Re: Off contract soon with Apex, I'm looking for cheaper monitoring

["Beeno" <spam@xxxxxxx>]

they replaced it for free and now you want to dump them. whatta guy!

"DK1000" <dke3591@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I signed up with Monitronics/Apex in May of 2005 during one of their
> door to door campaigns. They wired my house with their goodies "for
> free" as long as I kept a 3 year contract. It seemed I got decent
> service (I have nothing to compare it to), but the only alarms were
> maybe 5 or 6 falses I accidentally set off, and Apex called me within
> a minute every time. They did come out in January and changed out the
> analog cellular transmitter to a digital GSM one for free, due to
> analog cellular services being phased out.
>
> I read online that when your contract is up, that often you can have
> your monitoring taken over by someone else for a far cheaper rate than
> was in the contract. As I don't have a landline, my system uses the
> cellular backup only, and I get charged about $43 a month plus a few
> bucks tax.
>
> Any idea which firms will monitor systems set up by Monitronics/Apex
> which I think is just Apex now, for less?
>
> Anyone ever re-negotiate with Apex after the initial contract for a
> much better price? That almost $50 a month has gotten a bit steep for
> me, thanks much,
>
> Dan
>