Brink's home security commercials funny stuff

[10/22plinker]

I wish there was commercial that showed that alarms don't scare off all criminals just saw one where the lady thinks her daughter is at the door but then finds out she's in her room when the door is smashed open and the alarm scares the guy off they should have one sponsored by a firearm company where she ends up saving her daughter with a gun.

 

[Yo Mama]

Yeah, I always chuckel at those. Or the one where the husband leaves for work in the daytime, and the door gets kicked in by the jogger. Thank goodness for that alarm though, sure seemed to scare the actor off.

 

[Vern Humphrey]

There used to be a "MacGruff The Crime Dog" commercial that showed a man beating on a door with the butt of a shotgun. The voice over said, "This was the scene in Detroit several months ago" and then went on to tell us the homeowner was wounded, and talk about a neighborhood watch.

I always thought it would be cool if suddenly the door exploded outwards while the voice over said, "And this was the scene two seconds later." Camera pans around to show a blasted door frame and the muzzle of a smoking M1841 Mountain Howitzer, while the grinning gunner says, "Since Ah got mah Ashe Ordnance Mountain Howitzer, Ah've blowed away three burglars and a door-to-door salesman."

 

[armoredman]

I groan at those commercials all the time - the criminlas know roughly how long they have until the Man shows. Long enough to rifle the place and kill the unarmed people, if need be.

 

[MadMercS55]

I'd love those commercials if the jogger boots the door, runs in the house and gets splattered by the wife with a Mossberg. Otherwise, they just try to impart a false sense of security in their potential customers that fail to realize any better...

 

[2RCO]

I have a system (not brinks) that has scared off at least one would be home invader. They tried to kick in a basement door when the alarm went off they bolted. Good thing for them or they'd have me a grumpily awakened guy with a 1911.

 

[M1A National Match]

The alarm companies goal is to send all the soccer moms into a tizzy, and scare them into buying an alarm system, with monitoring, That will give them the peace of mind of false security. It is what it is.

Me, I'll stick to insured by Smith & Wesson, thank you very much.

 

[malix]

The alarm companies goal is to send all the soccer moms into a tizzy, and scare them into buying an alarm system, with monitoring, That will give them the peace of mind of false security. It is what it is.

Me, I'll stick to insured by Smith & Wesson, thank you very much.

I agree.

Or how about that Duracell commercial where the kid gets lost in the park and the mom starts to panic until her Duracell powered child locator beacon saves the day!

How did any of us survive childhood without having all these electronic gadgets around to keep us safe?

 

[offthepaper]

I know it's been shown a thousand times, but I couldn't resist.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P3A62mG8Z0

 

[Superlite27]

I like the ADT commercial where the mom & daughter walk in on a burglar who is in the process of trashing a house, when they walk in on him, he acts all surprised, raises his hands, and politely walks out of the home. (This must be what burglars always do when surprised. Evidently they never attack homeowners when walked in on.) The crime "reenactment" closes with a close-up of a broken picture of the family. (All burglars must also break in for the sole purpose of breaking wall decorations. Not to steal things, rape people, or murder them)

The worst part is not the loss of property (Which was nothing! The burglar calmly left [empty handed] after all that picture breaking!) but the loss of their peace of mind!

I don't think relying on calling another person to protect me is a good idea. But to add yet another person to the process has to be insane!

If it takes 10 minutes for the police to arrive when YOU call them, how does adding a system, that calls another person, to then call the police who arrive in 10 minutes make things any faster? How is this regaining your peace of mind?

I think a good shotgun would be a little more effective. Of course, to advertise this wouldn't help ADT sell too many alarms, would it?

 

[Deltaboy1984]

malix That locator device in the Durcell commerical is for mentally challenged children. It is very nice to have if you have a special needs child.

Now for the Brinks stuff I agree if the teenage girl taps that thug with a 20 gauge shotgun would be great.

 

[Raptorq7r13]

Those commercials always elicit the same response from me. A determined criminal has done his damage by the time the cops arrive, alarm or no. As for me, I don't call 911- I call 1911.

Offthepaper: I'd never seen that before. Awesome!

 

[Vern Humphrey]

There used to be a newspaper ad for these home alarm systems. It showed a Beretta M9 with the words, "This can't dial 911 for you." I wrote to Beretta and suggested they do an ad, showing the alarm system with the words, "This can't keep you alive until the cops get there."

 

[Phatty]

Me, I'll stick to insured by Smith & Wesson, thank you very much.

I've got an alarm system, but it's primary purpose is to protect the home when everyone is away. Even if you want to rely on your Smith & Wesson, the alarm at least gives you a heads up that a door or window has been opened or that someone is moving around in your house (assuming motion detectors are active).

Otherwise, they just try to impart a false sense of security in their potential customers that fail to realize any better...

