ComplaintsforSafe Touch Security

• Initial Complaint

  04/02/2024

  Complaint Type:

  Product Issues

  Status:

  Answered

  More info

  My Safetouch stopping working. We called the company and the blame was immediately put on us for now checking the system monthly. We actually check the system daily and were out of the country. Now our entire house is unprotected, the soonest someone can come is a week and Im still being charged for the service of security that isnt working. Im appalled that the customer service person could not help us and more horrified that the blame is being put on my family.

  Business response

  04/02/2024

  We apologize for this interaction with our customer service and will provide feedback to management regarding this issue. We did have the customer scheduled for service, but they have since called back stating that the issue was resolved. 

• Initial Complaint

  04/02/2024

  Complaint Type:

  Service or Repair Issues

  Status:

  Answered

  More info

  3/29/2024 Had Safetouch installed in our 2nd home in March 2022 and have had 3 calls for no 2way communication through the panel when the alarm has been set off determined by safetouch operators and sent out technicians to reset the panel but obviously there is a problem and this last time we requested that the panel be replaced and was told by customer service that it would be. The technician showed up with no panel, he called his supervisor and was told to just reset the panel again, we called customer service while the tech was standing there and they said that it was noted in the ticket to replace the panel, which was a lie!! So resetting the panel obviously does not correct the issue and will continue to happen so we do not feel that we are secure and paying for faulty equipment that could not deter a break in or our security in the home and advised safetouch tech, and customer service supervisor ******* that they would be responsible if something happened in our home!! They still refuse to change out the panel even though they have records of it malfunctioning multiple times even after resetting it over and over!! We will have to find another company if we want to not pay for faulty equipment and dependable security of our home and family!!

  Business response

  04/02/2024

  Upon evaluation by the technician, we determined there was no issue with the panel and it was working properly. Given the situation and history, we will replace the panel. A coordinator will reach out to the customer to schedule the replacement. 

  Customer response

  04/10/2024

  The last communication I got was the response from Safe Touch that you sent to me that said That someone would contact us to set up another appointment to replace the panel and we have never received any communication back from Safe Touch!!! So NO THIS IS NOT RESOLVED!! Thank you!

  Customer response

  04/10/2024

  Please advise ASAP if this will be reopened and resolved since Safetouch obviously doesnt take these complaints seriously enough to do what they tell the BBB whatthey were going to do and follow through!

  Business response

  04/12/2024

  I have since spoken to ****** personally regarding her issues and set her up with a replacement next Friday the 19th. 

  Customer response

  04/16/2024

  Yes, I finally spoke to ************************* on Thurs 4/11 only after I called their corporate office and demanded to speak with him. Yes, he set up an appointment to replace the defective panel for Friday 4/19, so we will see how that goes this time around, but communication is still a very concerning problem with their company! I had to call today myself 4/16 to confirm we had an appointment, again no one from safetouch reached out to let me know that an appointment was scheduled.

• Initial Complaint

  11/13/2023

  Complaint Type:

  Service or Repair Issues

  Status:

  Answered

  More info

  I used to install alarms and safes for a company for banks that serviced the east *******. I Bought a house in 2020 with one of a older alarm pre installed and paid for. Nothing owed on the alarm when the house was purchased to be absolutely clear. Wanted to have it hooked up to be monitored and they sent 2 guys out for a look. One sales and a tech. They did nothing to the alarm. Asked them about adding coverage to certain areas of the house before service was acquired and they added two sensors for 50 dollars a peice or so saying they were already here. Well later down the line as sensors started to not work anymore and needed to be replaced the sensor would cost more than 300 each for a 25 dollar stick on you can only get from them. Plus I learned they had a listening device in the house and when asked about this to be removed they said they would not because this is the only way that the law enforcement would come out if called. Because they could HEAR the intruder!!! At this point I was highly considered about doing business with anyone that tells such a lie to keep listening devices in your home because this is patently FALSE. And I decided to end my business with them. But even then it got sneaky. They weaseled in on the contract as if I was buying a new system when they signed me up so they wanted around 800 to end the simple service which was a flip of the switch for 1 year left. And was told that they would except 300 dollars to end service but needed me to send and end service request. After what I delt with I asked for an email from the manager making the decision stating the amount due upon receipt of the cancelation request. And what happened after that told me everything I needed to know about this company. He refused the simple request. They kept service going without the system because I ripped it out and moved to a none contracted service. They tripled the amount and sold it to a debt collector. Never having communication with the device. Scam!

