Re: Off contract soon with the Fake Apex...

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We  have telcom tax on monitoring here, but it varies from city to city so
it can be anywhere from 0% to 4%.

AND IT'S A REAL PITA HAVING TO DO DIFFERENT TAXES/FORMS EVERY MONTH FOR EACH
CITY.



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**Crash Gordon**







"Nick Lawrence" <nlaw@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:50d23$4804efa2$43bca3f1$17394@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Is it the "Fake Apex" you are referring to? These guys:
>
> http://apxalarmsucks.com/
>
> http://apexalarmreview.com/
>
> http://apexalarm.com/aallc.html
>
> Not to be confused to the only real, genuine, fully licensed and
> authorized Apex Alarm, since 1966: http://ApexAlarm.com ?
>
> In any event, Dan, you should be able to obtain monitoring of your
> Honeywell GSM system from most any monitoring station, and for
> substantially less than the nosebleed price of $43.00, plus TAX, you are
> paying.
>
> Group: Does anyone charge TAX on alarm services, or is Dan being ripped
> off here, too, by the Fake Apex?
>
> Nick
>
>
>
> DK1000 wrote:
>> 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
>>