I requested a Home Camera Security System installation.
I…read moredid NOT want an Internet Security System, but that is what I got.
I believe AZ CCTV hired an Independent Installer because I am out of the area they generally service.
Although I already had cameras, the installer, who by the way did a very good job with the wiring, talked me into buying the cameras HE feels are best, so I sent the cameras back that I had already purchased.
I bought the camera set, 2 (16 total) of them, and when they arrived he came back and installed.
There was a problem right after the installation with the cameras so the installer back one time.
Since then I have had problems and questions.
I called AZ CCTV and was told because I did NOT buy the cameras from them they could not help me.
By the way it has been maybe 3 months since I had the cameras installed.
I wanted to be sure I had cameras on my premises, outside and inside before going on vacation.
I have 16 cameras, 2 sets of 8.
When I arrived home from my vacation, just as I was afraid, my home had been vandalized, the top monitor was black with some error message toward the top.
The bottom monitor had a few pictures, but not all.
Each monitor is supposed to have 8 pictures.
When I played back the recordings, there were many screens that were completely black, (imagine THAT!) so they were NO HELP.
I spent a lot of money for the installation, cameras & monitors.
I feel like I just flushed a LOT OF MONEY down the toilet.
I tried to call & text the fellow who did the installation to help me restore the monitors, but naturally, he never returned my calls.
IF I was going to purchase different cameras, I wish It had been made clear about AZ CCTV ONLY helping with any problems IF I bought THEIR Cameras.
I wish the installer, if he was going to talk me into different cameras, had suggested I buy cameras from AZ CCTV so I would have help, if needed. Tech Support etc.
Because this system uses the Internet it doesn't work for my home.
The Robbers, who are very slick, use something like an Internet Jammer, so the 16 cameras and 2 "Brain" black boxes and monitors are NOTHING to them, just a slight inconvenience.
THIS is why I wanted NOT an Internet based system.
Change my locks you are probably thinking?
I had them rekeyed twice in June.
About $800, each time.
Nothing keeps them out.
Locks do NOT seem to be a problem.
They know when I am not home, they have come in many times and are stealing me blind!
I have called the police several times, but not every time because all they do is take a report.
I even thought to put a camera in a place with a clear view of my BIG Westchester GUN & Rifle safe, that camera along with most of the other cameras had been disabled.
The time before last they managed to open THE SAFE!
And cleaned me out of all of my exquisite jewelry, guns, and important papers and so much more!
Things I spent a lifetime acquiring.
Very Sentimental and some things very valuable.
I called the police, and even waited until the police were here to open the safe...I had a feeling it also had been robbed, and it had.
Again, the police took a report.
The police were here yesterday to take a report.
They strongly suggested I get the alarm going, to call the alarm company to have the repair done.
I had to laugh. I told them I had called and texted and e-mailed so many times since the very beginning of June, if not before.
All I have ever gotten is empty promises.
They even had the nerve to e-mail a bill to me!
I told them if and when my alarm is working I will pay.
The last 3 months I paid for the alarm, even though it has NOT been working!
Now that almost everything of value, sentimental and monetary has been taken, I feel I still cannot leave my home.
I should have started staying home to guard it months ago!
And by the way, I have an alarm system, it IS cellular based, I have called and texted the company I am with to ask for a simple repair since towards the end of MAY.
I tried to repair it myself but I think it needs a new contact.
I wish I knew where to buy one or could find another Alarm company that services my area.
The couple who own the Alarm business live less than 4 miles away!
For a little while I could set it on BY-Pass, but that has not been working, so I have NOT been able to set the alarm for a long time.
In calling the camera manufacturer they told me they could help me do a Factory reset, I feel STUCK because although I mentioned up front I did NOT want an Internet System, that is what I ended up with.
I should have made sure that was on the paperwork before the installer showed up. He may NOT have been made aware.
I would have changed Alarm companies long ago but I cannot find one that services my area, I am new to this small town.
Only 2 others that I have had previously over the years, and the experiences were SO HORRIBLE that I would NEVER USE THEM AGAIN.
Sorry this is SO LONG!