brinks is currently taking over all the att security customers spent five hours at home failed to install front camera: forgot to bring a ladder failed to change all the batteries despite sending 80 yr to ace hardware to buy all new false alarms: dying batteries daily window numbers not mapped out - 12 in one room! daily tampering notices in unoccupied rooms! failed to nite new verbal code on hold 3o min. cannot schedule fix/finish : because no new verbal code was decided at appt. 3 more biz days to add missing verbal code read more

I have had brinks for a long time and I don't know why ,they screw up my bill don't provide any cameras or app service . My equipment is as old as dinosaurs . They never offer any upgrades or check . They are only open until 5 on the east coast and I'm on the west.They transferred me and then it hung up because it was past 5 o'clock . I can't get on to the web to pay my bills and I was paying my bill but they said I didn't pay for July and keep charging me late fees.not a good service. read more

My experience with Brinks began around May of 2015 when a Monitronics sales guy came to my Dental Practice in Sanger, Texas. I got free equipment (not really free leased) at my office and over 3000 dollars worth of equipment purchased for my home including garage and a large shop. They were complete with 2GiG panels and wifi controlled lighting and door locks. We quickly became frustrated as the techs were not able to actually link the hundreds of items as we lived in the country and had really bad wifi. So after making a deal with a company called Speed of Light Broadband. I made a deal for 179.00 a month they would give me unlimited best they had. I ended up hiring an off duty ADT guy who was a patient of mine to come out and reconfigure the whole house. We even had heat sensors in our attic. Problem solved. Fast forward to 2018, when we added on to our house. We believed that we were month to month with Monitronics/Alarm.com which had changed it's brand to MONI. Same company new brand woooohooo. We were not in a 36month deal apparently someone had reupped us for 3 more years. Something I and my wife would definitely not do, as we were secretly planning on relocating to the coast of Texas and selling our practices. When asked for the contract we signed we received a sheet of paper with a scribble on the page, and when I asked them about the phone conversations could they produce the tapes of when we said yes Renew for 3 more years. We got busy and never continued to fight it. Sold my practice on Sept 13, 2019 close date. Had negotiated for the new owner to continue using the now BRINKS instead of MONI monitoring at the office. At our home my wife got on the phone and proceeded to try and pay off our contract which was in the few thousands of dollars and she was transferred on the phone to a Customer Retention Manager after several calls and literally hours on the phone. On this call, we agreed to pay 1400.00 which was paid on our credit card and if we sent 3 pieces of equipment back to them they would not charge us another 1400.00. Several weeks later we received a bill for 1400.00 from Brinks. We were also being charged on our personal checking account for the monitoring of a home we did not own any longer. It took about 3 months of calls to get them to stop that and no money was ever returned as they said they did indeed monitor the house during that time. Oh well. During the call the people kept trying to get us to pay for the equipment to "close" the account. We had sent the equipment back and it was signed for by a Brinks employee. Thank God for FEDEX. After living on the coast for several months and numerous phone calls to them during COVID. They continued to say that the Manager we spoke to, was not AUTHORIZED to make a deal. Weird. We found the managers name and sought him out and he was still working for the company but planning to leave. He said yes he indeed had approval for that deal and that he made deals like that 'all day long'. We escalated all the way to a VP with Brinks who assured us that he would have the charge removed from our record and close the account officially after he had a chance to "pull the tapes and listen to the transaction." He would contact us if he felt that we owed the money, and took our phone numbers, email addresses and great deal of information. If he didn't contact us, rest assured the situation would be handled. YAYYYYYYY! Fast forward to January of 22. While trying to purchase a new home, we were asked to take care of the Collections from Brinks. Two days later I started receiving text messages, and phone calls from MOUNTAIN RUN SOLUTIONS. Apparently they had purchase my now 1500.00 bill from Brinks. I wrote them a long explanation and told them I would not be paying them for this debt because we did not owe it and that we had already been through all of this for months. So after about 4 months in 2022, I found online CREDIT GLORY and paid for their service to remove the information from my credit report. I was attempting to expand an office and would need to borrow money. Credit Glory was 299.00 up front and although I have Experian/Free Credit Report since day one, I would have to pay for a company called IdentityIQ? 19.99/month for the 3 months I would need CREDIT GLORY. The 3 months turned into 99/mo until December of 2022 when I noticed I was still paying for both. So I cancelled it was easy and they were a great company, although there is one problem. The second they quit sending the monthly disputes MOUNTAIN RUN SOLUTIONS puts the junk back on my credit so I am out almost the amount that I fraudulently was being extorted from Brinks. What is sad was I was a great customer and they are so greedy that they still attempted to mess with me and it is still a problem today in 2023. THE MORAL OF THE STORY IS DO NOT USE BRINKS THEY ARE A HORRIBLE COMPANY. Sincerely, Dr. John Gage Corpus Christi, Texas. read more

