Re: Need Advice For Packaged Home Alarm Purchase

["Mike" <wxyz09@xxxxxxxxx>]

What  is flipping paper?  Selling LT contracts?
Mike

"mikey" <loismustdie@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> the guy who installed it, sold it
> ahahahahahahahahahaha, too many laughs tonight
>
> Note to Bob C
> Write something on your page about "flipping paper" so we can warn these
> poor folks about something more important than the dreaded LTC
>
> "Mike" <wxyz09@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:ypBBf.7778$zh2.3698@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> This is turning into a frustrating experience.  I'm learning a lot about
>> what I need to buy and what to avoid.
>> However, besides the A, B  and S companies I don't know who to call.
>> This
>> evening I was talking to a friend
>> who bought the Slomon Shield system.  After reviewing the contract she
>> states she bought the equipment (hard wired windows, doors, panic pad in
> the
>> bedroom, etc) out front and signed a contract for twelve months
>> monitoring
>> at $60.00 per quarter. The guy who installed it sold out to Security
>> Associates, Hunt Vally, MD.  Any recomendations for security companies in
>> the central Maryland area?
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> "holger" <holger@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:w%fBf.27$CT.9@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Try calling three 'local' alarm companies that make their everyday
> living
>> > on
>> > security. You may find that you can get better service and maybe
>> > someone
>> > who
>> > knows what they are really doing.
>> >
>> > I got feedback recently from a new customer that called the "B" company
>> > and
>> > the "S" company. One didn't even look around, and the other was nasty!
>> > I
>> > hope they keep it up. I get more work with this type of competition.
>> >
>> > <H>
>> >
>> > "Mike" <wxyz09@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> > news:fWfBf.5504$zh2.521@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> Much thanks for your useful information.  I wouldn't have considered
> many
>> > of
>> >> the items you mentiuoned in your post.
>> >> I'm starting to feel like an informed consumer.   I attempted to
> contact
>> >> a
>> >> local installer who installed a wired system,
>> >> Solmon's Shield(sp?) for a neighbor, but he sold out to one of the
> large
>> >> security companies.    I then Called Brink's Security
>> >> who told me I should buy their motion sensor system with door alarms
> for
>> >> $300.00 + and a $28.xx monthly fee.
>> >> My house is a end of group rowhouse with a walk out basement.  I don't
>> >> believe the motion sensor is going to cut it.
>> >> I believe I need alarms in the basement and on the second floor.
>> >>
>> >> Mike
>> >>
>> >> "Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> news:qR6Bf.29$H_2.2099@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> > Initial term of the contract should be something reasonable..2-3
> years
>> > is
>> >> > common...anything  more as an initial term is kinda ridiculous. Most
>> >> > contracts auto-renew yearly on the anniversary date of the signing,
>> >> > this
>> >> > usually tied to your procedure on canceling monitoring should you
>> >> > decide
>> >> > to
>> >> > cancel after the initial term...read what the notification time
>> >> > is...usually
>> >> > 30 days prior. Some states have restricitons on auto-renewal
>> >> > clauses.
>> >> >
>> >> > What is their policy if you move before the initial term is expired?
>> >> >
>> >> > Read the fine print. Do you own all of the equipment once you have
> paid
>> >> > them
>> >> > for the installation - not completion of the initial term of the
>> > contract?
>> >> > Make sure what you are buying is not actually a hidden leased
>> >> > system.
>> >> >
>> >> > Is the equipment proprietary? < Stay away from this, because if
> you're
>> > not
>> >> > happy and you cancel and the equipment is proprietary like one big
>> >> > alarmco's
>> >> > is...you endup throwing it away.
>> >> >
>> >> > However, all that being said..you are really buying a relationship.
> Do
>> > you
>> >> > like the guy? Did you get good recommendations from other people? Do
>> > they
>> >> > seem like a company you can deal with?
>> >> >
>> >> > BTW, contacts don't have to be inforced. I let people slide all the
>> >> > time...sometimes you have to, sometimes it just the right thing to
>> >> > do
>> > (not
>> >> > enforce a clause) to keep a client happy. I DO enforce contracts
>> >> > when
>
>> >> > someone hasn't paid me for a zillion months - thats fair I should
> think
>> >> > :-)
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > "Mike" <wxyz09@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> > news:kN3Bf.30561$RK3.11160@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> > | Is there anything I should look out for in a contract?
>> >> > |
>> >> > | Mike
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>> >> > | "Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> > | news:LRYAf.84$Xi2.16083@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> > | > You as the buyer will most likely not be specifying anything in
>> >> > a
>> >> > | > contract.
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>> >> > | > "Mike" <wxyz09@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> > | > news:9NXAf.13300$jd5.8174@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> > | > | I'm looking for advice for a packaged home alarm system.
>> >> > Would
>> > like
>> >> > | > advice
>> >> > | > | for vendors, what I need to buy and what to avoid and advice
>> >> > on
>> > how
>> >> > to
>> >> > | > deak
>> >> > | > | with vendors, eg what I nned to ask them and specify in a
>> > contract.
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>> >> > | > | Thanks
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