Re: new pad

["Doug" <not@xxxxxxxx>]

There are many companies that sell alarm systems and monitoring for the DIY
market online including, if you prefer DIY then you should probably have
gone that route. You chose ADT, probably because they offered an
installation at below cost to secure a long term monitoring agreement with
them retaining ownership of the system, its understandable that they would
not want anyone, other than themselves servicing or making modifications to
their system. I'm not a great fan of ADT, but in this case they hardly seem
to be overcharging, in fact the $70 charge to add a window sensor sounds
very reasonable.

Doug

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"fenwayfool" <peterson.russell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> For the record, I do think $70 for a single wireless sensor is too
> much.  I would prefer it if the security companies would make the
> devices easier to use and then simply sell extras online.  For
> example, I can buy a pack of wireless sensors on eBay (10 for $200)...
> that's $20 each folks.  Then I could add them myself.  ADT makes $200,
> and my inner control freak is happy.  :-)  If people can put a
> wireless LinkSys router in their home, they can stick a sensor on a
> window and add its address to the panel.
> Thanks again, Nick.
>