The cost for that system was $10,000. It still seems reasonable, but it isn’t a trivial expense for most people.
If your house burns you lose not only your house but every piece of furniture, every single piece of clothing, dishes, not to mention keep sakes and irreplaceable family pictures. Yeah, I’d pay $10,000 in a heartbeat. It might even save on your insurance premiums which wouldn’t begin to cover everything you lost anyway.
Someone on another thread posted this, the other day:
http://www.firedefensetechnology.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=10