Re: ADT Essential Wireless Package

["Mike" <BE@xxxxxxxxx>]

"tourman" <rh.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> $42 A MONTH ..???  That's highway robbery ! My friend, you HAVE to shop
> around more !
>
> The national average across North Anerica is $25 a month; most small
> companies come in around $20 give or take a buck. A lot of them will
> monitor your alarm for $15 to $20 a month for everything. And if you
> don't need dealer service or warranty you can get it for $10 a month.
> And don't let anyone tell you that their monitoring is superior to the
> $10 a month stations because  it AIN'T !!
>
> This horseshit of raising the rate for every little thing is nothing
> but thievery ! ADT are notorious for this kind of opportunistic
> bullshit !!. Dealers pay from $3 to $5 a month for monitoring services
> and mark it up for what the market will bear. If I buy services for $3
> a month, the station makes maybe $2 profit for their services to me. If
> they sell it directly to you for $10, they make $8 a month
> (www.themonitoringcentre.com for example).
>
> ADT's monitoring sucks big time because they don't do a thorough job of
> going through your calling list before dispatching. In our area, they
> are losing their accounts big time because they won't (or can't) dial
> in to re-program for 10 digit dialing (thousands of accounts they have
> bought during their endless rounds of buying up other dealers). I'm
> taking over ADT accounts at the rate of almost one a day right now
> because of it !!
>
> Honestly, you really GOTTA shop around more.....
>
You raise good points which I'll check out