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Permalink Reply by Joseph Porcelli (Chief Neighbor) on May 6, 2009 at 3:22pm

Michael - this definitely sounds of out the ordinary.

If you have not filled a Police report about this please do so asap by calling 911 and asking them to take a report, send an officer, or go down to the station on Wash and Green. It's critical to get this info into the system so officers know to look for these folks.

Also please join and post this in your neighborhoods group. Use the map to navigate to it and join on the front page.

Finally - please friend Sgt. Krause and send him a message with this info - http://www.neighborsforneighbors.org/profile/SgtEricKrause

Thanks for making us all away of this!

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Permalink Reply by Mitchell Lunsford on May 6, 2009 at 4:15pm

Thanks for the information. I've already joined so I'll post to group.

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Permalink Reply by Joseph Porcelli (Chief Neighbor) on May 6, 2009 at 3:25pm

Here is the link to your neighborhood group - http://www.neighborsforneighbors.org/group/jamaicaplainsouthneighbo...

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Permalink Reply by josh habib on May 7, 2009 at 11:09am

We've had scumbags doing the same thing on Dunster Road.

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Permalink Reply by Mitchell Lunsford on May 7, 2009 at 11:26am

They say they are here for two weeks.

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Permalink Reply by Joseph Porcelli (Chief Neighbor) on May 7, 2009 at 11:29am

Mitchell - Who says there are here for two weeks?

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Permalink Reply by Mitchell Lunsford on May 8, 2009 at 10:01am

The young guy who came to my door from APX.

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Permalink Reply by Joseph Porcelli (Chief Neighbor) on May 7, 2009 at 2:33pm

Neighbors,

I have spoke with our friends at E13 Police and they are aware of and documenting our concerns - as you can see by Sgt. Krauses post (under blogs).

I have verified and confirmed that APX Alarm is a real company. All APX employees will be wearing APX Alarm shirts and badge on a lanyard with a Photo ID.

Your may verify the person is legitimate calling 800-216-5232 or going to www.apxalarm.com and clicking "Rep Verification" link at the bottom page where you can type in the Badge number and you will get a picture of the rep.

Should you feel a rep is being pushy or making you feel uncomfortable - you are encouraged to call 911.

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Permalink Reply by Steven Backman on May 8, 2009 at 6:39am

thanks for clarifying this. A young guy maybe from this company came through ballard-bardwell-hathaway-custer neighborhood yesterday as well. he did not make a good explanation: could not clearly explain who he represented, had no cards or flyers, and asked fishy questions. SOmeone here did call E13.

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Permalink Reply by Joseph Porcelli (Chief Neighbor) on May 8, 2009 at 9:17am

Thats for letting us know Steve. While it's important to call the police please make sure your neighbors call 911 - as that is where all police are dispatched from and how you access police services in Boston.

Thanks.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Garfield on June 4, 2009 at 8:02am

They came to my house and we all talked about it on our Yahoo! mailing list and called the police. The salesperson was the mose inarticulate person to ever come to my door. From what I gather on the web, the company hires contractors to do door to door sales and this guy is not an employee. You'd think the company would want to have better representatives in the field, instead of one that makes the public feel insecure enough to call the police.

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Permalink Reply by Bernadette Smith on May 31, 2009 at 11:21pm

Hi,
We were similarly approached by a guy from APX but he was wearing his proper attire and had all his credentials. This was about a year ago and we signed up for the alarm service, and honestly, it's been great. And the customer service people (in Utah) are exceptionally sweet. We know it's not a scam because we've already had the police at our door because I accidentally set off the alarm.

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