Re: New House Alarm - Am I locked out?

["Robert L Bass" <no-sales-spam@bassburglaralarms>]

> Perhaps the original owner no longer
> wanted to use the alarm and asked
> for it to be disabled so it can never
> cause any headaches...

In over 30 years in the business I have yet ti see a case where that has happened.  I have seen numerous alarms that had been
disabled by the installing company when the alarm owner canceled the monitoring contract after completing the original term.

BTW, on one occasion I replaced an alarm system which had been disabled by the alarm company in a restaurant which had been sold.
The original owners canceled prior to selling the building.  When we installed the system we removed and boxed up the old hardware
(Radionics stuff) and called the original dealer to inform them where to pick up the panel if they wanted it since the box said
"Propert of ###" on the cover.

The original alarm company never came to pick up the panel during the several months the building was being modified.  A month after
the new place opened I was invited for dinner by the new owners.  I went in the office and they still had the old hardware in the
box where I'd put it.  I called the company again and reminded them to get their hardware.  When they didn't respond for another two
weeks the customer throough it out.

A month or so later the company contacted the customer and demanded he return their system, pay them $2,000 for the "software" in
the dialer (the "software" was actually just their phone number and the account number) or sign with them for a new system which
they would monitor.  The customer told them where to go.  They threatened suit against him for theft and me for tortious
interference.  Idiots!

> Your assumption is a) the panel is locked...

A very common occurence.

> and b) the servicing/installation co. disabled
> the alarm wrongly and should then enable it
> for free.

It doesn't belong to them.  They had no right to
disable it.  How would you feel if Huyndai disabled
your new car because you didn't pay them to
service it after the warranty expired?

> Where's the proof it's locked out?

Where's the proof that it's not?

> The original poster doesn't have enough
> knowledge to say it's locked out with certainty.
>
> And if it was disabled per the request
> of the original homeowner...

That is an assumption you are making
based on wishful thinking.  Making your
argument based on an unlikely assumption
is practically... well, Bush-like.

> If you purchase a house and the oven
> doesn't work, should the original seller
> (eg. Sears) return to fix it for free?

Sears doesn't disable ovens after the
homeowner pays for them.

> Good luck with that! Even if the previous
> homeowner requested the oven be
> disabled the new owner has to deal with
> it and pay for repairs if necessay.

I haven't run across any disabled or locked
out ovens lately.  Have you?

>> Obligations or not to the new owner has
>> nothing to do with it. It's called doing the
>> right thing.
>
> Doing the right thing..... BS...

Sad.

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Regards,
Robert L Bass

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