samanthajane
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Just had a couple of ladies knock on my door about joining the neighboor watch.
Good idea i thought as 2 shops in the shopping centre which are a 2 min walk from my house have been robbed in the last month, several cars have been broken into or vandalised. The guards patrol my estate nearly every night, always on a weekend, there seems to be a beacon somewhere near ( i have tried looking for it) that sends of signals to all the teenagers in the area and says "come and drink here till 12-1am in the morning, smash bottled all over the ground, scream, shout and hit each other as much as you like"
However i was then told that i would have to pay €10 a month to be a part of this. When i asked what the €10 a month went towards i didn't get much of a reply. Mumbled a load of crap for about 2 mins, which i understood none of. But they said something about a sticker for my window!!!
I eventually said i would think about it and get back to them......so not the right thing to say, i was looked at as though i had 2 heads!!
Half mumbling again as they walked down the path they also said something else. Now i didn't fully get it all because their backs were turned to me but it was something like " untill you are a member, no help can be given if anything happens to your property"
Does this mean if my neighbour across the road see's someone trying to break into my house, before they call the guards, they first look for my sticker? Or Check the list to see if i'm paying, see that i'm not on the list so go back and watch eastenders and do nothing?
I've never heard of having to pay to be in a neighbourhood watch before.
There are at least 250 if not more houses in my estate. That's alot of money if everyone signed up to this.
Thats 30k a year!!! I should of asked are we going to employ our own guard to patrol the estate each night!!
What on earth would you spend 2.5k on a month? Or have stickers really become that expensive?
Good idea i thought as 2 shops in the shopping centre which are a 2 min walk from my house have been robbed in the last month, several cars have been broken into or vandalised. The guards patrol my estate nearly every night, always on a weekend, there seems to be a beacon somewhere near ( i have tried looking for it) that sends of signals to all the teenagers in the area and says "come and drink here till 12-1am in the morning, smash bottled all over the ground, scream, shout and hit each other as much as you like"
However i was then told that i would have to pay €10 a month to be a part of this. When i asked what the €10 a month went towards i didn't get much of a reply. Mumbled a load of crap for about 2 mins, which i understood none of. But they said something about a sticker for my window!!!
I eventually said i would think about it and get back to them......so not the right thing to say, i was looked at as though i had 2 heads!!
Half mumbling again as they walked down the path they also said something else. Now i didn't fully get it all because their backs were turned to me but it was something like " untill you are a member, no help can be given if anything happens to your property"
Does this mean if my neighbour across the road see's someone trying to break into my house, before they call the guards, they first look for my sticker? Or Check the list to see if i'm paying, see that i'm not on the list so go back and watch eastenders and do nothing?
I've never heard of having to pay to be in a neighbourhood watch before.
There are at least 250 if not more houses in my estate. That's alot of money if everyone signed up to this.
Thats 30k a year!!! I should of asked are we going to employ our own guard to patrol the estate each night!!
What on earth would you spend 2.5k on a month? Or have stickers really become that expensive?
