Would you, or would you not?

[J7SC_Orion]

20 hours ago, ENTERPRISE said:

My personal view on this is if I was working a home business, said customer would only see the "Working Area" and no more. Plus the working area would be cleared of all items not necessary for the needs of the customer. 

 

This means that should the customer be of questionable character, they are only seeing what you allow them to see and you are not openly advertising items for theft. 

 

Furthermore I would have a Camera in said area operating, only even if it be during the customers visits. This tells them they are on camera and will likely deter them from any prior thoughts of theft. 

 

Personally my house is outfitted with CCTV inside and out, in key areas. I live in a town and occasionally move expensive gear in and out. So I make it clear that if you come for me, I will catch you lol.

 

I think its good to help others/have a business but you must protect yourself. Especially if its at your home, for you and your families sake. 

 

..... and yes...all clients should ve invited to EHW for online customer support

 

Should give out our EHW business cards!

 

...^This

I would just add that having a reasonably sized (and well trained) dog can also help in this situation 

[UltraMega]

I'm a little surprised that there's this much concern about it being unsafe. Being able to see his ocn account history is a lot more info than I ever get about a customer before I meet with them. The only difference is that I advertise that sort of thing, but unless it's a new account with some kind of red flags on it, I wouldn't be worried at all. 

[schuck6566]

2 hours ago, UltraMega said:

I'm a little surprised that there's this much concern about it being unsafe. Being able to see his ocn account history is a lot more info than I ever get about a customer before I meet with them. The only difference is that I advertise that sort of thing, but unless it's a new account with some kind of red flags on it, I wouldn't be worried at all. 

I think that was part of the issue, what with it being a "new" member there isn't really much of a history to ck out.

Of course we on HERE are all to be trusted without question.