Re: the police was dispatched to ... the wrong house

["Robert L Bass" <RobertLBass@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Hang on here...
>
> You are blaming this on an installer right off the bat.
> The o.p. never said wheter he even had a dealer.
> The central cannot verify where the signal came from.

Correct.  However, the signals didn't come from the
OP's system.  They originated from another alarm which
was erroneously programmed with the same CS phone
number and account number as his.  Since the vast
majority of installs are "professional" and most of the
few remaining DIY jobs are non-monitored, the odds
strongly favor the SNAFU being a professional one.

> Bottom line.. he has a poor central station,
> and possibly a poor dealer.

And possibly one that has multiple poor installers
screwi9ng up multiple installations.

> The mystery signal could have come from a
>"DIY'er" ar a pro, though like many others i would
> lean more towards a diyer...

Lean all you like.  Fall off your bike, too, if it pleases you.
The odds are way against you.

> or a lick and stick tech....

Far more "lick 'n' stick" jobs are done by "professional"
installers than *all* DIY jobs so the odds are if the job
was bushed up it was done by a paid pro.

> A pro would have tested the system and found
> the problem immediately...

The problem is there are way too many morons who
don't care a Whit about testing, QC or anything else
out there carrying installer's licenses.

> the signal was sent in the middle of the night...

Which tells us precisely nothing.

> another indicator that it wasn't a pro. most of them
> work during the daylight.

You figure false alarms only happen while the paid
techs are on site?  Heh, heh, heh...  :^)

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Regards,
Robert L Bass

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