Re: Window Security Recommendations

["Mark Leuck" <m..leuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Robert L. Bass" <robertlbass@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:zO-dnYmyuNNaJTXfRVn-tA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> 4. Half an hour later the central station calls the premises...
> >
> > Cmon Robert.....if some sort of diasterous weather
> > is pounding an area, I can understand a central
> > having numerous alarms holding but that is the
> > exception and not the rule...
>
> If it's a responsible CS, that's certainly true.
>
> > Now if one is dealing with one of these down and
> > dirtys they find on the net for $X.XX per month,
> > located God knows where, who only have one or
> > two phone lines coming in with their wife chained
> > to the desk out in the garage, you may have a point
> > because you get what you pay for.
>
> I don't know of any small station like that but I have heard of numerous
> complaints about major companies taking not just 30 minutes but sometimes
> over an hour to respond.  I also know of several cases where Sonitrash
> totally ignored actual emergencies.  I know of several discount monitoring
> stations that offer services directly to the public at about 1/2 to 1/4
what
> many dealers charge.  So far I haven't seen any reports of poor service
from
> these firms.  Only time will tell.

Ahh the ole "I've heard of" disclaimer rears it's ugly head again