Re: new pad

["fenwayfool" <peterson.russell@xxxxxxxxx>]

Pardon?  I don't ever remember saying this system was monitored by
anyone.  I said it was an ADT system.

On Jan 30, 10:08 am, "Doug" <n...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.
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> Doug
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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.- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -