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

[Nick Lawrence <nlaw@xxxxxxx>]

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
>