Comments on: Is a Security System Worth It? It Depends http://www.darwinsfinance.com/is-a-security-system-worth-it/ Financial Evolution: Education, Adaptation, Achievement Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:43:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anthonyhttp://www.darwinsfinance.com/is-a-security-system-worth-it/#comment-6402 Anthony Sat, 17 Jul 2010 04:07:18 +0000 http://www.darwinsfinance.com/?p=2463#comment-6402 You could do what my mother-in-law used to do... Put up an ADT sign in the front yard. Presumably, this works. She was never burglarized, but who's saying she would have without the ADT sign? Or you could like my parents did. Install an alarm system but don't get the monitoring. Sadly with monitoring, it will take a few minutes (or maybe an hour or more!) for the police to arrive. A robber can steal tons of valuables before the cops make it... So why pay for monitoring? The blaring alarm sound should be enough to drive the "average" burglar away. I'm considering an alarm system now as well... since I have a newborn in the house. Thankfully, I live in a safe neighborhood and near the back. I am surrounded by people who keep an eye out for us. I'm still debating. You could do what my mother-in-law used to do… Put up an ADT sign in the front yard. Presumably, this works. She was never burglarized, but who’s saying she would have without the ADT sign?

Or you could like my parents did. Install an alarm system but don’t get the monitoring. Sadly with monitoring, it will take a few minutes (or maybe an hour or more!) for the police to arrive. A robber can steal tons of valuables before the cops make it… So why pay for monitoring? The blaring alarm sound should be enough to drive the “average” burglar away.

I’m considering an alarm system now as well… since I have a newborn in the house. Thankfully, I live in a safe neighborhood and near the back. I am surrounded by people who keep an eye out for us. I’m still debating.

]]> By: Ryanhttp://www.darwinsfinance.com/is-a-security-system-worth-it/#comment-6399 Ryan Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:43:31 +0000 http://www.darwinsfinance.com/?p=2463#comment-6399 Despite a security system, the kids and dog hitting the wall and your shaving mirror falling will still wake you at night. It'd be interesting to see the difference if just a sign is placed in the front yard compared to an actual monitoring system. Happy zzzz's... Despite a security system, the kids and dog hitting the wall and your shaving mirror falling will still wake you at night.

It’d be interesting to see the difference if just a sign is placed in the front yard compared to an actual monitoring system.

Happy zzzz’s…

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