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

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On Apr 12, 11:57 pm, "Crash Gordon" <webmas...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> If it's a Monitronics panel you may not be able to reprogram the dialer
> number.
> And switching a GSM account will also be a challenge!
>
> --
> **Crash Gordon**
>
> "DK1000" <dke3...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>
> news:389773f0-8d62-4ed6-ac8a-87ab8e18ff48@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> > 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 <

He'd have to pay the Monkster their $25.00 fee to unlock the panel.