Re: New House Alarm - Am I locked out?

[I brive a dus <alarminstall@xxxxxxx>]

On Apr 18, 4:28 pm, tourman <robercampb...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Nick's advice is sound. This panel now belongs to you and they have no
> right to lock it since presumably there is nothing owing on the system
> or previous monitoring contracts. I see this type of shit so often
> it's almost becoming a weekly event.
>
> If the people who locked it are the same people who installed and
> monitored it for the previous owner, then they ethically should put it
> back into unlocked mode for you, since they had no business locking it
> in the first place (assuming nothing further was owed on the account).
> They may very well be able to dial into the panel remotely and unlock
> it, which makes any talk of a service charge pretty "iffy". If they
> refuse to do it without extorting another long term contract from you,
> then tell them you'll take it to the local media, as well as launch a
> complaint with the Better Business Bureau. This is YOUR property and
> they have no business putting any sort of hold on it (which amounts to
> a lien of sorts). And above all, don't listen to the bleating on the
> ng in response to this post that you may be cheating someone out of
> monies owed. Most of that, with rare exception, is bullshit !!
>
> I wish you luck.
>
> On Apr 18, 4:03 pm, jasonext...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
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>
> > Thank you for the responses.  I'll get the monitoring company on the
> > phone tonight to see if we can work something out.  I hadn't planned
> > on getting land line phone service, so they'll definitely need to at
> > least send someone out.  I'll let you guys know what they say.  I
> > would have simply called them right off, but assumed they'd just tell
> > me they owned the system and I needed to sign up for monitoring no
> > matter what.
>
> > I'm inclined in this case to trust the previous owner.  Long story
> > short, they built a new house and the homebuilding company bought
> > their old house as part of a "guaranteed sale" program so they no
> > longer had any interest in the sale of the home.  Of course, it was an
> > elderly couple and they may simply be mistaken.  Then I could be in
> > trouble.  We'll see.
>
> > Thanks for the help so far!- Hide quoted text -
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Grampa is telling that story about Nick's advice being good again. Oh
boy this must be the 3rd time he's told that story today