Re: Do YOU ACTUALLY Own Your Equipment??

[<thesatguy1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It depends on the weather on that particular day.  There's no logic to how
they make that decision.  Recently I overhauled the burglar and fire alarm
systems that were in a day care center that had been closed for 8 years.  An
ADT saleperson came by every week to annoy her while she was trying to get
the place ready to open and he informed here it was their systems and they
would come pick up the equipment... an old brown Nexus panel made by Moose
products - actually one heck of a good panel with a fantastic siren driver
built in - if she didn't sign a new contract with them.    I took the panel
off the wall and left it sitting there on the floor and sure enough a week
later they came and got it.  Down at their office there are a couple hundred
of those panels piled up in the parking lot waiting to be hauled off so you
know it was real important to make a trip 45 miles to get another one.



"Leor Amikam" <amikaml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I'm going to ditch ADT this month.  What are they going to do when I call
> and cancel my contract?
> I've had the system for 8 years.  Is an ADT service tech going to show up
> at
> my door the next day, and ask to come remove my equipment?  What if I
> refuse
> to let them in the house?  Will they sue me?
>
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> "Sonicduck" <jones1019@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1132285151.484018.60270@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Most companies charge you for your equipment, but you NEVER actually
>> own it.  The agreement states that the company retains ownership EVEN
>> AFTER the contract is up.
>>
>> It would seem to me that a lot of salespeople do not divulge this
>> information.  I personally have no problem telling my prospects because
>> sooner or later, someone is going to tell them anyway.  I have had many
>> people confused by this, and I set them straight.
>>
>> IN MOST CASES, like with ADT and Hell South From Protection One, YOU
>> DON'T OWN your own equipment, ever.  It is considered leased.
>>
>> My advice is to read the small print.
>>
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