April 2021 by Jesse M.
I signed up with ADT in 2015, and after over 5 yrs of being a loyal customer I decided to add a camera to my monitoring system. KEEP IN MIND- My initial 3 yr contract period was completed in 2018. I was on a month to month schedule, no longer under contract. Since the day the camera was installed I have had numerous issues with it not displaying anything, requiring me to call in to ADT many times, and I have also taken time off from work to meet a tech at home. After over 3 visits and repair attempts the camera is STILL not working. No matter what the techs try, it will not correct the issue, the camera isn't currently working again since April 2nd, today is April 11th. I have asked the service supervisor, Ken Arceneaux, to cancel my service but he nor any manager at ADT customer service will let me out of a 3 year contract I renewed when I got the camera added. They want me to cancel the camera part of the contract but force me to keep the monitoring portion for the remaining 2.5 yrs! But as mentioned, I already completed an initial 3 yr contract from 2015 - 2018! I have been advised by ADT's 'customer service' that I will be charged $779, which is the remaining part of my contract payments, if I cancel. This is unfair, evil, and sinister business practices by ADT, and I strongly urge anyone looking at a home security system to stay away from ADT and go with another company, or Ring type of monitoring. The customer service Reps all refused to cancel my service, they kept kicking me from one person, who would also say they were "not authorized" to cancel my contract. It has been an eye opening experience. ADT is one of the most well known security systems in the US. To kick me around, refusing to help me, refusing to acknowledge my situation at any cost, to avoid a cancelation by ignoring my truths and punting from person to another, shows a disgusting side of ADT, not the company I thought I signed up with. Perhaps there is a desperation to keep a customer on contract due to the many other security monitoring systems alternatives now available to consumers. This is no way to try and keep our business. It is a sure way to ensure you lose it, never regain it, and persuade me to tell anyone that will listen to stay far away from ADT.