License? I ain't got to show you no stinkin' license. Was: Monitronics monitoring assigned to Apex

[Nick Lawrence <nlaw@xxxxxxx>]

> Apex Alarm / Monitronics:
>
> "Apex Alarm LLC" of Orem Utah is a Monitronics Authorized Dealer. Apex
> Alarm LLC sells/installs Ademco Lynx systems during the summer months
> May-August. It routinely assigns its 36 month @ $~40.00/mo subscriber
> monitoring agreements to Monitronics International Inc of Dallas TX,
> which pays, we are informed, around $1,400 for each one.
>
> When hearing that Monitronics re-assigned one of those agreements back
> to Apex Alarm LLC, I am thinking that it could be due to the
> unenforcibility of the agreement.
>
> This could be due to the fact that Apex Alarm LLC, in Calif at least, is
> unlicensed (no burglar alarm license; and no fire alarm license), a
> condition the Calif Dept of Consumer Affairs and the Calif Contractors
> State License Board are investigating. Monitronics is aware of this
> no-license problem, too.
>
> Also Apex Alarm LLC is not registered with the Calif Sec of State, a
> requirement for doing business in Calif.
>
> Further, Apex Alarm LLC has been Sanctioned in Virginia for alarm
> license violations, and just recently cited in Utah for other license
> problems.
>
> One wonders how that re-assigned system will actually be monitored.
>
> Or perhaps it was due to the fact that an ADT system may have been
> replaced by Apex Alarm LLC (as opposed to an entirely new system
> installation), and because Monitronics apparently does not want to pay
> for takeover accounts.
>
> Our reading of Calif law is that alarm monitoring agreements obtained by
> unlicensed alarm dealers are unenforcible in court (one wonders if the
> limitation of liability provisions are enforceable either). We believe
> that Monitronics may have acquired over 10,000 such California
> agreements from Apex Alarm LLC. Monitronics is aware of these problems
> as well.
>
> Let's do the math: 10,000 x $1,400 = a significant number.
>
>
>
>
> Norm Mugford wrote:
>
>> James......ADT did the same thing in this area a couple of years ago.
>> When the client calls, they try to get them to switch monitoring.
>> That in itself could violate your contract and cause harm to the
>> end user. Should be reported to the State agency that governs
>> alarms, etc.
>>
>> Norm Mugford