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New ADT Sales Tactic: Cold-Call People, Frighten Them
An ADT salesman had devised (or was at least using) a brilliant tactic: cold-call people and ask them how their ADT systems were working. If they said, "I don't have ADT," try to sell them one. What a great idea! How could it possibly go wrong? I mean, other than making people believe that they've just been cold-called by a burglar looking for alarm-less homes. More »

Don't Let A Salesperson Tell You What The Contract Says: Read It
Joy comes to us with a cautionary tale. Don't let pushy salespeople talk you into signing a contract that you haven't read. Rushing you through signing a contract is a sign of possible trouble ahead. She learned this when she had the ADT alarm system already installed in her house switched on. The salesperson rushed her through a lengthy contract, telling her what each part supposedly said and claiming that she could totally cancel within thirty days without having to pay any kind of early termination fee. Spoiler alert: this was not actually true. More »

Police Reports Contradict ADT Rep's Warnings Of Local Break-Ins
Sarah says that last night an ADT sales rep came to her door trying to sell her an alarm system. He said that there were two break-ins "last week" and that whenever these occur ADT sends out a rep to "give away" two "free" alarm systems. More »

Selling Alarm Systems After Murders: Helpful Or Opportunist?

—>About a month ago, a mother and daughter were chosen at random and brutally attacked in their home in small-town New Hampshire. The daughter survived, but the mother did not. And within days of this tragedy, ADT sales reps began going door-to-door to sell alarm systems.  More »

ADT: Sign Up Or Thieves Will Kill Your Dogs With Oven Cleaner

—>Leo thought that letting his two dogs greet an approaching ADT salesman would be enough of a hint that he didn't want their security services. Nope! The well-trained salesman sensitively barked: "You know what they are doing to dogs now, don't you? They're spraying oven-cleaner into their face, killing them in 20 seconds!"  More »