Re: your feedback on DIY security alarm system

["Jim" <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

Bob (but not THAT Bob) wrote:
>
> My favorite is a simply acquiring a coupla signs with the name of a
> security co. that's active in your area (from eBay or locally), along
> with good locks and smart security practices.


Sure.

You must be related to the guy in this area who thought the same thing.
And when the 3 guys pushed their way in, with only his wife at home,
afterwards wished he'd had something more substantial than a lawn sign
and a good lock.  You know how it goes. If you have a lawn sign, you
got to have an alarm installed in your house. If you have an alarm you
must have something valuable to protect. Therefore,  it's much easier
to force a woman, who's all alone, to show them where all the goodies
are than it is to break in, setting off the alarm, and having to leave
before the police get there.

Oh yeah, did I mention one of the side benefits of a lawn sign? If you
catch it early enough, you can probably beat out the fire with one of
those signs too.

You'll never know the trauma of experiencing a break-in or a fire,
until it happens to you.

But .... I know how it goes. Seein is belevein ...... huh?

By the way, this goes for the OP too.

Question, if you get a call on your cell phone, that your alarm tripped
...... just what exactly,  are you going to do? Call the police? What
are you going to tell them?  Will you leave work and race home?  Call
your neighbor and ask him to take the risk of checking out your house?
Suppose you're out and it's 2am?

Oh ....and, do you get good cell reception everywhere?