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Smart Home Security
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Customer Complaints Summary

  • 2 total complaints in the last 3 years.
  • 0 complaints closed in the last 12 months.

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  • Initial Complaint

    Date:06/12/2023

    Type:Customer Service Issues
    Status:
    Answered
    Resolved:
    The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
    Unresolved:
    The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
    Answered:
    The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
    Unanswered:
    The business failed to respond to the dispute.
    Unpursuable:
    BBB is unable to locate the business.
    I just bought a house as I was moving in a guy from adt came to the door. We told him we were not interested and he kept pushing as I was on the phone with my own job he was talking and he had Mr **** a **ntract without knowledge. I've called and explained this to them and they refuse to let me out of my **ntract. The alarm sets itself off when we open the garage door. I ** tasted them and told them that the person they spoke to is no longer a resident here but had my signature on file. I never even spoke to the salesman I can prove I was on the phone e the whole time he was at my house. I need help. I do not want their services. The alarm is faulty and having g to make it to it all hours of the night when it decides to go off is ridiculous. I asked to speak to higher up after I got off the phone with the 2nd person after being told I **uld cancel and have to pay 100 percent of the fee when the **ntract states 75 percent. I also called the day before and the lady I spoke to said she **uld help me cancel the ac**unt and never mentioned anything regarding a fee. I've reached out to the salesman with no answer.

    Business Response

    Date: 06/06/2023

    The customer entered into a contract with the following company who handled the sale and installation of the system.

    Smart Home Security LLC
    ************************************************************-1540
    **************

    Please forward this on to the correct company.

    Business Response

    Date: 06/12/2023

         We spoke to this customer for the first time last week after being in service and monitored for the past 6 months.  She expressed her concerns with her system stating the issues mentioned above.  We offered to send a technician out to resolve the issues, but the service was refused.  We asked if she had called ADT directly when the system was malfunctioning for a service appointment and she stated that she did; however, it seems she called in for service, but decided to cancel instead.  Therefore, the problems persisted.  We explained the termination process and termination fees (which are 75% of the remaining service charges on the contract) and this is when she explained she wasn't involved in the original sale.  Unfortunately, all we see from our side is the signed initial contract, the installation of the complete system (which was allowed), the deposit paid for the system on the customers provided card, and the monthly rates paid for monitoring.  Normally this constitutes agreement with the service.     

         The point of the contract is so we can recoup our initial investment from the system.  We install over $1000 of new security equipment, pay sales reps, pay installers, and we only charge a monthly monitoring fee of roughly $64.  Therefore, if someone calls in to cancel prior to the contract completion, we are losing a lot of money unless we have termination charges.    

         For this specific scenario, In speaking with the customer about the events, it seems her live in boyfriend could be the one who may have signed the agreement and provided all of her private information.  We explained to the customer that we would forgive her termination charges if we can reach her boyfriend and collect termination charges from him.  This customer stated she would have the boyfriend contact us to discuss and that is where we left off.  

  • Initial Complaint

    Date:11/21/2022

    Type:Delivery Issues
    Status:
    Answered
    Resolved:
    The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
    Unresolved:
    The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
    Answered:
    The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
    Unanswered:
    The business failed to respond to the dispute.
    Unpursuable:
    BBB is unable to locate the business.
    MISSED PACKAGE DELIVERY SCAM

    FRAUDULENT NOTICE LEFT ON FRONT DOOR WITH PHONE NUMBER AND TRACKING
    NOTICE MADE TO APPEAR AS IF IT WAS LEFT BY UPS
    WHEN I CALLED THE PHONE NUMBER THE MAN SAID THERE WAS NO PACKAGE AND TRIED TO SELL ME ADT SECURITY SERVICES
    THE PHONE NUMBER ON THE NOTICE IS ************ AND REGISTERED TO ****** ******

    Business Response

    Date: 11/21/2022

    We apologize to this customer if our "Sorry We Missed You" notes made them feel this angry.  That is obviously not our intent.  These notes have been approved by the office of the Attorney General of North Carolina, otherwise we would change look and wording to meet their standards.  I have included a copy of the note in question for reference.  They actually include our business address across the bottom and no where on the slip does it mention any missed delivery, package, or any other company such as ****  We are in the business of residential sales, and it's our sales representative's job to have conversations with new homeowners. When we stop by and no one is home, we leave these notes so the homeowner can reach us.  It is a very cordial phone call that explains who we are and why we stopped by.  If there is no interest from the homeowner then they are simply removed from our list.  I'm sorry this customer felt deceived, but in no way is the note intended to be deceptive.  It mentions nothing of a package and simply says "Sorry We Missed You."  The tracking number provides the sales representative specific information about the house such as location, if there is an existing security system, the date he/she stopped by, etc.., which is vital to the phone conversation.

    We have removed this customer from our database as is standard with homeowners who are not interested in our services.  

    Please let us know if there are any additional questions or if anything further is needed.

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