Re: need unbiased advice about lynx system

["Stanley Barthfarkle" <sbarth@xxxxxxxxx>]

Gotta read the contract, if available, and check your local laws, but in
most places that I'm aware of, if you give appropraite notice to the owner
of the equipment to remove the equipment, and they fail to do so within a
certain time frame (which varies by locality), the equipment becomes yours
to do with as you see fit. In any case, you have the right to remove it, put
it in a box, and save it for the company that owns it. They probably won't
even bother coming to get it, especially if it's a basic 'cookie cutter'
system.

I'm not aware of anyplace that does not allow you to remove or otherwise
dispose of leased alarm equipment after giving appropriate advance notice to
the owner of said equipment. Care to point me to a stated law that says
otherwise? To compare a previously leased alarm between a former homeowner
and his alarm co. and an automobile lease is just a tad off the mark. You
might compare a leased car STEREO to it, but not the car itself. The new
owner of this home isn't beholden to the installing entity, other than to
give them an opportunity to come get their equipment. Period.



"J. Sloud" <jsloud@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:gr5dg1di92p9egg2sap9f28itkjbmj9m3n@xxxxxxxxxx
> On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 16:19:41 GMT, "Stanley Barthfarkle"
> <sbarth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Buy a control panel and keypad(s), and replace it yourself for about $100-
>>program it to call your cell phone as a pager number. Or pay someone else
>>$200 to $300 to replace it for you, or pay a local dealer $200-300 plus
>>$15-20 per month for monitoring, or pay a nat'l co $100 + $30/mo for 2-5
>>yrs.
>>
>>BTW- since ADT almost certainly still owns the equipment, give them a
>>certified letter stating that they have 14 days to come remove their
>>equipment...if they don't, (they probably won't) it belongs to you.
>
> Try that with the car your leasing...
>
> Care to tell us where 14 days comes from?
>
> Depending on the laws in your state, leased equipment may or may not
> become "abandoned" after a certain amount of time.  Don't assume
> anything.
>