alarmsystems

Don't Let A Salesperson Tell You What The Contract Says: Read It
Joy comes to us with a cautionary tale. Don't let pushy salespeople talk you into signing a contract that you haven't read. Rushing you through signing a contract is a sign of possible trouble ahead. She learned this when she had the ADT alarm system already installed in her house switched on. The salesperson rushed her through a lengthy contract, telling her what each part supposedly said and claiming that she could totally cancel within thirty days without having to pay any kind of early termination fee. Spoiler alert: this was not actually true. More »

Police Reports Contradict ADT Rep's Warnings Of Local Break-Ins
Sarah says that last night an ADT sales rep came to her door trying to sell her an alarm system. He said that there were two break-ins "last week" and that whenever these occur ADT sends out a rep to "give away" two "free" alarm systems. More »

APX Forgot To Tell Me I Was Paying For A Pretend Alarm System
Logan tells Consumerist that he has a serious issue with his alarm company, APX. He had an alarm system installed a few months ago, but only just now discovered that the alarm wasn't effective. Being connected to local emergency services is sort of the point of an alarm system, but APX didn't actually connect Logan's alarm, perhaps hoping that they wouldn't notice. More »

Selling Alarm Systems After Murders: Helpful Or Opportunist?

—>About a month ago, a mother and daughter were chosen at random and brutally attacked in their home in small-town New Hampshire. The daughter survived, but the mother did not. And within days of this tragedy, ADT sales reps began going door-to-door to sell alarm systems.  More »

The 10 Lies A Door-to-Door Alarm Salesman Tells
Taylor sells home alarm systems door-to-door, and he is the devil, lying, manipulating, and preying on customer's fears push a product. Now he has stepped forward to confess/brag about his sins:

I lie. I lie to people a lot about their home safety. And I don't feel particularly good about it, but when my iPhone buzzes in my pocket, I forget the lies I've told and think of the MacBook Air that just shipped to my house.I sell home security systems for a living and I only work the three summer months of the year, and maybe four or five weeks the rest of the year. What I fail to mention is that my bank account regularly has 6 digits. All because I lie to people for a living....

The ten lies he tells, inside...