Consumer Complaints About Brinks Home Security

could not have a credit score of 570 or lower or else they couldn't help me. I knew I was well higher than that report since I check on my credit report all the time. But to my surprise he gave all my information to someone on the telephone and then said, after they ran my credit report, that my score was well under 570 and I would need a $300.00 security deposit. The consultant kept asking me, will you pay it? I get my credit report score each month from the three credit reporting agencies and was confident I would have no problem. I went to my files to show the consultant, this is my score of just last month way past 570, he wasn't sure what the problem was but would check on it. I never heard back. Beware of the schemes of BRINKS, after he saw my score papers he packed up and left not sure what to say next. KEEP AN EYE ON YOUR CREDIT REPORT.

Banks and various credit reporting agencies don't all use the same software. I just read an article in my local paper that says that there are several different programs that do "credit scoring" out there and that they may not come up with the same numbers because they calculate the criteria differently. The numbers don't carry the same "weight" from agency to agency either. If you score "high" in one bank's system, you might score "lower" in another's but still qualify for their best rates.

-- Frank Olson

Hmmm, it sounds like Brinks is tired of the $99 hardwired systems, and will use whatever tactic necessary to jack up the price on the install... Can you say, "BAIT and SWITCH"...........

could not have a credit score of 570 or lower or else they couldn't help me. I knew I was well higher than that report since I check on my credit report all the time. But to my surprise he gave all my information to someone on the telephone and then said, after they ran my credit report, that my score was well under 570 and I would need a $300.00 security deposit. The consultant kept asking me, will you pay it? I get my credit report score each month from the three credit reporting agencies and was confident I would have no problem. I went to my files to show the consultant, this is my score of just last month way past 570, he wasn't sure what the problem was but would check on it. I never heard back. Beware of the schemes of BRINKS, after he saw my score papers he packed up and left not sure what to say next. KEEP AN EYE ON YOUR CREDIT REPORT.

Brinks or one of their dealers?

Sounds like a ploy Bass is using - advertising a discontinued product (which he knows he can't get), then "switching" the customer to a more expensive replacement. Tsk!!

Frank Olson