  Business response

  11/13/2023

  In March of 2020 the customer signed an agreement to have our services for 3 years to take over his existing equipment. During the installation, we installed a 2 way communicator which allows alarms to be verified in the event of a break in. The line only opens to us in the event of an alarm. The 2 way communicator installation is in the agreement, as well as the signed work order when the installation was complete. It is actually one our selling points and is the furthest thing from a secret.
  The customer called us in June of 2020 asking to purchase 2 new motion detectors which we quoted him $89.00 each plus $125.00 for labor. If there was an issue with existing equipment, we would cover that under warranty.
  The customer did ask to cancel his services in June of 2021,but we advised he would need to payout the remainder of his agreement to do so.He stopped paying his bill which is why it was sent to collections. We called him many times regarding his bill prior to doing so.

  Customer response

  11/13/2023

  So I see that you admit that there is a listening device in this system. Good I think people should know who they are putting faith in because there was no mention to me.of such a device installed at the time of signing. Trusting a company that purposely runs the bill up to a non communicating unit so they can sell the debt to a unsuspecting debt collector in a bundle at a large premium sounds like fraud to me and a way to punish anyone that figures out they are being took especially when there are other options without a contract and ridiculous fees for leaving a bad service. I was in agreement to pay the lowered fee of 300$ at the time. But your offer was rescinded after I asked for a confirmation email from your manager. Which shows me you were not acting in good faith. And following my gut to hold my ground has given me the opportunity to make sure others don't make the same mistake I did doing business with this (Security) company. I was looking for a resolution you were looking to hurt and bully the customer. You picked the wrong one. Your contract is a bunch of scribble for a signal asking more than 1700$ for the remainder of service after roughly 2 years of you listening in. Then having a right off on my report. You are worse than car sale. And look forward to letting people and social media know of your practices. Trust me it's going to cost you much more than 1700$. And you never received a disconnect from myself verbally nor email. You just refused to back up your offer with a simple email on purpose. Scam artists watching people's houses don't go together. Don't know how your even bonded. If you even are?

  Customer response

  11/14/2023

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   Complaint: 20860328

  I am rejecting this response because:

  So I see that you admit that there is a listening device in this system. Good I think people should know who they are putting faith in because there was no mention to me.of such a device installed at the time of signing. Trusting a company that purposely runs the bill up to a non communicating unit so they can sell the debt to a unsuspecting debt collector in a bundle at a large premium sounds like fraud to me and a way to punish anyone that figures out they are being took especially when there are other options without a contract and ridiculous fees for leaving a bad service. I was in agreement to pay the lowered fee of 300$ at the time. But your offer was rescinded after I asked for a confirmation email from your manager. Which shows me you were not acting in good faith. And following my gut to hold my ground has given me the opportunity to make sure others don't make the same mistake I did doing business with this (Security) company. I was looking for a resolution you were looking to hurt and bully the customer. You picked the wrong one. Your contract is a bunch of scribble for a signal asking more than 1700$ for the remainder of service after roughly 2 years of you listening in. Then having a right off on my report. You are worse than car sale. And look forward to letting people and social media know of your practices. Trust me it's going to cost you much more than 1700$. And you never received a disconnect from myself verbally nor email. You just refused to back up your offer with a simple email on purpose. Scam artists watching people's houses don't go together. Don't know how your even bonded. If you even are?

