Just wondering what thoughts were on alarms. Maybe an old thread, but I will say why we have one or keep one..
I guess we got it because we had some contractors break in to our house and steal some checks and a computer and it was a bad situation. But to some degree it was an 'inside job' and we haven't had a break-in in 10 years other than that. But our neighborhood groups reports them fairly often.. usually back door kicked in.
I really don't care about any 'stuff' we own, there isn't that much and we don't have a big t.v. or jewelry or cash laying around.
But I have a dog and 2 cats. I'm most afraid if someone kicked our door in that our dog would get out and run away. Hopefully he would bark loud enough that no one would want to break in but who knows. Even if we did have an alarm, and it went off, our animals might still all take off (maybe to get away from the loud alarm, I have no idea).
Anyways, maybe you can see the dilemma. It's kind of nice knowing at least if someone broke in I could be home in 15-20 mins to see they were here.
It costs us $40 a month.
I keep thinking about putting a note on our door that says we don't have any cash, no tv, nothing of much value.. but we do have a vicious dog (he's not really, but he barks loud).
Is that an outrageous thought?!
I think the fact our house and cars are pretty plain might help us avoid being a target. Our neighbors two houses down have had 2 break ins in the last 4 years or so.