Re: ADT Essential Wireless Package - right to cancel

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Crash Gordon said:

>72 business hours...and must be in writing - i think this is kinda standard
>these days...but only for residential here. If it's commercial there isn't
>any right of recision here...you sign - you've made a deal.

To be precise, it's "midnight of the third business day after the sale."

The Federal Trade Commission's "cooling off rule"  applies to most any
in-home sales of goods or services worth over $25.  There are a few
limitations which you can read about at the link, but the important point
is that it's a federal law, and it applies to things like monitoring
contracts as well as to equipment sales.

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/buying/cooling.htm

Having said that, there is nothing in the law that says a seller can't
offer a longer cancellation period.  ADT could very well offer a six month
cancellation option, so long as no part of it gives the consumer fewer
rights than the law provides.

- badenov