Re: Monitronics monitoring assigned to Apex

["Mark Leuck" <m..leuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Bossman" <securitydealer@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> DK1000 wrote:
> > Just got a letter that Monitronics will no longer monitor my Apex
installed
> > security system, it's now assigned to Apex:
> >
> > "Effective July 23, 2005, Monitronics International, Inc. has assigned
your
> > Alarm Monitoring Agreement to the Apex Alarm, LLC. Apex Alarm, LLC is
now
> > responsible for providing you with alarm system monitoring and any other
> > services under the Agreement. Monitronics is no longer party to your
Alarm
> > Monitoring Agreement. Apex Alarm, LLC, will now be responsible for your
> > monitoring services, and future payments should be made to them."
> >
> > Is this good or bad in your opinion? If bad, any way to break my
contract?
> > Nothing in the letter what to do if I disagree with this change. Thanks
in
> > advance.
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> While I don't know your particular situation, I do know that this type
> of letter is normally reserved for those cases where a customer
> defaults on their payments within the first year of the contract. Were
> you late with your payments? The monitoring service will not change one
> bit unless Apex chooses to terminate your contract. Most likely, Apex
> uses Monitronics for their contract monitoring. You will simply receive
> your bill from Apex instead of Monitronics, and must deal with Apex for
> warranty work and technical assistance. If you did default on any of
> your payments, you probably cost Apex several hundred, if not over a
> thousand, dollars in contractual obligations to Monitronics. The
> anti-contract commentaries that preceded this reply not withstanding,
> if you received a free, or nearly free, alarm system in exchange for a
> longer term agreement, then you should live up to that agreement and
> make your payments.
>
> Bossman

My guess is for whatever reason Monitronics refused to buy the account which
could be for any number of reasons besides non-payment, you are quite
correct his monitoring won't change but who bills him will
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