Personal Protection, Self Defense Products, Stun Guns, Pepper Sprays

Yesterday I told you about Chevron’s stupidity. But today I’ve got an even worse example of a stupid American business.

My wife and I were about to make a major purchase on a cc, meaning that whichever card we used would make a substantial profit from their interest charges. But instead of accepting our business, this particular company flipped me off. (My wife would rather I not divulge the name of the company.)

These credit card companies spend millions of dollars a year to find new customers, and it’s worth it to them to do this when you consider how much interest an average customer racks up each year. You might say that credit card companies are very interested in interest.

I had had this particular cc for more than 12 years, and over the course of that time I had paid them a few large in interest, and I was about to do it again.

The balance on the card was zero, but still I was a might embarrassed when the card was declined. Later I found out that the account had been canceled. Why? Because I had not used that particular cc for the last 6 months.

I just couldn’t believe it. This company was about to make a substantial profit on a customer they had had for 12 years, a customer they had already made substantial profits on, and instead of saying by all means, buy whatever you want, they just flipped me off.

I wonder if they’ve ever heard the expression don’t cut off your nose to spite your face?

I wonder if you would like to show the police the face of the creep who breaks into your house or business and takes whatever he wants?

Sure you would, but that’s just too much trouble. You’ve got to buy a system, mount the cameras to the wall, run the wires–it’s just too much trouble.

How about if I solve 2 out of 3 of those problems for you? You’ve got to buy the system, there’s no way around that one, BUT you DON’T have to run any wires, and you DON’T have to mount the cameras to the wall.

Our 4 camera wireless visec complete surveillance system will have you completely installed in 15 minutes. That’s right, only 15 minutes! Here’s how. Get a stop watch, get 4 extension cords just in case, get ready, GO!

You open the box, take out the 4 color cameras that are pre-set for the software that we send you. You take the cameras and just set them down at 4 different locations in your home or business and plug each camera into an electrical outlet. This is where you might need the extension cords, but you DON’T have to mount the cameras, just set them down on a shelf or a desk or a table somewhere.

Now head back to your pc–you DO have one of those, right?

You take the 4 receivers out of the box and plug those into the quad that’s included with the system and lets you see all 4 cameras at once on your computer monitor. Then you plug the quad into your computer, and you plug the quad’s power cord into an electrical outlet.

Almost home. Then you pop in the software into your pc, and BAMB!–you’re done. My stop watch says 12:24–time to spare.

Oops, almost forgot. You do have to go back to the 4 cameras and adjust them just a bit to get the view that you want–move one left, one right, maybe put a coaster under one of them to raise or lower the view–but you can handle that, right?

And here’s the best part. Because it’s pc based and becomes a part of the internet, if you ever get an intruder while you’re away–say on vacation?–the system will contact you immediately via your laptop, or your PDA, or your cell phone.

Anyone who knows how to send email can set up this system. www.danesesurveillance.com/visec-wireless-system.htm. And you know what? You think you might be moving sometime in the next few years? This system moves with you. Maybe the next time you set it up you can do it even faster.

You need to protect your stuff. Everyone knows that. Now you can do it in 15 minutes or less. And after you set up your own, don’t forget to get a second one for your vacation home.

Be safe and be smart.

Lou

Twice in the last 10 days I’ve been flipped off by businesses who claim to want my business–twice.

Now I’m not talking about any kind of reaction they may have had concerning my behavior, I didn’t do anything to get them riled up, all I did was show up to give them my money, and they showed me the door. The first place it happened was at my local Chevron station when I pulled in to fill up my soovee.

We’ve got a 2005 Ford Excursion, the one that carries 9 passengers, the one that Ford used to make a lot of money on and when they stopped making it due to a misguided sop to environmentalism their bottom line started oozing red ink.

Ford has a history of such boneheaded decisions. About 12 years ago they revamped the #1 selling car in the country, the Taurus, and they revamped it right into the crapper.

Anyhow, the soovee’s 36 gallon tank was very low, but as I was checking the oil and washing the windshield, the pump shut off, on its own, at $75.00. With high-test gas going for about $3.00 a gallon, that only gave me about 25 gallons, and I probably needed to buy 33 or 34 gallons to fill my tank.

But the pump wouldn’t budge past $75.

