Re: Help after break-in Brinks system

[mikelewis1971@xxxxxxxxx]

Yes, he'd have to sign a 2-3 year contract but if he's had the system
for 10 years, he's probably going to continue monitoring.  Making a 2-3
year commitment to save several hundred dollars in upgrade fees is
probably the smartest route to take unless of course he is planning on
moving or cancelling in the near future.  Because his contract is so
valuable, it gives him a lot of leverage with the companies and he can
pretty much get just about anything he wants within reason.
Crash Gordon wrote:
> They may absorb the cost of panel/keypads, but not without a 2-3 year
> contract...I wouldn't either.
>
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> |
> | Crash Gordon wrote:
> | > Except you can't takeover a Brinks system, so he'd  have to buy new
> | > equipment...panel & keypad(s) at least. The new company will have to
> spend
> | > time figuring out the Brinks wiring as well.
> | >
> | > I've never heard of any company basing the price of radio backup upon
> how
> | > many keypads you have installed...seems weird.
> |
> |
> | Yeah, I agree that is weird but they make up all sorts of abitrary
> | costs.  One company I worked for used to charge additional money for
> | every contact monitored.  Biggest rip-off I've ever seen.
> |
> | But, he shouldn't have to buy new equipment.  Dealers for the larger
> | companies usually absorb the cost for the installation, new control
> | panel and new keypad and then incorporate all the contacts.  As long as
> | the contacts are N.O. or N.C., there should be no problem.  It's all in
> | the resistance, after all.  But even if the sensors need to be
> | replaced, unless it's a large system with lots of
> | contacts/motions/sensors, it shouldn't cost more than an activation fee
> | and the first months monitoring.
> |
> | The cell back-up will cost but because the price has dropped so
> | substantially, he shouldn't have to pay more than $200 for the unit and
> | maybe a few dollars more a month but the company I work for now doesn't
> | charge anything for the additional monitoring.  I think cell back-up is
> | the new plan for the future of alarm monitoring anyway.  Phone lines
> | are just too damn hard to protect and for just a few dollars you can
> | get better coverage; so why not.  I don't know what the prices for all
> | this stuff is countrywide but in the northeast, we're begging for
> | clients whenever we can find them.  You'd be amazed at  all the stuff
> | we throw in just to get a deal.  Maybe other cities and states operate
> | differently but I'm just going by what I know.
> |
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