  Regards,

  *************************

  Customer response

  11/14/2023

  I originally had this alarm hooked up to have some security for my house while I traveled back to ***** to retrieve the remainder of my house hold items. In haste I made a bad decision trusting that this was a legitimate company. There name was all over the equipment so I called. They get the equipment from alarm dot com by the way. And they show the prices which are about half. In my previous writings im asking anyone who reads this does it really seem to anyone reasonable that I would want a listening device in my home if I was told at the time of their contract which I still have and can show that the salesman used an unrecognizable scribble of handwriting that absolutely no one would be able to distinguish what was done. And obviously withheld information. What did happen is I inquired how much the bill would be to terminate the service after removing the system and still paying for it about the 2 year ***** Not requesting cancelation as the company stated. Lie 1. That is when we talked about the fee being lowered too 300 as it would have been close too 800 for one year left of service. And when signing was told verbally it was a 2 year service plan not 3. They didn't want to send a confirmation email with the offer of a lower amount obviously because they intended to charge full boat and lie # 2 as comes about. They let the service run even though it had no communication to run the bill up knowing there was an issue as I kept getting notifications through Alarm dot com. then charged unreasonable late fees to compound their profit when sold to a debt collector. Then the collector writing it off because there is no way id pay that in a million years hurting my credit which is really no big deal at this point in the world and probablyhelped me out in the long run lol. All it takes is a bored monitoring agent to flip a switch to listen in and if you believe otherwise I've got a bridge to sell you. They have shown they have no intention of making this right and looks like the same BS form letter they read off of when I used to have contact with them over this issue. Wouldn't trust them to watch over a toilet seat much less have access to any conversation in my home. There products are from alarm dot com and the items they were going to charge 90 dollars for each run about 15 dollars for door sensors. At the time I asked them just to send the product and I could stick it to the wall or door but they refused being they locked the system I owned up to so they could only install new devices. There are way to many better options out there that are surprisingly simple now a days to waste time and money on these types of leeches that have no moral compass what so ever to treat their customers correctly. But if you absolutely had too Id do ADT. I will be looking into legal action for fraud even though this is small potato stuff and have bigger fish to fry at the moment. Im a disabled Veteran so I have plenty of time. But if it helps anyone from getting stuck with this company I will be satisfied. And keep this in mind for people thinking of still using this company. If I would have not have owned the system and decided to move on ending the business relationship im sure this would have been multiples of thousands as they would have got me for early termination the inflated cost of Chinese junk equipment and the 6 months they let it run while trying to work it out with no communication. Which brought it to about 2 and a half years. As I said they wrote it off trying to get a customers goat that figured out their scam. Techs were nice and as I said I used to put in real systems for banks on the east coast of fla so don't hold them responsible for poor judgment of an automated soulless management and sales team committing fraud. Its real funny also they use generalities for actual dates not the actual months. Because it would show they were about over with and my assumption that the 2 years where about up was truthfull. After all it is ******* and was born hear gotta still love it and I should have known better but its got a lot worse now a days. Companies like these make it hard on good people and they get jellies out of it. Hope this helps. Do your research it will pay off big.

  Business response

  11/14/2023

  The offer of $300 was given in error which is why it changed. We will accept the payment of $300 to clear the account. 

  Customer response

  11/15/2023

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   Complaint: 20860328

  I am rejecting this response because:

  Regards,

  *************************

  I'm sitting at the computer now so I'm hoping less of the typos. As for the offer, you have already damaged me with the collection that you posted and have cost me thousands in interest on a new vehicle I've bought recently and an equity line I've looked at for my house for repairs. I'm sure your pleased with yourself for now. YOU are the only one that shows a collection on my report and now you have decided to honor the original agreement? Whether or not your MANAGMENT made the offer in error as you are saying now is irrelevant. It was made and recorded on voice during the call which I'm sure you have gone back to examine at this point. The person I talked to tried to manipulate a customer into sending an email cancelling the contract before the confirmation of the number owed and was set in stone as requested by the customer, all to make sure the company didn't have an error to later charge full boat. AS WE SEE HERE! You can either take this off my report or I will simply *** you for my damages that your report has created on an otherwise pristine payment history. And we can let this sit on the internet for others to see and understand this complaint was true in its entirety. Maybe then we will both lose a few thousand in funds. You got what you wanted, and it was to hurt a disabled veteran working hard to keep his head above water and a good name under him keeping him afloat. Be proud of yourself and your company.

• Initial Complaint

  09/28/2023

  Complaint Type:

  Order Issues

  Status:

  Answered

  More info

  see Attached document

  Business response

  09/28/2023

  We do not nor have we ever offered temporary service. In March of this year, the customer signed an agreement with a minimum term of 36 months. We cannot know what was said at the time of sale, which is why we have an agreement in writing with terms that are signed agreed upon by both parties. The customer has the option to transfer her services to her new residence. If the new homeowner signs up for services, we will release her from her agreement. Otherwise, the agreement remains as it stands.