When I went inside to find out what was going on, I was told that if I needed more gas, all I had to do was reinsert my cc into the machine, start a new transaction, and I could get more gas.

Then I guess I asked a stupid question. Why do I have to do that? Well that’s their policy, I was told.

Why are you inconveniencing me this way? You want me to take out my cc again, take the pump handle out of the filler tube and put it back in the machine, and start a whole new transaction? Why not just let me buy all the gas I want, whatever that amount is?

Well, that’s just our policy.

I couldn’t tell if I was talking to the owner or not, and I didn’t feel like asking. You know what, I said, it’s my policy to try and live my life by avoiding stupidity as much as I can, and your policy is just plain stupid. There’s plenty of gas stations around here. I’ll find one that doesn’t require me to engage in stupidity on a regular basis. Adios.

The more I think about it, the more I can’t believe it. All of American business is trying as hard as they can to sell as much as they can to every customer they can, but Chevron thinks it has a better way. Chevron thinks that if they add a little inconvenience to the process, the rest of us will think it’s charming and keep going back for more.

Criminals keep going back for more once they find a nice neighborhood. Once they make a big score at your neighbor’s house, you can bet they’ll find your house very charming and very inviting.

To make their visit as enjoyable as you can for them, pick up a few surprises at www.daneseselfdefense.com/homeprotection.htm.

We’ve got very effective and inexpensive burglar repellers. Things like window alarms that sound off when your window is tampered with or broken. Door jammers that prevent your back doors or side doors or main door from being forced open. We’ve got all kinds of stuff that will just ruin a burglar’s work day.

That’s just OUR policy.

Tomorrow I’ll tell you about the other time that a business that spent hundreds of dollars to acquire me as a customer then turned around and slammed the door in my face.

If you haven’t yet seen the news, there’s more on Pamplona.

It looks like those 2 American brothers may be off the hook when it comes to who was the dumbest participant in this years race. So what exactly does it take to be dumber than 2 brothers who both get gored in the cheeks by the same bull, at the same time, and in front of a camera, too?

How about a dad who takes his 10 year old son with him to run with the bulls. Makes me think how lucky I was that all my father did to me was discipline me when I needed it–he never put my life in danger.

Letting your 10 year old son run with the bulls? I can’t remember when I’ve heard of anything as dumb as this, and I live in a country where the liberals have been in control of Congress since January–and they’ve been working as hard as they can to raise the dummy standard to all new heights.

But this Spanish father beats them all, and it’s not even close.

There’s only 1 dummy I’ve ever heard of that could actually do some good, and that’s one of our dummy surveillance cameras. www.danesesurveillance.com/dummy-cameras.htm.

These are real camera housings without a camera inside, so when you see one, you see surveillance, you see security, you see a sign that says you’d better go rob somebody else.

You can get 4 of them, one for each outside corner of your house, for less than a day’s pay. And if my dummy brother had done this, he may have saved himself 16 or 17 large. (Check my blog if you don’t know about this. www.danesesurveillance.com/blog/. Scroll down to Mr. Knucklehead. And sorry, brother Dave.)

Some dummies are better than others. It’s better to be gored in the cheeks by a bull–in front of a camera–than it is to put your 10 year old son in front of a herd of angry bulls. And it’s better to put up a few dummy cameras than it is to have to live through the aggravation of damage done by uninvited guests.

A word to the wise? Just do it.

Remember, criminals ain’t very smart, but they’re smart enough to leave your home or business alone if they see surveillance cameras looking back at them.

Be safe, and be smart,

Lou

Making the movie “An Unfinished Life” with Robert Redford and Jennifer Lopez, Morgan Freeman has a scene where he’s standing face to face with a bear who just a few weeks ago mauled him and almost killed him.

“I didn’t like being that close to that sucker,” Freeman said. “I know he’s got a handler and all, but he’s a bear–he’s pretty much gonna do whatever he wants, and I didn’t want him to do me, that’s for sure. That’s why I carry this stuff with me.”

The actor pulled out from behind his back a big can of pepper spray that’s designed especially for bears. www.daneseselfdefense.com/bearspray.htm. He carries it in a holster that he says came with it.

