691, Report:
#90558
Posted Date:
Nov 06 2004
Protect America Alarm Monitoring Scam Problem Round Rock Texas
This company has a nice little scam going--they offer you equipment at no charge, and you agree to a 3 year contract. The salesperson tells you that you can cancel after 3 years, and the equipment is yours.
However, there is no mention of a renewal clause, which is automatic an...
Entity
Protect America, Round Rock, Texas, 1
Categories: Home Security
692, Report:
#87968
Posted Date:
Apr 17 2004
First Defense Security ripoff They upsell extra equipment at 200% mark up to homeowners Las Vegas Nevada
Beware of first defense, a monitronics dealer. They upsell extra equipment at 200% mark up to homeowners when they sign up for monitronics monitoring . This company will do anything to get you to sign up on a 3 year agrement also beware of their hidden $25.00 armed guard fees. They ...
Entity
First Defense Security, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1
Categories: Home Security
693, Report:
#84810
Posted Date:
Mar 22 2004
Unique Worldwide Sevices AKA Safety Technologies ripoff Atlanta Georgia
Hey boys and girls! Guess who's back in Georgia under a new name? You guessed it!!! I saw an ad in the AJC today. It says safety techologies and all that other BS. Guess they figure they can pull one over on us again. The sad truth of the matter is that some of these idiots in...
Entity
Unique Worldwide Sevices. AKA Safety Technologies., Atlanta, Georgia, 1
Categories: Home Security
694, Report:
#84229
Posted Date:
Oct 19 2006
ADT Tyco Fire And Security No relief from Contract when service ceased Boca Raton Florida
I signed a contract for ADT alarm service at my home. Six months prior to the contract ending I sold my home. I attempted to move the service to my new house.
ADT's installer came to the new home and said that he could not install a system due to the age and materials used to...
Entity
ADT, Boca Raton, Florida, 1
Categories: Home Security
695, Report:
#82901
Posted Date:
Mar 14 2004
Monitronics International Automatic Contract Renewal Dallas Texas
Monitronics automatically renewed our contract without notifying us. They did the after months of us having to pay the monthly fee even after our security system had been destroyed by lightning (we paid thru the contract period) and us notifying them in writing twice to cancel the ...
Entity
Monitronics International, Dallas, Texas, 1
Categories: Home Security
696, Report:
#76793
Posted Date:
Jan 13 2004
Monitronics International Self-renewal Contract Without Disclosure to Customer or Notification Dallas Texas
I, too, have my own horror story about Monitronics. My husband signed up and we fulfilled our 3-year contract. The contract was such fine print, font size 4 or 6, that you actually need a magnifying glass to read it and I have excellent up-close vision. Point 1: No one ever disc...
Entity
Monitronics International, Dallas, Texas, 1
Categories: Home Security
697, Report:
#72653
Posted Date:
Nov 21 2003
Lightning Prevention Systems RAT COMPANY OF N.J. SCABS COMPANY OF N.J. FRAUDULENT Ripoff Berlin New Jersey
Firing union workers to bring in non union scabs .
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Entity
Lightning Prevention Systems, Berlin, New Jersey, 1
Categories: Home Security
698, Report:
#71832
Posted Date:
Nov 13 2003
LeaseComm ripoff, we had a fire in the house and the alarm system did not even go off. Woburn Massachusetts
We had a small fire recently in the kitchen to only find out that our household alarm system from LeaseComm did not even go off although all the smoke alarms in the house went off. We also had instances when we would set the alarm system when we left and when we came home we did no...
Entity
LeaseComm, Woburn, Massachusetts, 1
Categories: Home Security
699, Report:
#65768
Posted Date:
Aug 15 2003
Monitronics Auto Renewal Rip off. I was promised the payments would drop but they went up. They won't let me cancel. Dallas Texas
I am just another victim of Monitronics auto renewal rip off. I was promised when I purchased the system that the monthly payments would drop to 9.95 after the first two years. The payments didn't go down, they actually went up. I called and complained.
Monitronics sent me a new...
Entity
Monitronics, Dallas, Texas, 1
Categories: Home Security
700, Report:
#65739
Posted Date:
Sep 11 2003
Monitronics International Another 1 year renewal victim The company doesn't give a Dam what you try to do Dallas Texas
Like many of the reports that I have read, I too have been screwed by Monitronics. After not having used our alarm for the entire 2-yr contractual period which ended July of 2003, my wife and I were very much looking forward to getting rid of the $33.85/mo charge that we hated payi...
Entity
Monitronics International, Dallas, Texas, 1
Categories: Home Security