Re: need unbiased advice about lynx system

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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.


"R.H.Campbell" <rh.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 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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