| T.R | Title | User | Personal
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| 1715.1 | Decisive steps..... | SBPEXE::PREECE | Just gimme the VAX, ma'am... | Fri Mar 06 1992 21:38 | 21 |
| No. Instead, we read in "Digital Toady" that DEC are taking major
steps to reduce theft of and from company cars.....some more
cameras and an extra security patrol in the DECPark carpark.
Great. Assuming that I live in DECpark and never go anywhere else, my
car is now marginally safer.
Oh, and we also get told not to park anywhere that might attract
thieves. Like car parks, for instance.
(Well, if you were a car-thief, where would *you* go to find lots of
cars ?)
When is DEC's insurance company going to *compel* us to fit alarms and
/or immobilisers in all lease cars as standard ? In the sort of
numbers we're looking at ,it should be possible to negotiate a very
tasty discount deal with a supplier, and the reduction in direct and
indirect costs would soon cover it, I'm sure.
Ian.
(Who *doesn't* live in DEC park, and had his car broken into in a
well-lit, busy public car park !!! Grrrr....)
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| 1715.2 | | FORTY2::PALKA | | Sat Mar 07 1992 10:41 | 13 |
| > When is DEC's insurance company going to *compel* us to fit alarms and
> /or immobilisers in all lease cars as standard ? In the sort of
> numbers we're looking at ,it should be possible to negotiate a very
> tasty discount deal with a supplier, and the reduction in direct and
> indirect costs would soon cover it, I'm sure.
DEC's insurance company doesn't cover the loss for car theft. So they
have no interest in forcing DEC to install alarms.
DEC pays the cost of the loss, and presumably has decided that alarms
cost more than they save in reduced loss.
Andrew
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| 1715.3 | | BRUMMY::MARTIN::BELL | Martin Bell, TCC, Birmingham UK | Sun Mar 08 1992 12:22 | 12 |
| Re: .2
... another thing in "Digital Toady" (what a very apt name) is the bit where
they say ...
"If an employee's car or items from the car are stolen, Digital meets the costs
from its own funds"
... well thats the first i have heard, that the pathetic �100 personal items
insurance has increased to cover everything!
mb
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| 1715.4 | | LEECHS::hilton | How's it going royal ugly dudes? | Mon Mar 09 1992 09:22 | 4 |
| In the same article:
"Improved car locks and fitted alarms have not proved to be a cost
effective way of tackling the problem"
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| 1715.5 | | FORTY2::PALKA | | Mon Mar 09 1992 09:28 | 4 |
| re .3
They are probably referring to items belonging to digital.
Andrew
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| 1715.6 | | BRUMMY::MARTIN::BELL | Martin Bell, TCC, Birmingham UK | Mon Mar 09 1992 09:30 | 7 |
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> "Improved car locks and fitted alarms have not proved to be a cost
> effective way of tackling the problem"
... if this is the case then why bother even locking the car in the first place!
mb
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| 1715.7 | | PLAYER::BROWNL | Just who is Victor Ludorum? | Mon Mar 09 1992 10:17 | 12 |
| Personally, I'm not too sure that alarms are worth the effort. They
seem to go off all the time, and most people seem to ignore them.
For my Frogeye, which is unlockable, I have an immobiliser, and a
Krook-Lok to stop the sneak-thief. If I lived somewhere dodgy, and
wanted to leave it out often, I would use a clamp in addition to the
above. I'm thinking of fitting a second immobiliser.
I still maintain, you can't stop the really determined professional
from nicking your car.
Laurie.
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| 1715.8 | It's the amateurs I worry about ! | SBPEXE::PREECE | Just gimme the VAX, ma'am... | Mon Mar 09 1992 15:02 | 12 |
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Re. -1
No, you cant'. However, you *can* deter the "casual" thief, who doesn't
want your car (indeed, may not even be old enough to drive it !), but
heaves a brick through the window and has a rummage around the inside
on the off-chance that there's something in it worth having.
Ian
(who hasn't *had* his �100 yet !)
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| 1715.9 | Alarm INCREASES premium ! | FUTURS::FIDO | | Thu Jun 11 1992 14:55 | 15 |
| This topic reminds me of the following story :-
About six years ago, my then boss became the proud owner of a BMW
[ it takes all sorts ;-) ] and had to transfer his existing insurance
to cover the new car.
He thought that the quote he had been given was a bit on the high side
and so he told the insurance company that he had an alarm fitted, thinking
that this may persuade them to reduce the premium.
Did they ? Did they h*ll - instead, they increased it since he had
extra equipment ( i.e. the alarm ) fitted !
Terry
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| 1715.10 | Cobra, Gemini, or Scorpian alarms & Norwich Union ? | LARVAE::DRSD27::GALVIN | Can we have summer now? | Fri May 07 1993 18:13 | 18 |
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I'm currently shopping around for car insurance. I've generally been quoted
premiums of �730 and above, but I've also been quoted �512 by Norwich Union
so long as I have ( or get fitted ) the one of the relevant alarms from the
following companies:
1. Cobra ( 0923-222664 )
2. Gemini ( 0905-756900 )
3. Scorpian ( 061-777-9682 )
Does anybody have any experience of the companies and their alarms and if
would you recommend them ?
Regards
Steven
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