Comments on: I am getting Brinks Home Security soon. Any good? http://www.homesecuritysolutions.co.uk/i-am-getting-brinks-home-security-soon-any-good.php Yale Wireless Alarm | Response Wirefree Alarm Wed, 16 May 2012 10:48:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Mark R http://www.homesecuritysolutions.co.uk/i-am-getting-brinks-home-security-soon-any-good.php/comment-page-1#comment-2397 Mark R Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:38:04 +0000 http://www.homesecuritysolutions.co.uk/i-am-getting-brinks-home-security-soon-any-good.php#comment-2397 You may be better going a do it yourself route. You can purchase the exact same system that they are installing for somewhere between $200 and $300 dollars. Then, you could purchase UL listed, central station monitoring for $9 a month, without the hassle of a contract. So, over three years, your total is going to be $624 ($300 for purchasing the system, $324 for three years at $9 per month for monitoring). Now, remember that you don't actually have to continue your service that long, since you aren't on a contract. You pay monthly, or prepay for the entire year. When you want out, you're out. The route that your taking is cheaper upfront, only $100 to install. But then, you'll be paying $348 per year for monitoring. That means, over the next three years (the usual contract length), you will spend $1,144 for, essentially, the same system and the same monitoring, going with Brinks. That means you will be overspending by at least $520 over the next three years. To offer a different perspective, I've included an article on Do It Yourself Home Security. Good luck. You may be better going a do it yourself route. You can purchase the exact same system that they are installing for somewhere between $200 and $300 dollars. Then, you could purchase UL listed, central station monitoring for $9 a month, without the hassle of a contract. So, over three years, your total is going to be $624 ($300 for purchasing the system, $324 for three years at $9 per month for monitoring). Now, remember that you don’t actually have to continue your service that long, since you aren’t on a contract. You pay monthly, or prepay for the entire year. When you want out, you’re out. The route that your taking is cheaper upfront, only $100 to install. But then, you’ll be paying $348 per year for monitoring. That means, over the next three years (the usual contract length), you will spend $1,144 for, essentially, the same system and the same monitoring, going with Brinks. That means you will be overspending by at least $520 over the next three years.

To offer a different perspective, I’ve included an article on Do It Yourself Home Security. Good luck.

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