subject: Home Security Systems Telford [print this page] The quick and easy way to find an honest alarm installation engineer.
Home burglar alarm systems are a prudent home security investment; however there are certain points all prospective buyers should know before going ahead with the order.
In many areas of Telford and I suppose yours would be no different, there has been a significant increase in home burglaries, and by some incredible coincidence as soon as the crime goes up, the number of hard sell door to door salesmen calling about home alarm systems goes up as well.
Unfortunately, a lot of the door to door pitches are hard sell and they have been taught how to play on the fears people have with regards to robberies; and they can be very disturbing for some people due to the anxiety burglary and other crimes causes. Whats more these high pressure strategies are designed to not allow you the time to think about the purchase properly.
There are a number of very good reasons why you should not buy home alarm systems from a door to door salesman, particularly on impulsive. One of the main reasons is that they don't allow you time to think about it or give you time to find out a bit more about the company you are dealing with.
You should never permit yourself to be forced or alarmed into buying anything from a person on your door step regardless of how tempting their pitch may be. If they are a decent company they will leave you some literature, allowing you to read it at your leisure. So you can get in touch with them if, and only if, YOU make the decision that you are interested in buying an alarm system from their company.
Any sound company will give you time to think about the offer and evaluate their products and services before committing to buying. In some cases, you may be required to take out a long term monitoring contract, so ask as many questions as you can think of and then consider the answers before ordering.
Besides making the decision to have a home alarm system installed, the family should take time to look around the home together and look for ways to reduce their risk of burglary.
- Do you have secure window and door locks fitted?
- Are there any obstructions in front of your windows or doors that could hide burglars activities?
- If you can gain access to your back garden easily then so can a thief?
- Have you got automatic timers fitted to activate your lights when youre out at night?
- If youve got cats do you leave the windows open?
- When you go on holiday always cancel milk and newspapers and have a neighbour park their car in your parking space.
