Re: Simons motion sensor battery life?

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

oh you're worried about the "stuff".

when i design, sell, install and maintain a proper alarm system, the "stuff"
is not my primary concern, the mom & dad and the kiddies are - maybe fido
too.

your ins. co. shouldn't give you a discount for a minimal "system" like you
are intending to install - in fact when we fill out those forms for the ins.
discount it has to come from an alarm co. AND they ask about what kind of
coverage is installed, the panel type & manu. and abt. the CS as well.

<sigh>

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Crash Gordon
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<I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe>
"jobs" <jobs@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1195017816.925186.69410@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
|> Might as well buy a noise parrot.
|
| Actually..
|
| We've lived in the same house for about 14 years now. After buying the
| house I put in $40 joke security alarm .. no monitoring no nothing but
| a pretty loud siren. After a remodeling project that included
| reversing our front door to swing in .. somebody kicked in the front
| door one weekday and apparently triggered the alarm. Apparently, it
| scared the hell out of them as the only stuck around long enough to
| steel an old digital camera from that i happen to leave on the kitchen
| counter.. The most expensive loss was the door which now swings out
| again like everybody else in the block.
|
| Compare that to my parents $800 system with fancy monitoring. About
| three months ago they were in Vegas and I get a call that their alarm
| tripped. I was at dinner about 2 hours away so I okayed them to
| dispatch the police. So I drive to the house over  2 hours later and
| no sign of anything wrong, over an hour later, a policeman in plain
| clothing shows up in an unmarked vehicle with nothing but apparently a
| flash light. The guy must have been 70years old and looked half
| asleep.
|
| The way I see it, I'd have to spend way too much  to do it totally
| right as if they REALLY wanna get in and steel your stuff they will.
| Phone lines are a joke and police dispatch is a joke too. My real
| security system .. hide or back up anything of real value (mostly
| sentimental), and a really really loud siren.
|
| Honestly, I'm upgrading for the $200 insurance credit ...
|
|
| But thanks for the feedback.
|
|