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

[I brive a dus <alarminstall@xxxxxxx>]

On Apr 15, 1:04 am, "Mark Leuck" <mle...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> "I brive a dus" <alarminst...@xxxxxxx> wrote in messagenews:106fa0a0-88fc-46c6-8e07-3f91968d1c4f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> > On Apr 14, 10:11 pm, "Mark Leuck" <mle...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> "Jim Rojas" <jro...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >> > All of them.
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> >> > 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.
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> >> > Jim Rojas
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> >> How exactly is that deceptive? <
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> > 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.
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> I thought of that too however if you look at the price of a 30 second TV
> spot I can see why. <

The commercial was filmed that way to portray a ridiculously fast
response time to an unrealistic incident.
I received a copy of that ad, and many others, before they hit the
airwaves. Jim is correct that the ads are deceptive, but when was the
last time you saw a completely honest advertisement?

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> > The system being armed in instant mode, during the daytime, while
> > people are still home, is another one that baffles me.
> > Describing the equipment as state of the art borders on hilarious.