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Security Monitoring in Austin
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Rating: 4/51

AUSTIN, TEXAS -- I was contacted by Jimmy on 11/19/2015 to discuss how the company would be able to assist with my circumstance. I was put at ease that someone with this company had the compassion to reach out and talk about solutions and/or listen to me. We did come to an agreement for the time being and will revisit my situation in three months. Jimmy, thank you for your call, your time and hope I can have positive communication in the near future.

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Crooked/ Fraudulent Business Practice
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Rating: 1/51

Automatic annual renewal clause that is still in effect from 6 years ago is a little outrageous and is on the crooked side of doing business. Especially, since there is no updated paperwork inform the customer about being automatically renewed. How can a company continuing to charge the customer the monthly fee for the next 7 months and not providing any type of service is beyond me.

Company Response 11/19/2015:

Dear Customer,

Thank you for bringing your concerns to our attention. We are very alarmed at what you are describing in your review as it is far from the typical experience.

The renewal clause you referenced in your review was put in place as a safeguard feature to protect our customers. This has become an industry wide safety practice that has been proven to protect homes and loved ones.

Our leadership team would like to take a moment to walk through your experience, get your feedback and address your concerns.

Would you email your account information to csgcares@centralsecuritygroup.com at your earliest convenience. We look forward to speaking with you?

Thank you,
Jimmy

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CSG has been a real blessing for our family
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Rating: 5/51

TULSA -- My entire family and also my husband's office have had CSG alarm systems installed for several years and we have all been very happy. My husband has cameras installed that he can see through his cellphone and my mother also has the medical pendant which has already helped her when she fell. As far as price and service goes we are paying about 15 dollars less than we did with ADT and with CSG our price will never go up and as far as being renewed for a year after the 3 year agreement I looked at my old contract with ADT and it seems most security companies do that. It's normally standard.

Now I can't speak for the rest of the United States, but I have family in Tennessee and Kentucky who have CSG and everyone I know it is very pleased with their service. The equipment is great and I would recommend this system to anyone.

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Dead is no excuse
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TULSA, OKLAHOMA -- Dead's not good enough. A family member recently passed who had service with Central security Group. When calling to terminate service, we were asked to provide multiple legal documents, such as a death certificate, copy of the will, probate letters, etc.

After these were sent, CSG continued to make automatic withdrawals from the deceased's bank account. Now that they have run out of documents to request, they state that by contract, the only way out is to "buy out" the remainder of the contract, which is a substantial amount by their reckoning. However, they won't supply the contract to prove it. This issue will be going to the Oklahoma Attorney General for starters, and other legal action assessed from that point.

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Central Security Group underhanded business practices
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Central Security Group uses underhanded business practices to get your money. When I signed a three-year contract with CSG, I was told I could cancel at any time after that period. What I was not told was that if I didn't cancel, in writing, at least 30 days before the end of that period, my contract would automatically renew for 1 year. My contract ended July 1 and we moved out of the house at the end of June. I was called by CSG when my phone was turned off July 11 and CSG received a trouble alert.

I told them at that time that I needed to cancel service as we had moved out of the house. Nothing was mentioned about the extended contract. They kept billing me. When I called to cancel again, I was told about the 30-day period and the automatic renewal and told I had to pay the remaining 8 months on my contract, unless I wanted to buy the contract out. Very deceptive. Do not use this service as they will find ways to get money out of you without providing a service.

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Central Security Group Nationwide Inc - Complaint
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TULSA, OKLAHOMA -- I was very disappointed when I moved and had to cancel my service with this company. When they are "selling" you, they explain that the required 3 year commitment is easy because if you move into an area they cannot service, then they will cancel the agreement. Or, if the new home owner will pick up the service, then they will cancel your agreement, but they don't tell you that it's up to you to "sell" the new owner on using their service. They will not contact the new owner and "sell" them, so it's up to you to contact the new home owner and ask them to use the service - as if you are the security expert.

This company is only interested in the business of securing long-term-contracts, not securing solid customer relationships. If they were smart (and more ethical), they could have secured the business of the new home owner as well as my business in my new home. Instead, I am paying in full, never using them again and writing this review!

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Negligence of service and unfair terms and practice
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TEMPE, ARIZONA -- This company offers very attractive price and gets consumers to sign a three-year contract. After a while we discovered that although the monthly fee was paid by us our home has not being monitored for over 6 months making the security of my family vulnerable, a service that we depended and paid for. And we were not informed about it until we contacted the company which confirmed that it had lost our signal.

This company makes consumers pay the monthly fee even after moving from the house, and threatens to harm the consumers credit if payment were not made. They don't provide monitoring service to the new location without a high transfer fee or a whole new contract and would not reimburse the fees for the period that was not monitored.
Please check the Better Better Business Bureau before you enlist this company's service.

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Worst Care and Customer Service
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Rating: 1/51

TULSA, OKLAHOMA -- First, they initiated service and did not inform us of a city permit requirement. When we actually had an issue, they called at work and said they would send the police. After no further response from them, called back in 30 minutes. At that point, they informed us the police would not respond because we did not have a permit. Didn't even call back!

Then, when we changed service providers, they wouldn't cancel without an email. Gave a bad email address, twice, before we finally got a good one the third time. Then received a bill for the following month. When I called a talked to a supervisor, I was told, "Per section 1.4 of the contract, we had to notify them of termination 30 days in advance."

If you want to deal with them, be sure to read the "fine print" carefully. In addition, this contract was in my wife's name, before we got married. And after over two years of marriage, they still wouldn't change the name on the account!

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Central Security Group may be cheaper, but beware of the fine print.
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TULSA, OKLAHOMA -- Although cheaper than their competitors, avoid doing business with this Alarm System company. You have to sign a 3 year monitoring contract that cannot be moved to a new address, and is automatically renewable for another year, unless you notify them in writing that you do not want to renew the contract, 30 days before the expiration date. If you miss that date, even by a day or two, you are stuck with a monthly bill for a years monitoring service, even though you have moved, the equipment is no longer operative, (very expensive to repair) or you just no longer want the service.

This info is supposedly in a document attached to the contract which they may or may not provide you at the time of signing. Most reputable companies would provide a notice that the contract is about to be "automatically" renewed in ample time to accept the renewal or reject it. Central Monitoring depends on you to file the contract documents away and forget them until too late.

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Buyer Beware!!!
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The service was great at first, then it became useless and a waste of money. First we had to sign a three year contract, which I suppose is understandable to cover the cost of installation and hardware. Then I discovered that they used to phone line to a bedroom as the security line, even though there was a separate phone line labeled "security line" in the junction box. Then we learned that our alarm had somehow been tripped while we were out shopping and had been going off for at least 45 minutes. We were never notified by the service or police, but did get the standard disingenuous apology when we called for an explanation.

After our three years were up we called to cancel. Unfortunately for us we were a month late and were told we were automatically committed to another year. "Read your contract," we were told, and there in the fine print, it was. Stupid me. The service has been none existent this last year. A few months ago I removed the now useless room motion detector to make room for a surround sound speaker. TWO WEEKS LATER they contacted us with information that the integrity of our system was compromised. TWO WEEKS!!!

To make no mistake, we called in advance to inform them that we would no longer need their service and we will call often to remind them. I have notified my bank and have stopped payment to this company. Sad that I have to take these measures but I no longer truth them - a security company I trusted our lives and belongings to. We have a dog now.

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1.9 out of 5, based on 16 ratings and
23 reviews & complaints.
Contact Information:
Central Security Group
2448 E. 81st St. Suite 4300
Tulsa, OK 74137
888-642-4567 (ph)
www.centralsecuritygroup.com
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