Nothing worse then finding out your Tahoe Vacation Home has been invaded by a Momma Bear and her…read moretwo cubs! Especially when you are hours away and can't get there to secure your home. Thanks to Bear Busters variety of Bear Deterrent systems, we had an electrical front mat installed to discourage further Bear issues. Their service was knowledgeable, friendly and reliable!

I rarely write reviews, but Bear Busters deserves 5 stars. After having a large bear try to open…read moreour front door, I realized it was time for bear deterrent. I placed an order for a bear mat late on Friday - it was ready the next Monday. The folks at Bear Busters were very responsive and checked in after I got it to make sure everything was working. I feel good that our place is more secure - and happy to support a local business!

DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY. I have been trying to contact our representative since March, and have…read moretried to contact HSE multiple times with no answer every time. I have been double charged for months and I want to prevent that from happening to anyone else. I would like to formally file a complaint regarding my experience with Home Security Experts, an ADT Authorized Dealer, and specifically Sales Representative Jesse Soltelo (Dealer License #12352). My family originally purchased ADT equipment and monitoring services through Home Security Experts in November 2024. We had no billing issues and were satisfied customers until we moved residences in March 2025. Prior to our move, I contacted Jesse Soltelo to discuss transferring our existing ADT service and equipment to our new residence. During that conversation, I was informed that rather than paying the approximately $200 transfer fee, he would cancel our existing service and enroll us in a new account with new equipment and services at our new address for no cost. Based on those representations, we proceeded with the new installation. On March 20, 2025, I received a DocuSign contract for the new installation. The agreement reflected an installation fee of $99; however, I understood that amount would be waived, and the documentation indicated a balance due of $0. Despite this, we were subsequently charged the $99 installation fee. I immediately contacted Jesse regarding the discrepancy. He acknowledged the issue and informed me that the $99 charge would be refunded. To date, I do not believe we have received that refund. Shortly thereafter, we discovered we were being billed for both the new account and the account associated with our previous residence. I again contacted Jesse and asked whether the prior account had been canceled as promised. Rather than responding via text message, Jesse called me and stated that he was unaware we were still being charged for the previous account. He assured me that he would take care of canceling the old service. When no resolution occurred, I followed up multiple times. After additional conversations, Jesse acknowledged that we should be refunded for the months we had been charged since our move and confirmed both our previous and current addresses. However, despite those assurances, the issue was never resolved. Following those discussions, my messages began going unanswered. Eventually, my text messages no longer appeared to deliver, and I was unable to obtain any further updates regarding the status of our account, cancellation, or refund. As a direct result of these failures: * Our previous account was never properly canceled despite being represented as canceled. * We have continued to incur charges for monitoring services at a residence we no longer occupy. * We were charged for two ADT accounts simultaneously. * We were charged a $99 installation fee that we were told would not be owed. * We have spent significant time attempting to resolve this issue through the salesperson who originally handled our account. * We are now receiving repeated collection and billing calls from ADT regarding the account associated with our previous residence. The most concerning aspect of this situation is that we relied on the representations made by your sales representative. Had we been informed that the original account would remain active or that we would continue to be contractually responsible for both accounts, we would have handled the move and transfer process differently. Instead, we followed the guidance provided by your representative and are now facing months of duplicate charges, ongoing collection activity, and concerns regarding potential damage to our credit due to an account that should have been canceled when we moved. I respectfully request the following: Immediate cancellation of all ADT services associated with our previous residence. A complete investigation into why the prior account was not canceled as represented. A full refund of all monitoring charges incurred on the previous residence after our move date. Review and reimbursement of the $99 installation charge that we were advised would be waived. Written confirmation that any delinquency, collections activity, or negative reporting associated with the prior account will be corrected and will not impact our credit. A written explanation of what occurred internally and why this issue remained unresolved despite multiple communications with your representative. I have retained screenshots of my communications with Jesse Soltelo, call records, and supporting documentation regarding the installation agreement and account activity, which I am prepared to provide upon request. I have been double charged since MARCH OF THIS YEAR. I sent my original email back in May with no response, due to lack of resolution I will now make my family's experience public. DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY. I would give zero stars if possible.

Huge shoutout to The Home Security Experts (HSE) .. Matt and Bryce have been a big part of keeping…read moreour parks running right. They've set up 5 of our properties across Placerville, Auburn, Pollock Pines, Plymouth, and Rancho, with and when we need service, they show up. Period. They answer calls, respond to texts, and understand that I'm not exactly the "wait patiently" type when something needs to get handled ... and every single time, they come through. Their security camera systems are high quality and exactly what we needed and are dialed in positioned exactly where they need to be, with easy access from both our office and our cell phones. That level of setup and functionality makes a huge difference in day-to-day operations. That kind of reliability is hard to find. Good people, solid work, and dependable when it matters. Appreciate you guys Eve ~

We used Liberty Bell smart home to upgrade our home wifi. They installed additional equipment and…read moreeero extenders. After the system constantly cut out, they finally came out and saw that none of the eero extenders were actually connected. That helped, but the system continued to drop and reboot. Liberty kept telling me it wasn't their equipment, that it was the cable company. Finally, when I couldn't get the Liberty system to reboot, but the old suddenlink/optimum system was running, I reached out again to ask them to address their equipment failures, explaining that it wasn't the cable company's equipment. I left text, email and phone messages, and they never even returned my pleas for help. I finally hired Alpine Technical to come out and they quickly resolved the competing routers and IP addresses and left me with a running system in just an hour of their time. In my opinion, Liberty doesn't listen to customer experience and doesn't offer customer service. Their techs did not know how to set up the system they put in here and left me with a year's worth of headaches. I strongly discourage using them for anything except window blinds.

