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Default House insurance and burglar alarms

On 15/02/2013 16:51, harry wrote:
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Just put up a fake alarm enclosure/fake TV camera.
You can get them quite cheap with a few LEDS powered by a mini solar
panel.


But don't expect any serious thief to be fooled by them. When ADT took
over another company, there was a spate of thefts from properties that
had not had the enclosure updated. The thieves kept abreast of all the
latest developments and they knew that anybody with the older enclosure
was not on a contract and would not be remotely monitored. They were not
worried about a simple alarm, knowing that they usually get ignored.

Colin Bignell