• Initial Complaint

  09/01/2023

  Complaint Type:

  Service or Repair Issues

  Status:

  Resolved

  More info

  I have been with SafeTouch Security systems since 2019. I have had to have them to come to my home MULTIPLE times because of issues with my system. I have requested through a technician that usually comes to my home to have the supervisor ****** call me about upgrading my equipment. He has not contacted me, the last date the tech was at my home was July 25. He told me that my dvr recorder is outdated and there are plenty of new ones that can be issued to me. This ****** is the one that is supposed to be able to approve this. Every time I lose power, the recorder resets the date to 1972, and until it can be changed, I have no feed that I can review. Most recently this happened while away on a trip and all but one camera came back up, but I did not have any playback because of the date. I just want my system updated and I don't want to go to the hassle of changing companies, but that certainly is an option.

  Business response

  09/01/2023

  We apologize that no one reached out to the customer sooner. We have the customer scheduled for 9/7/23 so we can address the issues accordingly.

  Customer response

  09/07/2023

  Everything has been addressed and for now and satisfied for now. They have taken care of it. Thank you for your assistance. 

• Initial Complaint

  07/28/2023

  Complaint Type:

  Order Issues

  Status:

  Resolved

  More info

  On 3/17/2020, I signed up for a 3-year contract with SafeTouch Security. I specifically remember the salesman that I signed up with telling me that the contract would switch to a month-to-month agreement after the term is up. Yesterday (7/26/23), I called SafeTouch to cancel what I thought was a month-to-month service because I intended to sign up for security services with another company. I was under the impression that my 3-year agreement ended in March of 2023. However, the representative that I spoke with informed me that I was automatically signed up for another 2-year contract. I informed the representative that this was inconsistent with the salesman conversation with me. The representative said I was sent an email in February 2023 asking me if I wanted to renew and because they did not receive a response, the contract was automatically renewed. I never saw any email asking for such a thing. You would think something as important as renewing a 2-year contract would warrant a phone call, not just an email. I did not intend to renew my contract, and it was stated to me that the contract would go to a month-to-month plan after 3 years from the anniversary unless I called to renew it. I wish to cancel my contract due to being misled and signed up without my consent.

  Business response

  07/28/2023

  Section 5 of the Security Services Agreement very clearly states in bold that the customers term will be automatically renewed for a period of 2 years if written notice is not received 30 days prior to the end of the initial term and they have read and understand all the terms of said agreement. We cannot go by what was said at the time of sale which is why we have an agreement in writing. The customer was not signed up for anything fraudulently or without their consent.
  We apologize for any miscommunication regarding the terms of the agreement and to reach a resolution, we will let this complaint serve as a cancelation notice and close the account.

  Customer response

  07/31/2023

  Better Business Bureau:
  

  I have reviewed the response made by the business in reference to complaint ID ********, and find that this resolution is satisfactory to me. 

  Regards,

  ****** ******

   

• Initial Complaint

  07/19/2023

  Complaint Type:

  Service or Repair Issues

  Status:

  Answered

  More info

  We have been a safe Touch customer since 2012 always made our payments right on time. We even had a nice low monthly monitoring agreement. Well in 2021 they wanted us to take a look at some new equipment I was happy to look at it as I had just seen some really awesome stuff from another company. So they came out I took a look at the equipment it was better then stuff I had. But I explained I was unable to buy anything as I had to file a bankruptcy on a business I owned and until it discharges I'm not able to buy anything. They told me that they appreciate the length of time I've been a customer and that they were not going. To sell it to me bur give it to me if I continued to stay their customer I told them I don't like change and I like the fact yall are local so they arranged a day to install new equipment. Well almost two years later or January od this year wife and I went on a cruise. We were out of country for a long time . When i got back state side I had just found out that my bank accounts were not only emptied but in the negative by thousands my accounts were stolen and the amount of money was not just simple disputes it was long drawn out investigations I had no usesble accounts for over 6 months. Safetouch seemed to understand they just let us know when you can pay again I told them that they hope to have resolved by July. They said that was fine just let them know when I can resume that I had a lot to deal with not worry about safe Touch when I can we pick up where I left off and that they keeping the monitoring on but not to worry just let them know when I can resume the regular payments. I said they are talking July. Well I was do stressed that sometime in late April I lost it, and had nervous breakdown ended up in hospital for a while from all the stress. Well last week we finally got new accounts and got credited for only about 1/2 our losses but I called safetouch to resume they now say I owe thousands and I ts to late because I lost contact

