Re: Need Advice For Packaged Home Alarm Purchase

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Until you read the back of the contract...at least the old contracts I have
on file state you don't own the panel.
Also, the bigger companies will escalate the monitoring fees almost
yearly...and some even base your monthly on your credit rating.


"Mike" <wxyz09@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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|I called ADT.  They tell me I own the alarm system but I need to sign a
| three year contract at $32.00 a month.
| The two independent contractors I called didn't call me back.
|
| Mike
| "Robert L Bass" <sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| >> Brinks uses proprietary equipment...
| >
| > Correct.  Allow me to elaborate on what Crash said.  By using
| > proprietary equipment Brinks makes it impossible for you to ever
| > switch to a different provider when (not if) you become disgusted
| > with their service and angry over excessive charges for routine
| > service.
| >
| > Not only can you not have the Brinks system monitored by anyone
| > other than Brinks.  No one can repair it when (not if) it breaks
| > down.
| >
| > Lastly, and this is something the Brinks salesmen almost never
| > tell anyone during the con... er, sales call, when you decide to
| > stop paying for monitoring Brinks will not allow you to change
| > the system to a local only (non-monitored) system.  If you don't
| > keep paying for it from now until Jesus comes back, you're
| > totally jiminexed.
| >
| > --
| >
| > Regards,
| > Robert L Bass
| >
| > Bass Burglar Alarms
| > The Online DIY Store
| > http://www.BassBurglarAlarms.com
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