Best rate on home alarm monitoring

Phoenix · 07-25-2006, 09:00 PM

Anybody know who offers the best deal out there?

I really know only two, Brinks, and ADT - heard they run about 25-30 bones a month.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks.

fjvieane · 07-25-2006, 09:10 PM

I have Protection One, I think we pay $100 per quarter.

WHich reminds me, hmmm, have I paid my last statement

Eaglesfan27 · 07-25-2006, 09:12 PM

We use an ADT System and pay 22 per month. It covers theft alarms and fire alarms.

JonInMiddleGA · 07-25-2006, 10:59 PM

Speaking of alarm systems, I'll vent a gripe here just in case anybody else runs across the same situation (forewarned is, after all, forearmed)

The company that did the home inspection on our new house apparently has a deal where they have a Brinks rep come out & do a survey of the property to quote what a system & monitoring fee would be. In our case, there was already a system installed but had no active monitoring as the company who installed the equipment for the previous owners eventually went belly up.

Anyway, the Brinks rep, IN WRITING, assured us that the hardware was compatable with their equipment so we were going to be lucky and not have any additional installation charges, all we had to do was sign a three year monitoring agreement and we'd be all set.

Only problem with that turns out to be that the person who made the promise apparently works for Brinks national sales office ... which has no ability to make any promises, quotes, guarantees or anything else for the local vendor which services the area. And so now I'm sitting with a $450 quote for installation on top of the monthly fee ... and it only took them 2 months to get around to even bothering to come out to take a look to discover this.

Meanwhile, the chief competition for Brinks in the area is actually a division of a local electrical cooperative and they've got a pretty good reputation, at least with the people I've talked to in the area. Problem is, it took 8 phone calls over 6 weeks time to even get them to respond to a sales call, and their quote on equipment was $1300.

At this point, we're feeling absolutely zero confidence in either company's ability/willingness to handle the monitoring properly if it takes them 2 months to even respond to a potential customer that represents a tidy profit on the hook.

07-25-2006, 09:12 PM	#3
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	We use an ADT System and pay 22 per month. It covers theft alarms and fire alarms. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

07-25-2006, 10:59 PM	#4
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	Speaking of alarm systems, I'll vent a gripe here just in case anybody else runs across the same situation (forewarned is, after all, forearmed) The company that did the home inspection on our new house apparently has a deal where they have a Brinks rep come out & do a survey of the property to quote what a system & monitoring fee would be. In our case, there was already a system installed but had no active monitoring as the company who installed the equipment for the previous owners eventually went belly up. Anyway, the Brinks rep, IN WRITING, assured us that the hardware was compatable with their equipment so we were going to be lucky and not have any additional installation charges, all we had to do was sign a three year monitoring agreement and we'd be all set. Only problem with that turns out to be that the person who made the promise apparently works for Brinks national sales office ... which has no ability to make any promises, quotes, guarantees or anything else for the local vendor which services the area. And so now I'm sitting with a $450 quote for installation on top of the monthly fee ... and it only took them 2 months to get around to even bothering to come out to take a look to discover this. Meanwhile, the chief competition for Brinks in the area is actually a division of a local electrical cooperative and they've got a pretty good reputation, at least with the people I've talked to in the area. Problem is, it took 8 phone calls over 6 weeks time to even get them to respond to a sales call, and their quote on equipment was $1300. At this point, we're feeling absolutely zero confidence in either company's ability/willingness to handle the monitoring properly if it takes them 2 months to even respond to a potential customer that represents a tidy profit on the hook. __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

07-25-2006, 09:10 PM	#2
fjvieane Mascot Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: California	I have Protection One, I think we pay $100 per quarter. WHich reminds me, hmmm, have I paid my last statement

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