I don't have any unrealistic expectations from my home security system. It wouldn't take much effort for a motivated criminal to bypass the system. However, it's better than nothing and at the very least it might persuade a criminal to skip over my house and break into the houses on either side of mine that have no security system. Most of the break-ins in my area are from teenagers and amateur criminals who do simple smash and grabs.

 

[Vern Humphrey]

The first step in any security system is early warning. To that extent, a Brinks or similar system is a good idea. But it would better if it simply detected movement outside the house -- before the breakin -- and alerted you.

 

[Dr. Fresh]

They aren't going to sell any alarm systems if they make the customer think he/she doesn't need one. I agree that the commercials are unrealistic, but I can see why they do them.

 

[Phatty]

But it would better if it simply detected movement outside the house -- before the breakin -- and alerted you.

Yeah, that's what my dogs are for. Like any such security measure, there are a ton of false alarms.

 

[Deltaboy1984]

Get a fenced in yard and a DOG!

 

[Aw4g63]

Security systems with external audible alarms in dense housing areas are better than nothing. If you're not home it will at least offer some attention to the event. Unlike you not being home and your guns in your safe. They'd have free pick through the whole house.

I'll tell you right now you'll never be a pitchman for security systems. lol Maybe action movies?

 

[runrabbitrun]

You can save a boat load of money by
simply putting up a 'look alike' sign.

Obviously Brinks and AMT would not like that.
So a sign that states BLINKS or ANT should do the trick. lol

On a side note:
I had a small shop years ago and put up a fake camera.
But I had some cheesy alarm system too.
Now days cameras are cheap and can be hooked up to your
computer and I know there's DIY type audible alarm systems out there as well.

But it's a moot point for me because I have no plans on moving back
to an area where I'll need all these devices.

Now if I moved back to S. Florida, I'd have all the above and an electric fence
as well... but forget about the bars on the windows and doors.
I'll be dammed if I'm going to live in a home that looks like it's a jail.

 

[Aw4g63]

But it's moot point for me because I have no plans on moving back
to an area where I'll need all these devices.

Criminals don't have cars?


My fathers house was picked clean in the middle of the afternoon in an hour. He left the house to get lunch, came home and the dog was laying there in a ransacked house. To top it off there was a banana peel and an empty glass of OJ on the table.

Now he has his usual home protection and a non-subscription security system.


My close friend is an LEO in a very high end community of $400K-multi million dollar homes. They have break in's a lot. He patrols for cars stopped or parked and pulls over anyone in the neighborhood that obviously doesn't fit the description of a rich family.

When you're not home a window and a dog is no match for anyone.

 

[Ravenlunatic]

Quote:"I wish there was commercial that showed that alarms don't scare off all criminals"


They do have a commercial like that on the outdoor channel. It starts out the same as the home security ads, but when the intruder breaks in, the homeowner fires 3 shots. Then the scene cuts to the intruder's lifeless hand hitting the floor with his gun falling loose.

My wife & I always laugh at that ad. Now that's home security!

Michael

 

[Vern Humphrey]

Too bad they don't show that commercial during the mainstream programs.

 

[runrabbitrun]

Aw4g63

I don't know if criminals have cars or not.
Maybe they do because they stole them? lol

All I know (or think) is that most robberies seem to happen
in metropolitan and/or inner city areas.
A lot of robberies and crimes seem to occur where the criminals prey on
their own neighbors and it seems there's a coloration with gang activity
and/or some juveniles doing the crimes in highly populated areas.

Do robberies/crimes occur in Rural America? Sure.
Do some criminals go to affluent areas to get some goods? Sure they do.
But from what I've seen via the news over the years,
the majority of robberies/crimes seem to happen when the criminals
have interacted with you in the past (or know you somehow and what goods you have)
and then go to your home to specifically
get the goods they saw when they were there before,
or heard about your 'stuff' from someone who knows you.
(Casing the joint?)

Anyway, I don't want to get into a debate
about having alarm systems, cameras or bars on your windows and doors.
People do what they feel they must.
If living like a prisoner in ones own home is acceptable...
That's their choice.

I do know people in S. Florida who do indeed live like that and I wish
they didn't have to.
But again, that's their choice to live in those conditions.
I chose to take myself out of that situation back in the mid 80's
and life has been good so far.

 

[Zundfolge]

I love how all the "criminals" in these ads are middle aged white guys in hoodies. The obvious bowing to PC is as funny as it is stupid.


Ages ago there was an ad running for one of these home security companies that had a woman and her kids in the kitchen waiting for dad to get home, the bad guy (again, middle aged white guy in a hoodie) punches out one of the pains in the window on the kitchen door and it sets off the alarm and he runs away.

A guard dog trainer in Kansas City ran a parody of that ad that was just hilarious ... when the guy punched in the window his hand is grabbed by a Doberman and in the final scene you see him loaded into the police car (in the original ad, the police and husband show up but criminal is long gone). In the security system ad the woman says to her husband "Thank goodness for our Brinks Security system", at the end of the parody ad she says "Thank goodness for Spike and [insert name of dog trainer]!"