This company is an absolute disaster.
My first appointment was scheduled 8-9 AM. I just moved and have so much to do these days getting settled in my new house. This works out nicely, I can be done by noon and run all my errands in the afternoon. At 9:40, I assume the tech got lost or something. I call to find out that no one is coming. They scheduled someone who was off that day. They reschedule me to the afternoon. My whole day is taken up by the initial installation. I'm annoyed but I let it go. Strike 1.
After *some* upgrades, not even including a motion sensor, since the installation price got so high that I was cutting corners, I have to pay over $2000 for installation. That's with the $850 off that was advertised. It's worth it if it's the best, right?
That evening I see one of the window sensors sitting on the dresser in my bedroom. I pull it apart and it chirps. The app tells me this is the sensor for the master bedroom...which already has a sensor on it. I open that window and it says living room window, I open living room window and it's for a different bedroom. This continues until I get to the last bedroom, which has no sensor on it at all.
If that was the first mistake, that would have been ok. But now I wasted a whole day for this, and will still need another appointment where I have to be home to wait and hope they show up. 3 appointments when it should have been 1. Strike 2.
Since both of these things happen, and so much time is wasted, I think I should get a discount or something. I'm not the type to try to get free stuff, but this is a huge inconvenience, especially since I didn't even shop around and I'm supposed to be getting the best service from a trusted brand.
I'm pretty annoyed at this point, and didn't want to call to tell them I want money, so my plan is to ask if they can just come uninstall this and rip up my contract, and see what they say. I called Saturday evening, office closed. I go to the website to send a message, no way to do that, only contact forms where I wait for a call back. The only way to leave a message is through Facebook. I sent a message explaining the above complaints and asking if they could just cancel my contract.
I get a voice mail Monday evening, then return the call on Tuesday morning. The person handling the complaint explained how to cancel my contract. I have to print something out, sign it, and fax it. She asked if I have any further questions and told me to enjoy my day. I was waiting for an offer, any offer, so I could say yes and feel like I've won. I was thinking $200 would be fair, that's $100 for the missed appointment and $100 for the botched appointment. No such offer came. She did not care that I was leaving and made no attempt to keep me as a customer. Strike 3.
I then printed the paperwork, drove to Office Depot, paid a couple dollars to fax it, got back in my car, called a different company, and set up installation for the following day. I also got a much better deal.
Several hours pass. NOW, FINALLY, a manager calls to try to offer me a discount to stay. They don't care when you complain or when they repeatedly screw up. They only call after they get the fax stating your cancellation. I explain why I want to cancel and he offers me much more than I would have taken earlier in the day. Way too late. They should have cared sooner.
For some reason, ADT couldn't install the keypad at the garage door entrance, so they cut a hole in my wall at the front door. The new company wanted to put it at the garage door, where I want it as well, but now it's permanently at the front door to cover up the big hole. I also have holes where their smoke and carbon detectors were. The carbon detector even left an oversized hole for some reason. The ADT guy suggested spackle or toothpaste to cover them. Shouldn't THEY fix that? I know I authorized them to install, but I didn't just decide that I don't want an alarm, I decided I don't want them because they're so awful. I'm not even sure if I'd be writing this review if they offered to fix the damage they caused. Every step of the way is a mess. They won't go the extra mile or even do what is expected when you're paying them, good luck getting them to fix their mess when you cancel.
So what did I get for calling ADT (Protect Your Home)? Days of wasted time. Headache of having to deal with their incompetence. Lost a few bucks sending the fax. And last but not least, multiple holes in the wall of my brand new house. I hope they use my phone calls in their training classes as examples of what not to do.
I plan on keeping my alarm permanently, so they lost a customer for the next 40 years or so. To anyone reading this, I won't even make a recommendation on who to use. I will only say to choose ANYONE BUT ADT! I would not use ADT if it was free.
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