[Hidden-tech] Home exterminators

[Tim Boudreau]

That's what vendors of products like this prey on - people really, really
don't want to believe they've been taken.

And for enough people, serendipity will provide what looks like evidence of
efficacy (it can look like doing a somersault in your living room can get
rid of mice, if it seems like you saw fewer mice afterward), and combined
with a dose of wishful thinking, companies like this can manage to stay in
business.

-Tim


On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 1:42 PM, Deborah Chandler <debchandler411 at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I don't know what to say. I know the woman personally who wrote the
> endorsement I shared. She lives locally, in the Greater Quabbin area,
> and I have been to her house. As I said, if anyone would like to speak
> with her directly, I could ask her permission to share her contact
> info.
>
> Deb
>
> On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 12:12 PM, Chris Hart, MyMacTech.com
> <chris at chrishart.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Sounds like an advertisement, disguised as a personal endorsement, to me.
> >
> > I suggest researching the device before plunking down your money.
> >
> > Chris Hart
> >     • Computer Support & Technology Consulting
> >         for Connecticut and Western Massachusetts
> >             Tel: 860-291-9393
> >                 http://www.MyMacTech.com
> >
> >
> >
> > On 11/7/14, 1:51 PM, "Deborah Chandler" <debchandler411 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Hi Marc,
> >>
> >>Someone on another listserv recently posted this great personal review
> >>of the Pest A Cator product. I have no personal info to share about
> >>this product (I have a good mouser catŠ) so I am just the messenger.
> >>If you would like the contact info for this person, I can ask her
> >>permission to make that connection. Another person on the same
> >>listserv also said it worked great.
> >>
> >>Best,
> >>Deb
> >>
> >>
> >>She says:
> >>I am writing to follow up on the "pest-a-cator" device, which I
> >>plugged into my apartment over a year ago, when I became catless and
> >>was overrun by mice. There were A LOT of mice! I don't even mean one a
> >>day or two a day. I mean a constant stream of mice in every room
> >>chewing everything and pooping everywhere. It was really overwhelming.
> >>
> >>Anyway, someone told me she had tried many different approaches, and
> >>the mice either outwitted and evaded the traps she set, or seemed
> >>completely immune to whatever other methods she employed. But this
> >>"Pest-a-cator" product worked.
> >>
> >>What it is, is a device you plug into a wall outlet. It does NOT use
> >>ultrasonic technology, which would have driven me out of my mind. It
> >>causes a pulse or vibration in the wiring, or something like that,
> >>which I personally do not hear, feel, or otherwise sense, at all.
> >>
> >>Result: there have been NO mice whatsoever in my apartment since
> >>plugging in the pest-a-cator. Not even in the winter. Not even any
> >>that I could hear inside the walls. I see no mouse poop anywhere, hear
> >>no scratching, see absolutely no evidence of them being anywhere, even
> >>in the walls. Even when I had a cat who hunted, the mice would live
> >>inside the walls! But not with the pest-a-cator.
> >>
> >>You have to buy the correct size unit for your square footage, and you
> >>need to buy one for every floor of your house (my apartment has an
> >>upstairs and a downstairs, so I have two).
> >>
> >>It does have a blinking red light that is meant to indicate to you
> >>whether the unit is working. I find the blinking light bothersome if I
> >>look at it, but you can easily cover it up if you want to. If you
> >>don't mind it, it does show you whether the unit has malfunctioned. I
> >>had one that got spiked during a storm, but it was replaced for free
> >>by the manufacturer, so the blinking light stopping blinking was
> >>useful to me. It's not so bright that it fills the room or anything,
> >>but if you are very sensitive to blinking, you could cover it with a
> >>piece of electrical tape. It's about the same brightness as the
> >>indicator light on my apartment's carbon monoxide detector.
> >>
> >>The person who recommended it to me says she tried other brands of
> >>things that plugged into the wall, and none of them worked.
> >>
> >>Anyway, I just wanted to let folks know this really worked for me. I
> >>think of it as filling my walls with music. It's non-toxic and
> >>non-violent, and since one unit apparently lasts for a long time
> >>(years), it's not really all that expensive, either. It does use some
> >>electricity, but not much.
> >>
> >>The product manual says it repels all rodents, not just mice, so you
> >>should not use it if you have pets in the rodent family (like
> >>gerbils). They say some people claim that it also repels spiders, but
> >>the company admits the spider effect is not proven. In my experience,
> >>spiders do not seem to mind it. But I don't mind spiders, either, so
> >>that's fine with me.
> >>
> >>They offer a money back guarantee, so if you still have mice after
> >>proper use, they will refund the purchase price. (They warn that you
> >>may get an initial increase in mouse sightings at first, as they leave
> >>the walls, but that new mice will not move in. In my case, the
> >>previously residentmice apparently exited to the exterior, not the
> >>interior of the house, and I saw absolutely ZERO mice starting the
> >>moment I plugged the units in.)
> >>
> >>My Tri-field Meter does register increased EMF in the immediate area
> >>around where the unit is plugged in, but it drops off to nothing
> >>within about 2 feet of the outlet.
> >>
> >>The manufacturer's website, for more information about how it works
> >>and what size unit is right for your living space, is:
> >>http://www.global-instruments.com/
> >>
> >>
> >>On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 8:10 AM, Marc Solomon <attspin at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Hi All,
> >>>
> >>> Patty and I are unwitting participants to rodent floorboard marathons
> >>>over past week.
> >>>
> >>> Does someone have a recommendation for a careful, sensible,
> >>>cost-effective mice-be-gone solution?
> >>>
> >>> Many thanks,
> >>>
> >>> Marc
> >>> North Hadley
> >>>
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