21
May
2010
MANOA ALERT!!!
I was at a sales call yesterday in Manoa. The neighbors down the street had a truck pull up to their house last week and clean it out. This is common these days and there are ways for you and your neighbors to prevent this. Go to your neighbors and agree that if one of you is moving or having a truck delivery you will let the other know. If they see a truck in your driveway and haven’t been notified that you were expecting it, they have your permission to call you to verify it is legitimate. Just this little action can save the heart break of coming home to find your house empty and all your beloved valuables gone forever. Even better, call us and have a first class burglar alarm system installed in your home on Oahu. Guru
5
Apr
2010
YIKES!
The door-to-door boys of summer are back going door to door and selling burglar alarm systems to unsuspecting families on Oahu again and ripping them off while tying them to a 36 month contract. Even worse, they are telling people the Security One, Inc. is their service company! We are getting calls from people who want us to cancel their contracts or fix their systems. A complete lie and very much against the law. They are operating under new names this year such as Frontier Security Solutions but the scam is the same. Sell and install a system, get that monthly obligation in place and then disappear. Beware! Guru
30
Mar
2010
THEY ARE PROS NOW
The day of the summertime bored kid burglars is over, folks. The new breed are professionals, working our neighborhoods with efficiency. Burglars use cell phones to warn of police or you coming home. Burglars scope out a neighborhood days before and tag the mailboxes of those who are likely not to be at home. They sweep through a neighborhood with a truck they can load up and then dump because it is stolen. Burglars target electronics and easily sold popular items or load up all your furniture depending on what they are most likely to get rid of quickly. If you live on Oahu and haven’t been hit yet you need to take heed and protect yourself with a monitored burglar alarm system. This is the worst I have seen in the 20 years I have been working in the security business. Guru
29
Mar
2010
FIRE! FIRE!
It really bothers all of us to hear that some family is without a home because their house burned down. It is particularly tragic when pets and people lose their lives. A monitored alarm system with fire protection would have saved every home and every pet. For a very reasonable initial investment in an alarm system with fire protection, and a monthly payment as low as $26.14 w/tax, the elderly woman would be alive and the two families who lost their homes, pets and belonings would be grateful for their alarm system. Think about it. It could be a different story for all of them today. Guru
15
Feb
2010
Are You A Good Neighbor?
Things are so bad out there lately that I think it is time to update our good neighborlyness and add an item or two to keep your neighborhood safe. You and your close neighbors all can agree to contact each other if there is any kind of unusual activity spotted at someone’s house. Get each other’s cell phone number for quick access if there is a big truck parked in the driveway and some big guys loading up or any other thing that needs to be checked out. If some stranger is fiddling with your neighbors car you might want to call your neighbor before strolling over to help out with getting into the car or looking under the hood. These tips are based upon actual events that took place under the neighbor’s noses and resulted in big rip-offs that could have been thwarted with a simple phone call. Your neighbors would rather you be a bit nosy sometimes. If you aren’t then you will spend the next ten years apologizing for letting someone rip them off while you were watching. Better yet, go in with each other to purchase alarm systems from Security One and get a package discount price that is very attractive. A residential alarm system is the way to go if you want real “peace of mind”. Guru
11
Feb
2010
ASKING FOR A BURGLAR….?
Do you tweet? Do you Facebook? If you do, don’t tell it all. Burglars know that if you are out of town, and do not have an alarm system, your home is available for a rip-off. Go ahead and Tweet and Face away your plans to party and relax ONLY if you have a good burglar alarm system installed in your home. Otherwise, the bad guys have just way too much information about you. Be awake, be aware, be smart.