“This model has a range of 30 feet, and enough pepper spray in it so’s if I miss his face for the first 2 or 3 seconds, there’s still enough left in the can to do the job once I zero in on him. Then I can go about my business while he tucks tail and runs.”

“Heh, heh,” he laughs. “It’s funny, though. I know if my granddaddy was here with me, he’d go after him and we’d be having bear stew for supper.”

“So if you’re headin’ out to nature this summer, get yourself some of this here stuff and…”

Lou, Lou, wake up.

Huh, what?

You’re dreaming again about Morgan Freeman doing your ad for bear pepper spray. How many times does he have to say no to you before it sinks in?

Hey, I can dream, can’t I?

Apparently so.

But don’t you be left dreaming, wishing you had planned ahead for your vacation while you’re face to face with a bear. Cause that won’t be no dream, that’ll be a nightmare. Be prepared, be prepared. www.daneseselfdefense.com/bearspray.htm

Me and Morgan says adios til next time,

Lou

When my friend Dave got back from taking his kids to Sea World for a 3 day weekend–just a quick trip, he calls them, “I’m not gone long enough for the crooks to notice,” his house was a shambles.

Not only was all his good stuff gone, but the creeps decided to show off their artistic talents with 3 cans of psychedelic spray paint. I suppose t’would have been just as bad had they used pastels.

Dave figures he’s out 16 or 17 large, not to mention all the aggravation. And it’s the aggravation that’s the worst, right? After all, least he’s smart enough to have insurance.

But he wasn’t smart enough to listen to me when I told him to set up his own laptop, his own cell phone, or his own PDA so they could be used to protect his home.

How do you do that? It’s easy. And Dave knew it was easy, but he just wouldn’t do it.

Maybe because he still had to lay out $695, or maybe because besides bein my buddy, Dave is also my brother, and sometimes we just won’t listen to a family member–better to get info from a complete stranger–know what I mean?

We’ve got a complete video surveillance system that hooks up to your pc and coordinates with the things you travel with–your laptop, your cell phone or your PDA. Gives you 4 color cameras, and calls you the instant someone breaks into your home or business–calls you on your laptop email, your cell phone or your PDA.

Then you can get on the net and watch what’s happening on those 4 cameras–watch while you’re calling the cops at the same time. You could even call your home phone, and when the answering machine picks up, tell the creeps that the cops are on their way–that would get them out of there before they could do 16 or 17 large worth of damage.

Mind you, I told my buddy Dave all this–my brother Dave–but it was all wasted on him. He’s my younger brother, don’t you know–not that there’s anything wrong with that. Guess he’d have rather paid out monthly service fees to an alarm company, cept he didn’t to that, either.

All that protection, all that capability, for only $695. You know he’s singing a different tune, now. Now he wants me to help him set one up, even though he knows it’s easy as pie. Guess he wants me to earn my $695.

Learn a lesson from my brother Dave. Don’t be wishing you had done this while you’re staring at 16 or 17 large–or more–worth of damage to your beautiful home. Get on over to http://www.danesesurveillance.com/visec-wired-system.htm and order one today. Close your barn door BEFORE the horse gets out.

A word to the wise, my friend,
Lou

Hope you enjoy the read. Let us know what you think. No guarantee we’ll share it with the rest of the world.

The thing I like most about my home in Phoenix is that our family room
table, where I sit and read the morning news from my compooooter, is
within arms reach of our coffee pot.

So every morning I have the pleasure of 3 or 4 refills without getting
up to get them. A simple pleasure for a simple man–it doesn’t get
much better than this.

Then occasionally I come across a story like the one this morning,
where the Congressional Budget Office reports that U.S. CEO’s are
drastically, dramatically “underpaid.” Not over paid, mind you, but underpaid.
And this report comes from a Congress that’s currently controlled by
the libs.

My hot, fresh coffee almost came pouring out my nose–no big deal if
I’m reading a newspaper, but probably a disaster if it hits my
compoooter.

U.S. CEO’s underpaid!? See for yourself–here’s the link.
http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/0527biz-talker05271.html

It seems that the average ceo only makes about 262 times the average
worker’s pay. That’s all. Hell,that’s nothing! A good ceo is easily
worth about a million times more than the average worker–especially when
you consider the source of the story–the libs at the Congressional
Budget Office.

