• Let your neighbours know if there is unusual activity or crime on your block.
• Join your local Neighbourhood Group on Facebook and learn about recent activities.
  eg: Stonebridge Neighbourhood Watch
• Share video and images from your doorbell camera or security cameras.
• Share information with the Police as it may help with an arrest.

☐ 3. LOCK YOUR DOORS AND WINDOWS

• Many burglars go door to door looking for targets that forgot to lock their front doors and car doors. Make sure all doors and windows are locked.
  
• If you lose a key get the locks changed.
• A better alternative is to eliminate keys altogether by installing an Alarm.com smart lock with built in keypad.
• Install monitored door and window sensors.
• When your security system is "armed" an instant alert is sent to your smartphone and our 24/7 Monitoring Stations

☐ 4. USE PROPPER LIGHTING 

• Burglars target unoccupied homes so keep your home well lit at night.
• Install timers that turn lights, radios and televisions on at different times. This gives the appearance that someone is home. 
• A better option is to install Alarm.com smart lights and smart appliance modules and setup on an alternating schedules.
  

• $0 Smart Security packages range from $34.95/mo. to $79.95/mo. 
• Protection against intrusion, fire, carbon monoxide, flood, low temperature and more
• No phone line required
• Alarm.com smartphone and desktop apps
• 400% less likely to have a break-in
• Up to 20% of homeowners insurance - consult your insurance broker

Pretty awesome stuff right? I'm going to make a ton of dough this summer! I don't get a base salary, but I do make $400 to $500 every time I get you to sign up. So, I have a lot of motivation to keep bugging and pressuring you. We don't have a local office and the door to door home security company rents us a house or pays for our hotels, so I don't have a lot of living expenses. Sweet!

Sometimes I pretend that I work for your current security company and I offer you a free upgrade. "I'm Alex with (Your Existing Security Company". People can be so gullible when they think they're getting something for free. I'm actually going to trick you into signing up with my door to door alarm company and you will be left paying two bills. Doesn't matter to me though - I'm only working with my door to door security company for the summer and you will never see me again.

My all time favorite approach is to make it sound like you are doing me a favor. "I'm Alex with (Door to Door Alarm Company). We're in town for a few days and we're doing a blitz and I would like your help. If you're willing to put a warning sign in a visible location it will create more awareness and help us generate more business. In exchange I can give you a free state-of-the-art security system worth $2000. All you have to do is take care of the small monthly fee of $49.95 a month." People love to help and they love free. I can't believe how many people get sucked in.

Sometimes I offer a two week free trial. This is legit, but most people don't know there is a CONSUMER PROTECTION law that allows any consumer signing a contract the right to cancel within 10 or 14 days. It's called a Buyers Right to Cancel and it's on every one of our contracts. The darn government forces us to do this! 

I often tell people it's a month to month subscription, but in reality it's a 3 or 5 year contract. You're on the hook for nearly $3000 every time you sign up. However, most people trust me instead of reading through the contract. And for the people that question the 5 year term? Easy, I just tell them they can cancel anytime (even though they can't). The collections team at my head office will deal with it. Who's going to cancel if they're about to be sent to a collection agency? I won't be here anyways so not my problem.

HOW TO MAKE ME GO AWAY   

About the only thing that works is to put up your hand and firmly say "NO". I'm going to try to prevent you from closing the door, but if you just keep saying "NO" eventually I will take you off my hit list. Sometimes you have to threaten to call the POLICE. How ironic is that - calling the POLICE on a home security company.

It's also frustrating to me when people share their stories on FaceBook and other social media sites. I spent a lot of time figuring out ways to deceive people and I don't like it when I'm exposed or people advertise what area I'm working in. One lady took out her phone and started recording me - no thanks.  

*Alex isn't a real person. If you know an Alex please be kind to him.

For more information do yourself a favor and do a Google Search of "door to door alarm scam" and always get 3 quotes. Please share.

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