[RP TownTalk] security systems...

[Kate Sharpe]

Drena,

Thanks so much for the neighborly warning.  The same guys were on our street today and rang my doorbell. I was on the phone at the time and didn't really get what they were saying - something about free security service.  I thought "yeah, right" but they said they'd come back at a better time and I just shut the door.  I should have told them to get lost, and I'll certainly do so if I see them again.

I think our dog is an excellent security system anyway, with the only monthly charge being dog food. :)

Thanks again,
Kate Sharpe
4800 Ravenswood


----- Original Message ----
From: Drena J. Galarza <djgal97 at hotmail.com>
To: TownTalk <TownTalk at riverdale-park.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 2, 2007 3:45:28 PM
Subject: [RP TownTalk] security systems...


so theres a guy (or 2) who has been going door to door for a few days now, selling security systems.  he has a white hat, and a white shirt that says "honeywell" (no business card by the way) and approached me about 5 minutes ago to tell me that there have been a few robberies in the neighborhood lately and asked me a bunch of questions about my present home security system (that is scary in itself)...  we have ADT and he told me that what they are doing now is cutting the phone lines and then breaking into the house...  i thanked him for his time, and told him we were happy with our service.  as i was walking away he reminded me that they cut the phone lines so that ADT doesn't work anymore and then break in and his system was free with a comparable monthly charge... its the newest technology he says.  he should have left it alone...  i told him that he shouldn't come into someone's neighborhood and try to scare them into buying his product.  he had some stats from the
 police department to spout off when i said our neighborhood was safe...  i should have thrown the town crier in his face (i was holding it at the time.)  he was rude and yucky...  same guy was in edmonston on monday and had a friend of mine all signed up for his "free" service, gathering lots of private information, calling it into "headquarters" and then after paperwork was done he said, "oh and you know about the monthly service charge?"  he told her "everyone knows there is a monthly charge to have a security system in your house" and they immediately called it off.  anyways, hes yucky and i don't like people trying to scare me into stuff...  especially if they are knocking on my door.  if you see him, you now have a heads up.  yuck.  -drena galarza (nicholson street)
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