They are incompetent and liars. Please see also my review on Spectrum; their faulty installation included disconnecting my alarm system. I didn't realize it at the time, but when the amber light on the alarm control panel was beeping, I had no idea it was caused by the Spectrum installer not re hooking up my alarm to the phone line. I called Brinks (formerly Monitronics) to find out why the notification alarm was going off. The rep who came out, told me that my panel was outdated, that my system hadn't been working for years and I needed to update it, at about $10 more a month. He said my system was so old it wasn't compatible with the new phone systems. It hadn't been working since 2015!! When he left I thought, if my alarm system hasn't been working in all these years, why was Monitronics/Brinks taking my yearly fee for service???? Clue for readers: Brinks guy kept telling me how honest he was! Not so. Meanwhile, I called Spectrum because the original Spectrum installer hooked my fax to the router and not the wall jack and a repairman came out; said the alarm wasn't hook up correctly either; he fixed it. I did not need a new alarm system. My alarm has been tested and it works. read more

I had Protect America since 2017, no issues with the system or the customer service. Brinks took over Protect America and it went South rather quickly. I had a few bad experiences with customer service and decided to cancel and change sec companies. I called Brinks Home Security June 8, 2022 and went through customer service, explained I wanted to cancel service was transferred to Account Manager, Kylee, I spoke to Kylee who said she would send the DocuSign docs that day to confirm cancellation and get a refund going on my credit balance of over $180.00. Junw10, 2022, I called Customer Service again and explained I cancelled June 8th and that I had not received any DocuSign for cinfi of the cancellatio, I was transferred to Alex, Account Manager, Agent ID 70701 and I explained what I was calling about, Alex indicated that I would not have been told the confirmation would be sent that quickly as it will take up to 7 business days . Alex's tone was very condescending, rude, unprofessional, he insisted that I was advised the docusign would take up to 7 business days. I asked to be transferred to his supervisor or manager. Alex continued talking over me, refused to transfer the call to a supervisor or manager. i advised Alex I no longer wanted to deal with him and demand to speak to a supervisor or manager. Alex placed me on hold for about 5 minutes and then came back on to advise me the supervisor recommend Alex resend the email with the cancellation confirmation, however, according to Alex the supervisor would NOT take the call. I asked Alex if the call is recorded to which he replied" there is no guarantee your call will be recorded". I replied I hope it is so your managers can see how poorly you handle customers. Alex hung up on me! Talk about horrible customer service. read more

We have had such poor service from Brinks we decided to move to another security provider. Also extremely rude interactions from their staff. And here is an example of the poor experience. Called to cancel our contract - should be simple right? Well, as I type this, we have been on the phone for 2 1/2 hours - bounced around from one person to another, nobody who can cancel the contract. Most of the time, listening to on hold music. One of the worst companies we've dealt with for a long time. Save yourselves some frustration if considering this company - find an alternative. read more

Scam company, all talk no follow through. Be careful using them as they don't follow through with their comments.

I really wouldn't give them a one star. They deserve a minus 10 at the best. We are so screwed. Now they're telling me we signed up until 2025!!! Who would do that? They keep shutting off my service every week for non payment and I don't owe them anything except a monthly payment of $37. They are seriously the worse company out there. Our alarms went off and nobody turned them off and still never heard from brinks. I'm glad it wasn't someone breaking in. The worse company ever read more

Brinks is a disaster. They tricked me into installing a home system that never worked for a single day since it was installed 14 months ago. They are a total rip off the worst home security company I have ever used. Moreover I have been paying for a home security system that never worked and they want me to pay for a technician to come and fix it or add another 24 months commitment to a contract that they never honored. I have reported them to the Better Business bureau. They are a nightmare!!!! read more

