Re: lack of support at Home Technology Store

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't have a problem with diy'ers in general, just the ones that really
shouldn't be doing it...like they don't know which end of a battery is +.

In fact I'm helping my neighbor on his new house...he wants to do all the
labor...I'm just supervising and supplying equipment on a mostly wireless
that's gonna still cost him almost 4k. Yah..Andersons are a pain but doable
if the homeowner pitches in. This stupid house is brand new and it wasn't
prewired...which is probably a good thing because I saw the prewire job
across the street...it was just wire stubs..no actual wires installed !!! I
think the builder got ripped off on that one.



<powercat@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1125091477.923473.121560@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Yes I'm probably an idiot but (1) when I renovated I saw the garbage a
> sizeable local monitoring company had previously installed and I wanted
> top shelf stuff and (2) I wanted hardwire that was going to be a real
> pain in the rump because of house layout and nobody really wanted to do
> it and (3) I have the Andersen windows that installers hate and (4) I
> had access to a commercial installer who would moonlight the panel
> install if needed.  Oh and my in-law is a retired electrical type who
> supervised the wiring placement like a Marine drill sargeant (best part
> of all).
>
> My big mistake was letting the equipment reseller sell me service
> before the above was all complete.  Oh well lessons learned.
>
> All I am doing currently is adding a siren in the attic.  It seems
> happy now.
>
> Thanks and best wishes to all of you -- you seem to be all over North
> America.
>