You know darn good and well that they did everything they possibly
could to get that number as high as they could–262. Sounds like a big
number, but all is relative.

If you’re holding 262 one dollar bills, so what? But if you’re holding
262 $1000 bills, now you’ve got something there, right?

Let’s look at it. The story says the “average” U.S. male (what, they
didn’t count the chicks) is making only $35,000. If you multiply that
by 262, you get about $9 million.

Sounds like a lot, I’ll grant you. But if that guy is the head of a $1
billion corporation, that means his annual take is only about 9
hundredths of 1 percent of the corporation he runs. If he’s running a $10
billion corporation, he’s making only 9 thousandths of 1 percent of the
value of the corporation.

I know for a fact that I could not run a multi-million, let alone a multi-billion
dollar corporation, unless running it into the ground qualifies as
running it. And the odds are that not one of the “average workers” at his
company could do it either.

There’s just no doubt about it–the average CEO is definitely
underpaid–Congress says so.

If you want proof, you might want to get one of our hidden cameras and
put it up somewhere in your business and have a look at what some of
your average workers do everyday. They’ll amaze you alright, but you
wouldn’t nominate them for CEO.

We’ve got 71 different cameras to choose from, at
www.danesesurveillance.com/hidden-cameras.htm. Things like motion detectors, smoke alarms,
mirrors, conduit junction boxes–all kinds of everyday, ordinary
looking things that are really hidden cameras–that are really the
protections you need to keep up with all the day in and day out activities that
you’re paying your employees for.

You know, you could have the world’s BEST employees, and not even
appreciate them like you should.

A few of our hidden cameras could help you prove that point, and when
you have your proof, you’ll do a whole lot more smiling than you do now.
I know i sure would.

Til next time,

Tonight at midnight Pacific time, my birthday sale, and John Wayne’s
birthday sale, will be over. I’m grateful to everyone who helped make
this sale a memorable one.

If you haven’t ordered yet, Lou, there’s still time–more than 24 hours
worth as I write this.

Ifn you don’t recall, the sale is for 22% off on every single item on
our sites. This makes our complete surveillance systems especially
attractive, since you can get one for more than half off the regular price
if you bought all the items in the complete system at their individual
prices.

Our complete surveillance systems can be found at
www.danesesurveillance.com/complete-systems.htm.

Or maybe all you need is a nanny cam for your babysitter. Or maybe
you’ve got your hidden camera but you’ve been using an old vcr to record
to and now you’re ready to upgrade to a dvr with extended recording
capability.

Doesn’t matter what you’re in the market for. Whatever it is, now’s
the time to get what you need and save 22%. Just remember that the
shopping cart will show you the regular price, but we will email you the
sale price with your 22% discount BEFORE we process your credit
card–that’s a promise.

And if all you need is some new pepper spray, you can find that at
www.daneseselfdefense.com/pepperspraytri-pack.htm. This model is 3 separate
pepper sprays, one for the home, one for your car, and the 3rd for your
key chain, so no matter where you are, you’ve got some defense handy.
Regularly $19.95, on sale now for only $15.56–for 3 separate pepper
sprays.

Don’t be surprised by some gang bangers when it costs so little to be
prepared.

But you need to order now, don’t wait–don’t wait. The sale ends soon.
Order what you need right now, this instant–and save enough for your
weekend dog and beer, or maybe save enough to get that new gas grill you
been thinkin about.

Til next time, my friend,

This Friday, May 26, will be John Wayne’s 100th birthday, and as it
happens, today is my 51st birthday. I don’t know exactly what the stars
saw in me that made them align to bring my birthday so close to the
Duke’s, but whatever it was, I have to say I sure do like it.

As a kid I didn’t appreciate the Duke as much as I do now. My dad did,
I amember. Onct when we was a talkin bout modern movie making, he told
me that movie stars today couldn’t hold a candle to the Duke.

“Get John Wayne, give ‘im a gun, put ‘im on a horse and you got a
movie.” That’s what he said, and I’ll never fergit it. But at the time, it
just made me laugh. Akind of sarcastic laugh.

Good think the Duke wasn’t around when I was young and I just needed
killin. I needed killin a whole lot way back then–many, many times–but
somehow I made it through.