Great service. OB was a great tech and spent time making sure all systems were working properly!!read more

We are near a Mountain Fire alarm in Bitterbrush 2 in Incline Village that has been beeping for…read moreweeks. 24/7. We cal and call and they take all the information and do nothing. It just beeps and beeps all night long and we are several buildings away from it. Do not use this company.

Poor customer service and no response to continued requests fore service. System continually making…read morefaulty alarms and no response on correcting the issue after weeks of requests.

If you live in Tahoe and are concerned about bear break-ins, this is a wonderful company! This is a…read moresecond home and a bear (or two) broke into our cabin & made a terrible mess! We were told if they were successful the bears would be back. We received a recommendation for Dave's services, we called that day (a Sunday) and the protection was installed that afternoon.Wonderful customer service, reasonable price, and we haven't had a problem since, although other homes on our street have since been broken into. It's not the prettiest protection but the peace of mind is worth it!!

Customer focus LOST in move to Mountain Alarm from Burgarello! We had been customers for 11 years,…read morewith both companies, but not anymore. Don't let them rip you off! We received an automated phone message that their system was not talking to our alarm, so we no longer were being monitored. When we finally reached a real person, they said we needed to pay a significant amount for a service call to determine the problem, even though they did not know what caused the outage, after working fine for 11 years. We decided to change alarm monitoring companies, finding more service and less expense, and since Mountain Alarm has raised their rates 22% from 2019. Since we were required to pay in advance, we asked for reimbursement for the time their services were not provided due to the unknown technical issue, but they refused. We requested a call from the GM or Supervisor, but just heard back from the person who answers the phone, with a bullshit rationale for why they were keeping our money that they did not earn. We suggest that management needs to either be accessible or empower their employees to make customer service a priority. Don't get caught by excessive charges after you sign up for their alarm monitoring, Mountain Alarm is not the highly ethical Burgarello anymore!!

This is a new company that recently purchased a well know and long-standing Reno alarm company. I…read morewas a customer of the former company for over 16 years and never had anything but great things to say about them. Have referred them to many people and businesses. This new company is based out of state and just isn't a great fit for the community. There's no real connection to Nevada and the Reno-Sparks business community. Talking with many others, I've learned that a lot of people are leaving this company and working with other locally based alarm businesses. I recommend that you find someone truly local for your alarm needs.

Matt has done several jobs for me over the past few years. To find a contractor that answers their…read morephone & returns your call, or texts you back is priceless. Matt is a super nice person, he is very knowledgable and honest. If you need a job done right, call Matt!!

What a really nice experience. Matt quoted me for a TV and an installation over the phone. Not only…read moredid he show up on time as promised the quality of the work was fantastic. He definitely knows what he's doing. I would highly recommend him for TV and media type installations in the Tahoe area.

This review serves as a formal public complaint regarding my experience with ADT and its billing…read morepractices. I was charged for services and/or fees that I did not authorize and that appear inconsistent with my agreement. Despite multiple attempts to resolve the matter through customer service, I have not received a clear explanation, proper investigation, or satisfactory resolution. The responses provided were inconsistent and failed to address the specific billing discrepancies raised. As a consumer, I expect transparency, accurate billing, and good-faith efforts to correct potential errors. Instead, I experienced significant difficulty obtaining accountability or meaningful assistance. Unauthorized or unexplained charges raise serious concerns regarding billing oversight and consumer protection compliance. Unless this matter is promptly reviewed and corrected, I am prepared to pursue further action, including formal complaints with consumer protection agencies and regulatory authorities. I strongly encourage prospective customers to carefully review all contractual terms and closely monitor billing statements when dealing with ADT.

I have used ADT for several years and have always been unhappy. The only reason I have stayed with…read morethem is that I have considerable fixed cost for their initial equipment. Nevertheless I am now switching. There equipment is terrible. Just changing a battery in one of their sensors is a nightmare. It takes weeks to get a service call. After changing a smoke detector battery and could not get it to seat correctly. The design of this is terrible, making it almost impossible to remove or replace. As I tried to replace the smoke detector it got stuck, requiring a service call to fix. That involves an almost $60 service call and a wait of three weeks. I have had many similar problems in the past. Also, it gripes me that anyone with a camera (even a doorbell camera) must pay DOUBLE the monthly rate, even though this does not involve any extra cost or effort at ADT.

Total scam. Pamela cannot support what they sell or promise for service. Their 4G cards fail…read morerepeatedly and are a sketchy business at best. They left us with little to no Internet for over 2-1/2 months and took nearly $1000 from us for crappy hardware and useless cards. They clearly are over-selling their products/services - BEWARE!!!

Talked us into getting business service with HughesNet, which ended up not working at all. Service…read morewas spotty, with enormous lags and low quality streaming. At times, uploads were completely blocked - speed tests would just error out. Keeping the service was not an option for us, but HughesNet still charged $530 to cancel. Don't make the same mistake!!