  Business response

  07/20/2023

  We did not advise the customer that they would not have to pay for any amount of time. We called them 11 times from February to May regarding this. The service was active during the time that the customer was unable to make payments, so they will need to pay those invoices to have their services reactivated. Given the situation the customer went through and their history with us, we will waive the $150.00 reinstatement fee bringing the total down from $509.10 to $359.10.

  Customer response

  07/25/2023

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   Complaint: ********

  I am rejecting this response because:  I feel insulted yall made me feel special when yall supposedly gave me an upgrade, which was a sell to me disguised as a gift for being a loyal customer. I read through the complaints and what yall did for others in BBB complaints. I paid close attention to the complaints that came from people who were customers of yours for a couple of months, what yall did for them and then now me someone who has been a loyal customer for over 10+++ years triewd to work with you a solution yall wouldnt hear it. for months I kept telling yall it would be july August yall kept saying it was fine. then I was in Hospital and it wasnt fine. I want to feel like yall ecare like yall did for the customers yall only had a couple of months with you. yall kicked me when i was down I would like to talk with owner

  Regards,

  ***** **********

  Business response

  07/26/2023

  The customer paid for an upgrade and signed a new agreement to receive it at a promotional rate. This was in no way presented as a gift. We never indicated that the customer would not need to pay for services they were receiving. They kept stating that they would call us back when we repeatedly reached out to them regarding the past due balance. We of course encouraged them to call us back as soon as their issues were resolved and they could make the payments, however we never stated that we would not continue to invoice them for active services. 

  Customer response

  07/30/2023

   

   Complaint: ********

  I am rejecting this response because:

  I waa unable to sign a new contract at the time. I told you a time frame for us to get banking back after the identity theft issues. I said July August. Yall kept telling me no Problem.  Then I went Into hospital for 6 to 8 weeks and everything yall did then was messed up. You knew we Had a target date to come back as fir as new system you need to check with sales people for what they are saying to us. Because we clearly stated we couldn't buy anything and recently a lady in your office just confirmed what I've been saying. The point it we had issues come up yall said everything will be OK  we call to resume everything and yall have now gone back on tour words. Then you now are asking for more than what thswrvice is for. I've tried to meet you half way but yall are demanding 10x more. When yall came to offw4 new system you said it wouldn't coat mlanyrhing as long as I planned on keeping service which at the time I've been with yall a long time but yall daw an opertunity while someone in hospital to take advantage of. Now and to charge ten times more than what yall said was owed to begin with you are highway theifs I've been customer over 10 years and this is how you treat us. I kept my end of bargain said July August to have all straight I called in July to resume everything and you demand more and yall told me at time in my house it was for being a loyal customer and asked if I were leaving yall anytime soon  yall just want to milk your loyal customers I had a lawyer see this and reached out to me I told hom no ill Gove yall time to fix this bit I might have to call hom back.  I called to resume s3rvice in July like I've said all this year. But now I don't know after this treatment and lies you keep saying as I could not sign a contract when yall said I did.  And when I talked with uall not to long ago someone confirmed it there. 

  Regards,

  ***** **********

  Business response

  08/03/2023

  Attached is the agreement the customer signed for the system upgrade in November of 2021 for a new 5 year term. The accelerated amount for the entire term is $2832.00. Because the customer has already been with us for some time, we will reduce this to a 3 year term making the total payout $1543.20. If the customer does not continue their services, this amount will be due. We never advised the customer that they would be released from the terms of this agreement or that they would not need to pay anything. We advised him to call us back when he could pay. What we quoted previously here is if the customer wishes to reinstate their service. $359.10 is just for the services already rendered and the service fee for a tech to come out to reactivate the system.