We've been using them for several years now -- first under contract and now month-to-month -- and Brinks is the worst security provider imaginable. They have terrible customer service (if you can reach them at all) and utterly incompetent technical support when you need help with your system. Adding insult to injury, Brinks kept raising our monthly monitoring fee until it was 150% of our original price. And of course when we DID have an alarm, the monitoring service was about the rudest and most obnoxious you could imagine. It's been a really bad experience. read more

This company claims to be the highest rated by Newsweek Magazine. Not sure what Newsweek was basing this on but my experience with them is that they are a terrible company with the worst customer service ever. I was a former Livewatch Customer and when Brinks bought them out everything went to pot. Avoid these people at all costs. They are absolutely the most dishonest people I have ever dealt with. read more

I cannot recommend Brinks. Business practices are questionable and they don't honor their word. Since 23 November my cameras are offline, but Brinks never contacted me. After installation, I contacted them because I didn't feel comfortable. They denied to remove the system and cancel my contract, unless I paid. They hung up on me twice and were unfriendly. I talked with a Richard, who never called me back. All they do is lie and deceive. Be careful and don't accept their sales men at all. The technician made sexual innuendos towards me and high five me because my late husband was black. I will not recommend them. read more

Very Poor costumer service..only available in the west coast until 2pm and closed on the weekends...when my system was not working.. could not get a hold of technical service due to there hours ...GOOD BYE BRICKS HELLO 24 HOURS SERVICE AMAZON OWNED RING ... read more

Good luck with this company there customer service is the worst I've one across. They never follow through with the email or the snail mail I requested, so I could discontinue the service. I wanted to pay the final bill they originally told me was cleared and then told me I needed to pay which also included a late fee!! I have never to this date received a bill. The reason I closed my account was I took a day off of work drove from ca to Az to have my unit serviced and the tech called two hours before to cancel the appointment. DO NOT sign up for auto payment...you have been warned. I had to put 1 Star to get this posted read more

Yippee!!!! I cancelled our Brinks account! Paying final bill tomorrow. They are a nightmare! We previously used Monitronics...they were good! Then became Brinks and nothing but lousy service all the way around. I called to perhaps get a new window sensor and of course they offered all kinds of perks...free sensor, free service call....IF we would not cancel! Tempting but not worth future hassles! So....good riddance Brinks! Phew!!! read more

Not once in my life have I heard 1 good thing about this company. As an ex D2D salesperson I recall the 2 guys who got canned for being unethical and straight out liners, were hired up fast by this company. Last but not least-I just had a unprofessional sales guy come to my door and I politely told him when I have a No a soliciting sign on my doorI tried to say thanks/goodby after closing door dipshit Gaberiel has the nerve to rind twice more. Talk about being pissed. His buddy comes by later and insults me while I'm telling him No. I truly wanted to go outside and beat his A--! read more

Brinks Home Security NEVER keeps an appointment and has terrible customer service. ATT Digital Life is going out of business and was told I had to use Brinks. This was a bad decision by att and absolutely regret using Brinks. read more

Had a working system for 2 years Had a working system for 2 years, then sensor failed, replaced batteries, no difference, ordered a new one, spent 30 minutes on hold then 45 minutes with an alleged tech support person and did not solve the problem. I am now on hold waiting for someone to answer the phone. apparently they have reduced their quality until it no longer exists read more

Stay away from this company. Sleezy business practices. They try to lock you into a longer term contract. Furthermore, when you cancel policy, they will charge you an extra month for the privilege and will forget to send you a DocuSign so they will charge you even more months before you realize they never sent the DocuSign. read more

Brinks is the worse. First off your stuck with a three year contract that you cant get out of. The equipment is dated and doesn't work half of the time. Every time you do anything it extends your contract. My doorbell takes forever to see anything( the person is usually gone before I see anything. My camera's sends me an alert 1/2 hour after someone's detected. Get yourself a Ring alarm system because Brinks sucks. read more

Worst service ever!!!! Will never use them again. I was their client for over 13 years. We replace a new system with them 3 years ago, and the screen went blank/black. Call CS, they said we need a NEW screen/modem...remind you, this was just replaced 3 years ago. So, we decide to switch to a more up todate system with another company, Simply Safe. Much more affordable as well. Instead of $38/mo, contract , we only pay $19/month and no contract. Plus it comes camera! Excited to use their service. Anyway, try cancelling with them in Feb. They stated it was taken care of. Our service was stopped, but yet, they continue to withdrawal from our account the monthly payment, for the next 2 months. I had to call my bank to block them from any further with drawls. Then I call Brinks. After 4 attempt to get me the cancellation dept (ph#844-381-2351), they said they were waiting to get my cancellation "signature", before they can do anything. SCAMED!!! NEVER again! read more

