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That cheap wireless alarm keypad I bought off Amazon cost me 3 hours on site
I grabbed a no-name wireless keypad for 40 bucks to save a client some money on a residential install over in Oakdale. Ended up spending 3 hours troubleshooting because it kept dropping connection to the panel every 20 minutes. Finally swapped it out for a trusted brand I usually use and it worked first try. So I wasted 40 dollars and a whole afternoon because I tried to be cheap. Has anyone else had a bad experience with off-brand wireless components that just weren't worth the savings?
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margaret_lane17d agoOG Member
Oh man, that's brutal lol. It's like the universe punishing you for trying to be smart with money. I swear the "buy cheap, buy twice" rule hits hardest with anything electronic or mechanical. You see it everywhere too, not just in our line of work. My buddy bought a cheap pressure washer off some random site and the hose burst on the second use, spraying muddy water all over his new fence. Or how about those bargain bin phone chargers that fry your battery in a month. Sometimes you just gotta trust that the name brand stuff is priced that way because it actually works, you know?
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