Securing bikes to meet home insurance requirements

[Happy_Days]

It seems that even BBC Watchdog’s investigation into Verisure didn’t change the alarm company’s bad behaviour:


View: https://youtu.be/MaQ4iZb_VrA?feature=shared

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Verisure - and some cremation organisations - very carefully aim their adverts at the most gullible and easily persuaded people around

The body language and tone of voice - and especially the smiles and head movements - are very carefully designed to appeal to a certain demographic and make them believe that this is telling them the whole trust and is a company to trust

they are not aiming at the average person - they are aiming at people that are easy to convince and in many cases they use play on fears and inspire worry to do it

It is very clever and I find it VERY sinister

 

[Drago]

It seems that even BBC Watchdog’s investigation into Verisure didn’t change the alarm company’s bad behaviour:


View: https://youtu.be/MaQ4iZb_VrA?feature=shared

£45 months monitoring! For a company that installs their sensors with sticky pads!!!

£32 a month for me with a proper company.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I don;t know - but I suspect Verisure use things that only they can fix

so if the company goes bust them their customers will be left with a system that either is immediately
or soon will become
useless - or at least have important facilities disabled

 

[Happy_Days]

I don’t know - but I suspect Verisure use things that only they can fix

ADT alarms were known for similar issues, but they may have changed.

ADT states that their “alarm receiving centre” is NSI approved, but not whether the actual alarm system is approved. It could be the Verisure situation, i.e. a devious way to make uncertified alarms appear insurance-approved. Both brands don’t offer SSAIB-approved alarms.

Evidently, the best known names are the worst choice for alarm systems. It looks like local alarm installers are the better bet.

 

[Drago]

ADT do have NSI accreditation for their hardware. I think they to lost it at one point, but theyve gone back to proper engineers doing the installations instead of salesman using sticky pads like Verisure, their sensors are "bank grade" 128bit encrypted and are frequency agile so are tricky to either block or spoof, etc. They were one of the firms our insurers found acceptable.

ADT also qualify for level 1 alarm response from the police, ie,they're considered trustworthy enough the dibble will attend on the basis of a call from ADT alone.

Verisure et al are level 2, the feds will only pitch up if they can confirm there is an intruder on site, and not just on the basis of an alarm activation.

Many local installers are indeed very good.

SSAIB is alternative body to NSI. Very few appear to have accreditation from both, but very few people have AA membership in addition to their RAC.