Money tip: Shop carefully for home-security systems

Consumers shopping for systems often report hassles, and prices can be all over the place.

Home security: Shop carefully for an electronic system

Pricing, sales tactics, options vary widely An electronic home security system can be the source of great peace of mind or great financial headache. That's because buying a system, and the alarm monitoring that often goes along with it, can be a thorny purchase, fraught with such perils as wildly differing prices, high-pressure sales tactics and unfriendly contracts.

Secrets of a Burglar

A former burglary tells homeowners how to keep homes safe.

Shop carefully, as pricing, sales tactics and home security options vary widely

An electronic home security system can be the source of great peace of mind or great financial headache. That's because buying a system, and the alarm monitoring that often goes along with it, can be a thorny purchase, fraught with such perils as wildly differing prices, high-pressure sales tactics and unfriendly contracts.

Burglar cuts fence and steals from K-Mart

The K-Mart on Memorial Parkway was broken into Friday morning.