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I'm not sure which is more stupid: the fact that people think that this would prevent burglaries, or that people paid that much money for the idea. Clever kid though, for building something like that at such a young age.
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The kind that check to see if someone is home, and make something up if people answer. One time, a random guy rang the doorbell and when we did answer, he asked if we were selling the car that always sits in our driveway O_o
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Andyman wrote ... The kind that check to see if someone is home, and make something up if people answer. One time, a random guy rang the doorbell and when we did answer, he asked if we were selling the car that always sits in our driveway O_o
Yup. I once knew a teenager (crooked brother of my friend) who found another way to meet strangers in an apartment complex. Skip the doorbell, just try the doorknob. If it's unlocked, open door & step in. If someone's there, give a stupid excuse (e.g. "Is Tom home?") & take off.
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magnet18 wrote ...
I don't get how it stops burglaries. What kind of burglar rings a doorbell?
It doesn't 'need' to stop burglaries.
If it's 'advertised' as stopping burglaries a lot of stupid, paranoid people will buy it.
As an aside, if you answer your phone to find the police at you're door, and you tell them you're not in......they'd get suspicious, even if you had nothing to hide!
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