Re: need unbiased advice about lynx system

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Welp I wasn't gonna bad mouth the lynx...personally I don't them...but I
guess they have their niche for a "certain" market...not mine.


"R.H.Campbell" <rh.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Well, to be absolutely frank, if the gentleman decides to go with new
> equipment, I would hope he would throw that "squawk in a box" stuff in the
> garbage and go with a "real" proper hardwired system. But, hey, it's his
> money and his security, and since it's not properly monitored anyway, I
> don't suppose it really matters what he uses.
>
> ....cynical mode "off".......
>
> RHC
>
> "Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:alJNe.35$fP6.3563@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> actually...we don't know who installed it....the op only says he called
>> ADT...doesn't necessarily mean it's theirs.
>>
>> it's CERTAINLY worth a shot at doing it himself..nothing to lose...but
>> like Rory saids..if its gonna be a local I definitely add a real siren to
>> it.
>>
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>> "R.H.Campbell" <rh.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:9-SdnRBRcoR5xpreRVn-rg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Exactly right !!  The best thing for the client might be to simply have
>>> a local dealer replace the hardware with a newer and better panel for a
>>> few bucks, or do it yourself if you are capable.  Who knows, that local
>>> dealer might do it at cost simply to get a long term contract. Then box
>>> up the ADT stuff, tell them to come get it (if you can ever get hold of
>>> them), and press on. They likely won't send anyone out to collect old
>>> hardware that has little residual value.
>>>
>>> Alarm equipment designed for residential applications is so inexpensive
>>> today, it almost doesn't make much sense to try to keep old hardware.
>>>
>>> R.H.Campbell
>>> Home Security Metal Products
>>> Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
>>> www.homemetal.com
>>>
>>>
>>> >> 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.
>>>
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