Re: Brinks, Slomins Shield, or ADT?

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

OH...it's THAT Slomins...I thought the name sounded familiar...oil
trucks!...been a long time since I lived back east.

Wayne was he the Blockbuster guy?


"Jim Rojas" <jrojas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| ADT has the best overall customer service, and doesn't mind if you
| decide to use your system as a non monitored system only after your
| commitment with them is satisfied. Their Safewatch Pro 3000EN is an
| Ademco Vista20Pv2 that cannot be downloaded via standard compass. You
| can however hand program it, or swap the board, and all wireless devices
| if any, are fully compatible.
|
| Brinks is the complete opposite of ADT. They have a real borg mentality,
| and will shutdown your system in a heartbeat, and refuse to service your
| system unless you sign up for another long term contract. To use your
| system as a local, you have to pay them $500 more, and thats if you
| catch them on a good day. Nevermind that you have had your service with
| them for several years. Nevermind that the installing dealer already
| paid them for that equipment. It's all a numbers game to them.
|
| Slomins is a company that offers home security as a sideline...do you
| really want to use a company that primarily sells home heating oil to
| install a security system in your home? Most of their installations are
| the basic 3 door, 1 motion, lick it and stick systems. That is not
| security or peace of mind. I have seen companies like Slomins sell off
| alarm divisions once they find a sucker (ADT for the most part), or
| decide that their attrition rate is getting out of control, and try to
| pawn it off to Wayne Hizinga...yeah Wayne, I still remember you! :)
|
| Jim Rojas
|
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| Jim wrote:
| > On Jun 29, 7:55?pm, Jim Rojas <jro...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
| >> ADT would be the best choice of all three. Slomins uses off the shelf
| >> Napco P800, P816, P1632 panels.
| >>
| >> Jim Rojas
| >>
| >>
| > What's wrong with off the shelf products?
| >
| > Better than proprietary ...... wouldn't you say?
| >
| > Also, if Slomins is being considered, that means the OP is in
| > the NY tristate area in which Napco is very popular. It would seem
| > that a popular panel would be one more likely to be able to be
| > taken over, rather than changed,  should the OP decide to change
| > alarm companys.
| >