FREE SECURITY SYSTEM ? - THE FACTS ! !

BUYER BEWARE - NOTHING IS "FREE"

When shopping for a security system, whether it is for your home, business, or whatever, you need to be aware of all of the schemes and misleading tactics that other companies use, in order to get your business. I answered an online link to receive 4 FREE offers for an affordale alarm system for my home. The following is what I found out about one such scheme:

For instance, "PROTECT AMERICA" offers a low price, but you have to install your own equipment . They can arrange for a"sub-contrctor" to perform the installation, if you desire, but there is an installation fee.  They offer several different packages, but with each, the monitoring fee is different. At SWAT, we have one monitoring fee for all basic monitoring.

They do not service their systems at all, so if you have a problem, you must determine what the defective part is, and return it to them for replacement.  At SWAT there is always service available, and depending upon where you live, a service person may be there to assist you within hours, but definitely within a couple of days. Of course, Emergencies take precedence.             

They have a 3-year contract, and if you cancel before the three years are up, you pay the difference between when you cancel and the 3 years. We have no contract, thus there is no cancellation fee.

I asked about system tests and was told that they don't have that capability, nor do they have the capability to monitor for power failure, as do our systems. In fact, SWAT systems test themselves every week with a test signal, plus power and battery are supervised. The fact is: Their systems DO have the capability to perform these tests, but their telemarketers do not know how to present the option.

When I asked about a contract, he said I had to fill out a contract online and commit to signing, on the spot, without being able to thoroughly read and discuss the contract with my wife. When I asked if on could be faxed, so I could read it, I was told that they would only fax it if I committed today. So therefore a customer does not have an opportunity to view the contract before he agrees to it.

 

The FREE OFFER for a system offered by the BIG company, states that they will "give" you a system and charge you a $ 99.00 installation fee, and then monitor it for you for three years, for $ 34.99. Do Your Math. Does this sound free? When you want service you call an out of state office, and your request is answered within 48 hours, then you are told you will be serviced when a serviceman is in your area, often up to two weeks in the future.

With SWAT your call is answered directly, without a middleman. You will be given direct numbers for your representative or serviceman.  

 

 

 

The advertisement Reads:

FREE* HOME SECURITY SYSTEM FOR YOUR HOME   $ 850 VALUE !

Kind of hard to believe, isn't it?  Then you read on:  Big One says "Our state-of-the-art system includes:

  • Front and Back Doors Protector
  • Infrared Interior Motion Detector
  • Digital Keypad with Police, Fire, and Medical Emergency Buttons
  • Interior Siren
  • Control Panel with Battery Backup
  • Large Sign and Window Decals

Then the fine print reads:

* $ 99 Customer Installation Charge. * 36-Month Monitoring Agreement required at $ 34.99 per month ($ 1,259.64). $ 518.88 the First Year!

 Does this sound FREE????

Form of payment must be by credit card or electronic charge to your checking or saving account. Offer applies to homeowners only. Certain Restrictions apply.

Additonal COUPONS state if you act in 30 days from publication, that you willreceive either a wireless Remote Control or a Medical & Fire Panic Alert.

Now you know what Big One will do. 

Would you like to consider what SWAT will do?

SWAT's BASIC System includes;

  • 2 Doors Contacted          
  • Interior Infrared Motion Detector
  • Digital Keypad with Police, Fire, and Special Emergency Buttons
  • Portable Keyfob - With Panic, Arming and Disarming Buttons Standard from SWAT
  • Interior Siren
  • Control Panel with Battery Backup
  • Window and Door Decals
  • One Year Warranty

SWAT's Price for This Basic System is $ 495.00, including Installation

Additions are likewise economical.

 Monitoring, is Optional, for Only $ 20.00 per Month 

Add $ 495.00 and $ 20.00 for 36 Months,

and your total is ONLY $ 1,215.00 

Plus Every year thereafter, you will  save $  179.88 !!    EVERY YEAR !!

 

 

And Remember, SWAT programs our systems to test themselves every week

  doesn't.

Without an automatic test signal, a system may die or stop communicating without ever being detected by the Central Monitoring facility.  A** had a lawsuit in Jeffersonville, Indiana, where they admitted they had not had a signal from a particular system for over two years. Several buildings burned to the ground.  Any failure of this periodic signal will result in the customer being notified and serviced, if needed.

We installed for one customer who had A**. Upon checking we found that his system had not been reporting for over TWO YEARS, due to adding DSL to his telephone line.  The customer doesn't consider this.  We will catch it within a week or less.  

 SWAT's systems report all troubles, restorals, all happenings are reported

  Ask Big One

You do not have a set term Contract with SWAT.  A Simple Agreement.

Ours may be cancelled at any time with 60 days' written notice.     

  You have a binding contract with Big One that will be pursued in court, should you decide to cancel before your THREE YEAR CONTRACT is up.     

Big One is not an American company. It is owned by An Offshore Company, based in "Tax-Free" Bermuda. Its profits don't stay here. 

The Choice is up to You... Do you want to pay exhobitantly, Send your MONEY $$ Overseas, or deal with an honest home-grown company?