Sooo frustrated!

United States
August 6, 2016 1:12am CST
I am soooo frustrated with this home alarm system! We have been having issues with it for ten months now, finally threw in the towel, and called another alarm company. They came out, set up our new system, took all day, but it's in and it works. Now when we called to cancel the old system, they said we couldn't cancel, because we had a five year contract...WHAT?? No way, I called a while back and was told we only had a two year contract, and it was already done. I talked to another person that has that same company, and she too ran into problems when she tried to cancel, found out they automatically renewed her contract every year, without her permission. All I know is, if they can't make this right, we will be filing a complaint with the Better Business Bureau. Have you ever dealt with a company like this?
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• United States
6 Aug 16
thankfully not, but a gal who 'twas rentin' momma's house did. took months to get't all straightened out. hope yer new system serves ya well.
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• United States
7 Aug 16
@lilnana1111 sadly there's more crooked companies 'round than folks'd like to know 'bout :( how they get by with such's beyond my comprehension.
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• United States
7 Aug 16
Why do some companies have to be dishonest, I don't get it.
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@LadyDuck (472087)
• Switzerland
6 Aug 16
We encountered this problem once. We had a maintenance contract for our gas heater. We changed the heater and the old company pretended that the contract was still valid. A letter from our insurance lawyer (covered by our house insurance) convinced them immediately that they were wrong.
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• United States
7 Aug 16
Good for you, I hope we get as lucky.
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@LadyDuck (472087)
• Switzerland
7 Aug 16
@lilnana1111 For us it was easy because it's written in the Law, if you do not own anymore the product of the contract, the contract immediately comes to end.
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@toniganzon (72533)
• Philippines
6 Aug 16
Fortunately not and hope you get to make things right. It's abusive for a company to renew automatically without the client's consent.
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• United States
7 Aug 16
I agree with you, it's just wrong.
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@just4him (317241)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
6 Aug 16
I hope you can get it resolved satisfactorily. Maybe, not sure. My mind is trying to tell me I did, but not sure when or how long ago it was.
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• United States
7 Aug 16
Hopefully you haven't, and never do.
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@theBlock (2657)
• United States
5 Sep 16
@lilnana1111 Oh, that's messed up. I hope you get payback on those bums.