• Initial Complaint

  07/13/2023

  Complaint Type:

  Service or Repair Issues

  Status:

  Resolved

  More info

  I signed up for service of 4/2021 when I moved into my new house. Everything worked fine until this last year my doorbell will go in and out. Some days it would work and some days it would not. I have had multiple techs come out to fix it does the same thing. It’s to the point i don’t know anyone is at my door until they knock on the door or call me that they were outside. Recently I put in a support ticket through the app about the problem and weeks went by without anyone calling or setting up an appt to try and fix the problem again and I got fed up with the company. I’m paying monthly for something that’s halfway working. I called today to cancel service and the lady was rude after she told me I would be liable for the rest of my contract which I did’nt know the rep signed me up for such a lengthy contract and that’s my fault. But how can I be liable for a half working system where I’m not notified that someone is at my door. They are horrible at getting back with the customer when you do put in a support ticket and they talk rudely to you over the phone. I asked for a manager the rep got an attitude about it. I told her I would be filing a complaint and she said do what I have to do. They simply could not get my doorbell to work with their equipment and multiple techs have tried. I just want to be done with my contract and move on from this company.

  Business response

  07/14/2023

  We apologize that the customer has not been contacted from the request via the app. Our customer service is available 24/7 and they always have the option to reach us via a phone call. We see we have sent technicians twice for the doorbell, once on 7/6/22 and again on 1/18/23. We would like to have a technician supervisor come out to evaluate the equipment for repair or replacement. We will not release the customer from their agreement, but we will not leave them with equipment that is not functioning so long as it is not something that is outside of our control such as the quality of the wifi signal to the camera. We will have someone reach out to the customer to schedule a specialist to come out.

  Customer response

  07/14/2023

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   Complaint: ********

  I am rejecting this response because: It is not my wifi signal thats the issue and I have multiple people I know with Safe Touch having the same issue including my mother which I referred to safe touch to get service. I have already got another alarm system and i am not having any issues with my doorbell ringing as I did with their equipment. I gave them multiple times to fix the issue and it wasn’t. I even left a VM a few days ago when i called to cancel service when i was transferred to a supervisor and no one still contacted me. Their customer service is horrible and my experience as a customer with them is not a good one. I will go complain with the ******** ******* ****** if I have to and with every other agency I can if I’m not let go of my agreement. 

  Regards,

  ***** ******

  Business response

  07/18/2023

  In the 2 years that the customer had service with us, we went out twice for issues with the doorbell. We understand that repeat issues are frustrating and can happen which is why we offer a warranty at no additional cost. Had we gotten ahold of the customer, we would have made arrangements to repair or replace the equipment, but they did not give us another opportunity to do so.  We never refused service to the customer, and they always had the option to reach us via a phone call for any issues. It is not our goal to leave a customer dissatisfied with non-functioning equipment. The doorbell is just one feature of the service we provide, the customer still had a fully operational security system outside of that.
  We will investigate the issues the customer experienced contacting us via the app, but regardless of that, it does not release the customer from the agreement they signed. 

  Customer response

  07/20/2023

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   Complaint: ********

  I am rejecting this response because: i gave them another chance to come and fix it when i reported it through the app and submitted a ticket. Almost 2 weeks went by and no one contacted me so i figured they didn’t care about retaining my services. I’ve had them for 2 years and now they still want to hold me responsible because their equipment was not working. My mom who I referred and someone else I know are having similar issues with the doorbell camera not functioning. Do obviously its their equipment. I will report this to the news station, the ******** ******* ****** and whoever else I need to but I’m not going to be liable to pay 18 months of service i no longer have but tried to keep. Their customer service is horrible and if they support ticket option isn’t working on the app then they need to get rid of it. 

  Regards,

  ***** ******

  Business response

  07/21/2023

  The customer always had the opportunity to reach us via a phone call. The customer signed an agreement to have services for a set amount of time to receive a promotional package at the time of sale. The remaining responsibility for the customer is $1706.60 for the remainder of the 5-year term that they signed up for. We understand that that the customer no longer wishes to have the service and that we failed to receive the request via the app. Given the issues the customer had and to reach a resolution, we will reduce the term to 3 years, bringing the amount they are responsible for down to $243.80.

  Customer response

  07/21/2023

  [A default letter is provided here which indicates your acceptance of the business's response.  If you wish, you may update it before sending it.]