When my mother passed away she had a Brinks system and in order to keep the monitoring on as we tried to sell the house, we transferred the service into our names. 4 months later when the house sold, we were told the transfer agreement had 32 more months on it and we were locked into paying it. Numerous attempts to explain the situation with no compassion, no alternatives, and no help. They are POS, and will do everything I can to make sure everyone knows! read more

As I write this it has been 50 minutes, this time, since I sent my online message and received "Thanks for contacting Brinks Home Security. All agents are currently busy but your request has been queued." When I call Customer service, the hold is never less than 20 minutes. I understand now why Protect America gave no notice whatsoever that they were selling to Brinks. This is not service. read more

I needed to return on item I purchased on the Brinks website. After being transferred 4 times with a different accent for each customer service person I spoke to no one could help me because they could find out how to return a product. Brinks customer service is horrendous and unprofessional. read more

Do Not install Brinks my dad had them when I moved him closer to me we called and Cancelled Brinks and after a few months money was taken out of his account we called them back they sent us forms to fill out for cancellation we did that then they started taking money out again I called them back they tell us they haven't charged us sense 2021 That's a Lie are bank has printed us the dates where they cancelled payment and Brinks just changes the amount by a few cents or Dollars and it starts taking money out again so DO NOT BOTHER YOURSELF WITH THIS NIGHTMARE they will just blame it on there third party contractors and they blame it on Brinks , so know where looking for a lawyer who will take this case and get us are money back and then some for are troubles ,Robert in San Jacinto Ca. read more

HORRIBLE CROOKS!!! DO NOT USE AT ALL!! They provide horrible service both in terms of security systems AND customer service. DO NOT waste your money or time on this trash company. SO many of our cameras not working, main panel in our home to set or disarm system has been black for 2 weeks and we can't access it at all. They do not care if cameras are out! They will wait for you to reach out and then have you climb on ladders and using tools to figure it out. If someone comes out it's a $75 fee! I am extremely upset that I signed up with them. STAY AWAY read more

We were a customer for over 25 years. We had not used our system for over 15 years. It was not even working! I called them to get an update and they wanted to charge us over $2000 to upgrade. I called Vivint and changed over to them as they were very reasonable. I called Brinks as soon as Vivint left to cancel the alarm service that was not even functioning for over 10 years. They said that we had to cancel in writing and that they would send me an email. The email never arrived. So now they have sent me to a collection agency (after multiple phone calls on my part) for $167. Yes, they are criminals and bullies. We went to Vivint and are very happy. The collection agency that Brinks sent us to are full of the rudest people that I have ever met. read more

There's a reason why Brinks Home Security has 1 star. Please don't get scammed by this company. They try to give you this "great deals" when you attempt to cancel, and then they never follow through--never happens. I was rescheduled twice and none of the technicians showed for the appointment (they honestly never showed, without notice) I finally had enough and cancelled, in the mean time, they're still charging you even without the new system. I still got charged for a whole month worth, after cancellation, they said it was in the "contract " which they did not disclose during the conversation, might have been in the fine print idk, but my point is it's ridiculous for them to charge for something that we never got stay away from them. read more

When I originally transferred from ATT Digital Life, the service was horrible but that may have been due to the high amount of ATT customers transferring over.. since my last review, moved and upgraded system. Service from calling to install has been amazing. Love the alarm system and app is very reliable. Very happy with system and service read more

We have 22 months left to pay on a security alarm system that does not work. Once you sign the contract there is no way to get out of it. Brinks, through a third party, sends a technician that cannot find any problems - Of course they charge extra for all service calls. The problems we have are that the alarm sounds all hours when the system is inactive. And when the alarm sounds it indicates the wrong location. Lastly, they are impossible to contact by phone. If you get lucky and get through, the person you talk with cannot help you or they will transfer you to another person and the line disconnects after a half hour wait. Bad system, Bad service, Expensive! read more

