ADT Home (In)security

[bunsen_h]

This afternoon, I took yet another call from an ADT salesthing.  As they always do, he started with a lie: "I'm not calling to sell you anything."  (This, of course, was in response to my usual greeting when a stranger calls, asks for me by name, and stumbles when trying to say it, or otherwise appears to be a salescritter: "What are you selling?")

He started into the usual spiel about how they want to give me a free alarm system, all I would have to do is sign a contract with them to monitor it. (And, of course, I can't take the "free" alarm system if I don't sign with them, and they'd take it back when the contract ended.)

So why, exactly, would I want to entrust the security of my home to a company whose official policy — I've checked — is to have their representatives lie from the get-go?

Comments

[suelet.livejournal.com]

Well...not that it necessarily means anything..but mom & dad's home invasion happened after they had the ADT system *uninstalled*, because they'd screwed up the coverage so many times. Up to and including calling ME when there was an alarm...even though they had other contact numbers.

I too would be saying "Um...thanks, but no thanks".