Re: Off contract soon with Apex, I'm looking for cheaper monitoring

["Mark Leuck" <mleuck@xxxxxxxxx>]

"I brive a dus" <alarminstall@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Apr 14, 10:11 pm, "Mark Leuck" <mle...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> "Jim Rojas" <jro...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>
>> news:wvTMj.3137$XF3.2029@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> > All of them.
>>
>> > Husband just pulls out of the driveway, burglar kicks in front door,
>> > alarm
>> > instantly triggers...they are all lame, and depict women as helpless
>> > victims.
>>
>> > Jim Rojas
>>
>> How exactly is that deceptive? <
>
> The operator (Mike) is on the phone with the client at the 2 second
> mark even though the system has a 20 second delay. That is the first
> thing that comes to mind.

If you look at the commercial you just see the call after the fact, it
doesn't show how long it was between the breakin and the call, I just caught
the "Its our first night in the new house" commercial where they were broken
into at night

> The system being armed in instant mode, during the daytime, while
> people are still home, is another one that baffles me.

I've known many people who did that, thats the main reason why most security
systems have an instant mode

> Describing the equipment as state of the art borders on hilarious.