Indeed, most who 'dont have that sort of money right now' have no trouble finding it for almost anything else!

3 hours ago, PeterJames said:

All depends on the risk of course, if you are known for dealing in used bank notes with random serial numbers you would need a proper alarm, if you only just have a pot to urinate in then the Yale bell box will do just fine. Anything in-between those two requires more or less kit.  

It never ceases to amaze me that people are must have the latest iphone regardless of cost but dont want to spend any money on protecting the contents of their home. The enquiries we get after the event, people have lost their irreplaceable jewellery left to them by their dear old granny, and their wide screen TV, and someone has left them a small brown package in the middle of there new lounge cream deep pile, for the sake of saving a few hundred £. I even had one customer that had to move because his missus refused to go back. The misery of a burglary versus the money it costs for a proper alarm, it just never makes sense to me.

I have also dealt with the far end of the spectrum, millionaire land owner (currently worth £16.9 mill)  79 years old and still first in the office, and last out. He'd been robbed twice and wouldn't pay for his damaged radio PA replacing, I asked him what price he put on his safety and he said not £200 (or whatever) and asked me to disconnect it. There's Numerous others...

I hope the money comments are not aimed at me. I have a safe fitted, along with CCTV covering every inch of my property so I do not know where the money comments have come from. I am in a position now to get a decent alarm, when I fitted the one from B&Q it was just after I had bought a house and a year before my wedding so money was very tight. I live in a relatively low crime area but do value my property and positions so want something good that will last. Any actual advice about decent alarms would be appreciated.

They were not aimed at anyone, topics often go off topic, nerds tend to chat 

On 1/1/2017 at 11:07 AM, al-yeti said:

Just take it back if you the reciepts say it's not fit for its purpose you never know might get credit note or exchange for another item 

 

You want to diy or have it fitted

 

Diy like pyronix enforcer kit ? Has wired bell option and wireless bell which lasts more than 6months but no comfort LEDs that are bright enough to noticed , has gsm and dialler options

 

Or texecom which has a great diy helpline , texecom ricochet system harder to setup imo

 

Expect to pay £500 plus for diy once you add on bits on and Upto £2k installed if you have a complicated setup 

 

Sounds good eh?

 

Good to hear, all the emails that were coming through made it seem like they were aimed at me. I know I am not in the know in this area but living with my mum during a time where she had repeated break-ins has made me very security conscious so want to get it sorted.

17 minutes ago, Wburke said:

I hope the money comments are not aimed at me. I have a safe fitted, along with CCTV covering every inch of my property so I do not know where the money comments have come from. I am in a position now to get a decent alarm, when I fitted the one from B&Q it was just after I had bought a house and a year before my wedding so money was very tight. I live in a relatively low crime area but do value my property and positions so want something good that will last. Any actual advice about decent alarms would be appreciated.

 

we see stuff like that often

 

I often get called to jobs where the electrics are neglected to the point of being dangerous and never been altered since installed in the 50/60's etc, but they dont want to spend any money on fixing anything. yet they will happily spend thousands on a new kitchen or bathroom

 

ref the safe, if its a cheap one with a digital lock, you can usually open them without the code in a few seconds and leave no evidence...

16 minutes ago, Wburke said:

Good to hear, all the emails that were coming through made it seem like they were aimed at me. I know I am not in the know in this area but living with my mum during a time where she had repeated break-ins has made me very security conscious so want to get it sorted.

Stick around here a bit longer and you will be assimilated

1 minute ago, al-yeti said:

and you will be assimilated

 

sound kinky...

13 minutes ago, andy™ said:

ref the safe, if its a cheap one with a digital lock, you can usually open them without the code in a few seconds and leave no evidence...

 

Slightly less time if you don't care who sees...

 

And unfortunately CCTV is not often very useful, was it professionally fitted? Even if the resolution is good enough, often the angles are wrong with DIY and all that will happen is that you'll come home hours after the event to see pictures of hooded men entering the house and leaving with the TV you can see with your own eyes is missing.

 

I have a funny feeling though that I might be giving out advice that is not what is wanted to be heard...

Edited January 3, 20179 yr by datadiffusion

Cctv is useless 90% of the time ime.