A piss poor company. AT Brink, you have 2 departments NOT communicating with each other. Twice, I have had to return parts otherwise be charged. Both times , I have had receipts of proof that their warehouse and of course, I get numerous calls on billing. Twice, I had to defend my receipts. Word to wise use ADT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! read more

I NEVER write reviews but I just have to warn others do not sign up with this company !!! They have the worst customer service. My 2-year contract expired 6 months ago and every time I have tried to cancel they say I am still under contract. I called someone to email over my current contract and what do you know, my contract expired. When I reached out to someone to cancel they said I am still under contract for another year and that my only option is to pay the full remaining balance of 500$. On top of that, I was double-charged for August, so when I spoke with customer service they told me that I didn't pay for the month of June, I have a transaction for the month of June and yet she continued to tell me that they didn't charge me so I need to take that up with the bank it's "not their problem". I have never been so frustrated with a company before in my life. I feel like it is a never-ending fight. read more

We were transferred to Brinkshome when AT&T Digital Life at the beginning of the year. Our installation was delayed 5 times before it finally was installed on February 23. Unfortunately, the installation was not done properly and the system failed shortly after that while we were out of the country for two weeks. It took hours on the phone to schedule a technician to repair and were not able to get scheduled until May 3. We were assured everything was ok and we left the country again for another two weeks. The system failed again with the same problem. After spending several more hours on the phone we were scheduled again for June 8. On June 7, we received a call that our repair appointment was cancelled. I had taken the day off work to be there on June 8. Many more hours on the phone and extreme frustration, led me to supervisor. I was told there was nothing they could do and they refused my request for a quick appointment or financial compensation. The supervisor promised me that someone would call me with a new date. Over a week has gone by and no call has been received. I have no idea whether or not I am on a schedule. Bottom line is that I have not had a working alarm system since January. Brinks has failed to provide the service specified in our contract and the customer service has been non-effective and frustrating. Buyer beware... Brinks is technically incompetent and will not keep their commitments read more

After being a loyal customer for 14 years. Had problems with motions detector they wanted me to pay the cost to replace it. It would take over a month for them to come out and service /replace detector.Ended up canceling service was charged a month fee for equipment that didn't work . Very poor customer service read more

This is the worst security company you can get. When you want to cancel their service they trick you into continuing so they can continue to charge you. First they tell you ok your service is cancelled and no further charges te due. Then you check your bank account the following month and surprise surprise another monthly charge so we called and they said you have to cancel online as well and the cancellation takes 30 days so if you call them and cancel online they can still charge you the following month even though they already cancelled the service. I can't stress this enough to never contract this company we were stuck with them for two years read more

Worst company I've ever used. This company should not be in business the way they treat their customers. they lie cheat and steal from their customers. I have had alarm systems for the last 20 years and by far this is the worst company I've ever dealt with. I cannot believe I trusted these people at one time to watch over my house. Do your research and use this company at your own risk. read more

Never answers phone. No monthly statements. Can not cancel. Just had to cancel autopay. I see there was a bankruptcy in 2019. Alarm went off and no response is why this all started. No not use them!!! read more

Horrible business practices once you want to cancel service. They have practices in place that make it super hard to cancel and they do everything they can to prohibit you from canceling. read more

Brinks Home sucks. I absolutely do NOT recommend this company. They will place you on hold for hours at a time. (Personal experience.) They NEVER fix the issue. The minute you express closing your account you magically get hung up on. (Personal experience) There customers serve sucks. I understand time are hard but it been hard for everyone. People who answer the phone are like robots with no emotion or empathy. I will not do business with this company any longer. What aucks is that I can't even get anyone from the company to disconcert my service. So frustrating. read more

I wrote before, and what reiterate that they are TERRIBLE. They are desperate to keep me, sending me attempts to entice me to return by. offering service at 14.99 a month. Yes, that is. cheap, the service is so. horrible that they cannot ever get me back, I am willing to pay a lot more for ADT to get peace. of mind. I wrote about their terrible service on Yelp before, and I told you why I am leaving. No one should ever use a "security" company that fails to answer phones (OR MAKES YOU. WAIT FOREVER) and when does answer, puts you on hold, then makes repair appointments for 3 weeks out that are never kept. This happened twice to me -- waited all day, no one came or called and then they had the gall to blame a third party service --they don't even both to service your own customers. Can't. get tech help. on weekends, either. read more