Thanks for the reply. The DSC units seem popular locally. Any
feedback or recommendations on them?
DSC is a family of extremely popular controls and peripherals. We use the
5010 (Power 832), the 5020 (Power 864), and Ademco's Vista series. DSC's
Meridian series smoke alarms are also excellent. We've settled on C&K for
glass break detectors, Paradox for PIR's, GRI and Sentrol for contacts.
I've read a few posts and see Bass has a lot of input and it seems his
input benefits readers.
That's a fairly standard response from people that haven't posted into the
group for very long and don't know his "history".
Also his website has a lot of good info on it.
Can't argue with that. He's put a lot of effort into making it a fairly
comprehensive site. Unfortunately, selling all those different panels means
he's spreading himself a little thin. He has a lot of knowledge when it
comes to Napco and little when it comes to other panels. He manages to
plant his foot in his mouth on a regular basis as a result. As for actual
"installation experience", I sincerely doubt he has much. The fact that he
maintains *all* residential burg systems employ an entry delay and still
advocates using a paddle (or spade) bit to drill into a walls' foot plate
(in a finished house) leads me to suspect his experience is minimal. He may
have held a license for 16 years (1983 to 1999), but I doubt he was actively
installing systems in all that time (and those that he did install involved
nothing more than the standard system). There are other inconsistancies
with respect to his "experience" as well. If you intend to purchase
equipment from him and rely on his "expertise", I would ask him to provide
the names of clients he's personally installed and serviced systems for. If
you intend on employing his services to monitor your system, ask him to
provide details with respect to his bonding and insurance. Please ensure
you perform your "due diligence" when dealing with any information regarding
your personal security and safety on line.
Another poster (from Mass. if I recall correctly) criticized him
for having an inaccurate picture, but when I checked out that poster's
site it was virtually empty. At least Bass has a good web site.
I don't judge an individual by how good his web site is. His behaviour on
USENET has been simply abominable. There are several other online dealers
and stores I would choose to do business with before Bass, but that's only
because I know the man after observing his behaviour for the last three
years. You can find some helpful tips on purchasing products over the
internet and a list of online security dealers here:
http://www.yoursecuritysource.com/buyingonline.htm.
Frank Olson
http://www.yoursecuritysource.com