  Better Business Bureau:

  I have reviewed the response made by the business in reference to complaint ID ********, and find that this resolution is satisfactory to me. 

  Regards,

  ***** ******

   

• Initial Complaint

  06/23/2023

  Complaint Type:

  Customer Service Issues

  Status:

  Answered

  More info

  I am moving out of state because my child has cancer and needs extensive inpatient treatment in another state. The company is extremely rude, refusing to cancel my service. My contract does not state that they are allowed to charge me 50% of the fees for moving out of state to an area they don’t service. How despicable of a company to say they don’t care about a child with cancer?

  Business response

  06/27/2023

  Section 17.(b) states: Because of the initial expense incurred by Company as a result of the installation, wear and tear and depreciation of the Company Equipment, in the event of default and termination of this Agreement either by default of Client, or termination by Company as provided for in this Agreement, then and in that event, Company shall have the right to accelerate all of the remaining payments due under this Agreement and the same shall include all past due installments that may be due at the time of default and/or termination and acceleration by Company.
  Our agreement states that we shall charge 100% of the remaining agreement terms if the customer closes the account early. Moving does not release the customer from the agreement terms. We cut the amount owed in half given the customers’ situation, pending them providing proof of move. 

  Customer response

  06/27/2023

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   Complaint: ********

  I am rejecting this response because: It is unacceptable. The area we are moving to is not serviced by the company. We are moving to get our child the care he needs for his CANCER. We should not be told we have to pay for a service we aren’t receiving. Not to mention we obviously can’t afford to pay for this when our child’s medical bills are a thousand times more important. We have asked the company to pick up the equipment before we move out but they are refusing so I’m not sure how they intend to get their equipment? It’s also not a “favor” to allow half when the woman I spoke with on the phone stated they allow everyone to only pay half when moving. 

  Regards,

  ******** ******

  Business response

  06/28/2023

  The customer signed an agreement to have services for a set amount of time and in return receive equipment at a promotional rate. According to the terms the customer signed and agreed to, we can hold the customer responsible for the entire remaining amount owed on the agreement of $673.62. Regardless of what is provided to any other customer, cutting that amount in half is a courtesy because the customer agreed to pay the full amount when signing the agreement, but we are not holding them to that, we are only asking for half. The customer still has not provided us with any proof that they are moving out of the service area.

  Customer response

  06/29/2023

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   Complaint: ********

  I am rejecting this response because: I am rejecting this response because: I have submitted proof already twice. I have asked to speak with supervisor over the phone and been denied. I was hung up on twice. No one is responding to emails. The contract does not state that if you do not service the area that we are still responsible for payment for service we don’t receive. You cannot legally leave equipment in the house when I no longer own the house. 

  Regards,

  ******** ******

• Initial Complaint

  04/03/2023

  Complaint Type:

  Service or Repair Issues

  Status:

  Answered

  More info

  I have requested a service cancelation with Safe Touch several times. I have called several times as well as emailed them at their retention depth as I was instructed to do via a phone call. I was informed that my service would be turned off by the end of the month (March ). Here we are in April, and it's still on and and I get another bill in the mail. I called on March 8th and was told to email ***********************, which I did and got a reply back. The same day. They sent out 2 guys to upgrade my system on March 17th even after requesting a cancelation of that appointment. And knowing I was requesting a service cancelation instead. Even after the 2nd email was sent to the retention department on March 14th for the 2nd time requesting a service cancelation. I called them after I sent the 2 service guys away On Match 17th and spoke to a lady who tried to tell me that the appointment was verified on March 15th. I'm not sure who they spoke with it sure wasn't me, being I was at work all day and unable to use my phone. She again told me that my service would be off by the end of the month, and I was not responsible for the last bill, being the service would indeed be off. My contract has been up and over with for over 10 years. There is no reason I can't request a cancelation and not have to pay them anymore. I am getting toldly Fed up, and if I can't get this resolved, I might have to get an attorney involved.

  Business response

  04/03/2023

  We apologize for the miscommunication on our end. The service was scheduled prior to us knowing the customer wanted to cancel and we missed taking it off of the schedule. We have received the notice and the account is now effectively closed.

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