need home security system advice
ark_ader:
Big Dog that barks like mad but is cute and cuddly.
Baseball Bat.
Where I live you can leave the keys in the front door lock (done this many times) all night and nobody bothers. And I live on a busy main road. 8)
If all else fails. Move. ;D
pinballwizard79:
Your alarm is useless based on the options you presented.
For $12 a month you can get the CELLULAR device added to your alarm which is less than a land line & exponentially more secure (there is an upfront equipment cost as you mentioned but suck it up).
The only time you can get caught with your pants down is if a solar flare occurs the exact same time someone breaks into your house.......as opposed to when some redneck or gangbanger cuts your cable & telephone, storms in, rips the siren down & does what ever you are most afraid of.
Get several heat/smoke sensors too (make sure you get one by the furnace, water heater & ele box), that way you, your family & pets can survive. AND even if you are at the mall with the entire family & cat the Fire department will put it out before you even know about it & since you went cellular the telephone wire melting together & closing the circuit wont knock out your communication.
Yep
pinballwizard79:
FYI: why are you paying for alarm service when the alarm cannot call out :dizzy:
PM me if you want to know which wires to unscrew to stop the beeping
Also living in a low crime area just means you are safer but not invincible.
hulkster:
--- Quote from: pinballwizard79 on May 07, 2009, 08:23:57 pm ---FYI: why are you paying for alarm service when the alarm cannot call out :dizzy:
PM me if you want to know which wires to unscrew to stop the beeping
Also living in a low crime area just means you are safer but not invincible.
--- End quote ---
well i didnt know the alarm wasn't calling out until the day i put up the original post. yes it doesnt make sense to pay for something that isnt working ::)
but my original question was whether or not to "suck it up" and pay the $350 up front and the extra $12 a month for phone line.....OR.....to go with another alarm company. that was my original question.
ChadTower:
The big dog is more effective than an alarm most of the time, anyway. Your goal isn't to detect intrusion and get help. Your goal is to stop people from attemping to get in to begin with. The shotgun is the worst option because now not only do you have an intruder but you have a life or death confrontation about to happen. If that person were deterred from breaking in at all neither the alarm system nor the shotgun would be necessary.
I'm not anti-gun by any means but the odds of using it on an intruder are pretty damn low once you've unlocked it, located the ammo, and loaded it.
Oh, and as for your original question, it was answered... the alarm company didn't even tell you the system had been disabled. They were just taking your money and not providing you a damn thing. Why would you even consider continuing with them?
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