Customer
GBMade monthly payments on time and I… Made monthly payments on time and I refused to sign up for auto pay. I told ADT that I wanted to pay my account monthly and that I was not going to give them access to checking account. ADT started making harassing phone calls and so I cancelled my contract with them and told them to come and get their equipment. ADT then charged me $3,000.00 for cancelling my contract. Outrages. I will never do business again with ADT.
Sebastian
GBImpossible customer service Can't log in to MyADT because it wont take my passwords, and it wont send me a password reset via email. I also can't remember my verbal password so it's impossible to access anything. I called and the guy walked me through everything as if I was extremely dumb which resulted in me staring at a login screen which I can't log into. They won't just reset my password, and they've increased the monthly payment twice now. I want to cancel, too but it's a whole ordeal and I'm stuck in this contract for two years now.
JohnnyM
GBCan't spend hours on phone Had 2 window sensors triggering tamper alerts, or just going off inappropriately over several months. Police called once. Talked to support, set up virtual tech appt (won't send to house anymore, I guess). Virtual tech quickly agreed the sensors seemed faulty, ordered replacements and set up future appt to install and register in system. Helped me remove faulty sensors from system (unregistered them). Box arrives with just one sensor. Tried online chat, who couldn't help, gave me phone number to call, transferred 4 times, finally someone seemed to understand and ordered missing sensor. Box arrives with install kit, no sensor!! Another round of calls, got cut off once, second agent did not understand me at all, tried to help me troubleshoot, despite my telling him I've already had virtual tech appointment, etc. I had to hang up on him, he never got it at all. Now I have a future virtual tech appointment to install and register my one new wireless window sensor in my system, I'm hoping the virtual tech can order the missing sensor, then I'll have to have another virtual appointment to get it registered as well. I've already spent 60 min on the phone just trying to get the missing sensor. Not eager to try again. When I purchased system 19 years ago, promised in house service (which would have solved this in about 30 min weeks ago), but despite increasing fees, I guess that's no longer the policy. It sucks.
Disappointed
GBADT specializes in locking you into a plan and forgetting about you. Ever hearse of the term "lock in." it's what keeps companies like ADT in business. They're banking on the fact that when you spend so much to have one of these alarm systems installed, it's very difficult and expensive for you to switch to another provider, which means you'll generally remain a customer, no matter how bad the service is. And as others have noted, it is awful. They recently sent a freelance contractor out to replace the wireless system panel in the basement from 3G to a more up-to-date cell communication method. He botched it and a few days later, all the alarms started going off at once. I called ADT and they said they saw nothing wrong on their end and that they could send someone out in a few weeks to take a look. They could literally hear the alarms blaring in the background (the decibel level was horrific, and I had to go around and rip the wires from the units to silence them). Then I kept getting calls from an ADT system over and over saying that there appeared to be something wrong and to call them. A few weeks later a technician came and acknowledged that the guy had screwed up the installation. They redid it. Then recently I had a problem with one of the smoke detectors and a technician came and said I should order replacement batteries from ADT because I was on the free battery replacement plan. This had been the case for years (25 to be exact). But when I called ADT they said the plan did not cover batteries (which cost $18 apiece -- not exactly cheap). Previously, I had spoken to a customer service agent to set up the appointment, and they too said I was covered under the battery plan. So now two representatives from ADT have said I'm covered and one said I was not. How bad is ADT's computer system that you get such different answers? Also, when I do replace batteries myself, the alarm goes off but I don't hear anything from ADT. They used to call to make sure there wasn't a problem. Now, nothing. This company is horrible.
Val Williams
GBNo moral compass and terrible customer service I read other bad reviews and I totally agree that this company has no moral compass and horrible customer service. I have called so many times and escalated my complaints and it is a joke. They took advantage of my 88 year old mother who has macular degeneration and not able to execute a contract . I put a security system in my mom’s house and I was told it would be about 600.00 . I did add 3 nest cameras. The installer ended up putting in 21 window contacts and totally oversold my mom. I was doing errands locally and I asked him to call me when he was close to finishing. He never called and just left. The installation came to 2700.00 and my mom did not sign a contract. My copy had a black X under her name . I am my mom’s POA and I told him I needed to go over this. He turned in a contract with a forged signature. I started a fraud process 5 months ago and each time they promise to get to the bottom of this. This is such a despicable company that would take advantage of an elderly person that can’t see and has hearing issues and tries to pretend she could sign a contract . I will not give up because of the principle of it. I just wanted to warn others about these contracts- be careful about the oversell and lack of accountability.