Today when I think about it, I still laugh, but it’s a different kind
of laugh. Now I understand what my father meant. Too bad he’s not
around anymore to talk movies to.

In honor of the Duke’s 100th birthday, and my 51st birthday which falls
on the 22nd, we’re having a
22% OFF Birthday Sale.
Anything at any of our websites can be had for 22% OFF–but only until
12:01 a.m., Pacific time, May 27.

There’s a whole heap a stuff that’s a certain good deal at our regular
prices, but at 22%off, it’s just flat out amarkable.

BUT IT’S ONLY A 3 DAY SALE, SO DON’T FERGIT! ORDER NOW–AMEMBER HOW OUR
MINDS WORK AND HOW ALL OF US FERGIT TO DO THINGS UNTIL WE AMEMBER BOUT
IT AND IT’S TOO LATE.

Go to www.daneseselfdefense.com for your stun guns, personal alarms, and
peper sprays. You can also get some pepper spray there, too.

At www.danesesurveillance.com, you’ll find everything you need for your
home or business security/surveillance. DEFINITELY have a look at our
complete systems. They’ve recently been marked down to 40-42% below
regular retail pricing, so now, with our 22% off Birthday sale, they
really are practically a steal.

An’ you pardners need bras? Ifn you don’t but your woman does, send
her on over to www.danesecreations.com. The lady folk can git a powerful
good deal on holsters over to there.

EVERY ORDER that comes in during the sale period will receive 22% off.
AMEMBER THAT! Since it’s only a short sale, I ain’t about to take the
time and a change the shoppin cart, so it’ll look alike yer payin
regular prices.

Don’t worry. We’ll be awatchin on our end over to here and for the
self defense and surveillance items, we’ll ONLY charge your credit card
for the sale price, AND…we’ll email you the bottom line sales price
afore we charge your credit card. You have my word on that.

The ladies holsters are a different matter. That shopping cart does
things automatically, so you WILL BE CHARGED the regular price there, and
we’ll then give you a refund a few days later. The ladies have my word
on that.

I amember my favorite line from a John Wayne movie. From Tall in the
Saddle. The Duke’s talkin to an old man– played by Gabby Hayes, I
think–and the old man is all riled up, and the Duke says something like
“Calm down, old timer.”

“don’t you call me no old timer, you so and so”, or some such he says
to the Duke. And the Duke says, “Hey, calm down, I didn’t mean nuthin by
that. I like old timers. I hope to be one some day.”

Me to.

Happy Birthday, Duke, and thanks, Dad, fer amindin me what good movies
was all about.

Adios, pardner,

This weekend we’re in Tucson with Sylvia’s grandkids-all 8 of em. They
all wanted to celebrate Mother’s Day with her, and Sheriff Lou is
tagging along.

Sylvia’s grandkids all call me Sheriff Lou. I asked for this when the
first one was born.

I didn’t want to be called grandpa, out of respect for their real
grandpas, who are still alive and don’t deserve to be disrespected by ever
hearing some other man being called grandpa to their own grandkids.
Guess I’m kinda old school that way.

Anyhow we’re all having a blast with our Air Soft guns. They’re a
kinder, gentler version of the adult paint ball guns–we’ve got those,
too–that don’t hurt the youngins when you nail ‘em.

The kids love ‘em. Their only complaint is that they’re not automatic
firing–you’ve got to cock the gun each time–which slows em down too
much when they get the enemy in their sights. Guess they don’t want to
aim, they just want to fire.

And they’re safe, as long as everyone wears goggles. The eyes are the
only vulnerable spot on the body–even a little girls body. In Tucson,
we worry more about running into cactus and yucca and mesquite than we
do about getting hit by the enemy.

If you’ve got some kids or grandkids you think need to spend more time
outdoors, away from the computers and electronic doodads, our air soft
guns is what you need. They’re reasonably priced, the kids dig em, and
the next time you’re looking for something to get em, all you gotta do
is buy some more ammo.

Find them at www.daneseselfdefense.com/airsoft.htm.

And if you’re the kid you’re buying for, check out the paint ball gun
stuff at www.daneseselfdefense.com/paintballgun.htm.

But amember to check your guns at the door, or Sheriff Lou may pay you
a visit.

Adios, pardner,