Re: Generic Central Station Horror Tales

["Roland More" <NoSpamroland@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It seems no matter how subtle or not, there seems to be nothing registering
about it at the head end. Besides it's the other end that needs anonymity.
Perhaps it is like saying it is safe to identify the hospital but not the
patient.

"Nomen Nescio" <nobody@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Roland More said:
>
>>Would you expect a central station would pay off if they called your
>>customer's alarm panel and removed the central station phone number, as
>>well
>>as the account number from the panel, and then the customer suffered a
>>loss
>>from a failure to dispatch?
>
> Pardon me, I had forgotten that you and Just Looking are the same person.
> I thought the original question was a legitimate question about legitimate
> central station errors, and did not realize it was a continuation of your
> expose of a hypothetical central station.
>
> What you now describe falls under the heading of intentional misconduct,
> rather than an honest mistake.  Any dealer who found out his central had
> reprogrammed his systems as locals without notice should run for the door,
> and the nearest lawyer.
>
> Of course, I'm speaking hypothetically, and I have no knowledge of any
> central station actually doing anything like this, other than reading the
> comments you have made.
>
> I would say, however, that you have been about as subtle as a sledgehammer
> in your hints as to the identity of the company, and you are probably long
> past the stage of being able to use the word "hypothetically" as cover.
>
> - badenov
>