LifeStation review: Surprise fees... 16

From the company: LifeStation allows its customers to cancel their service at any time without penalty. Upon system delivery, LifeStation informs the customer to save their shipping box for future use to return the system upon service completion. This information is given to the customer on both an insert in their box and printed on the box itself. If the shipping box was discarded, the customer has the option of either providing their own box for return shipping or requesting a new box with packing materials. This has a nominal cost of $15 which includes the shipping fee. LifeStation additionally pays for the return shipping of the system upon customer request. This fee is paid by LifeStation regardless of the type of box the system is packed in. If there are any questions about this or any other LifeStation policy, please feel free to contact us 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 800.884.8888.

So far after a week or so I have no major complaints. The contract is full of the same extremely prejudicial language common to all legal boilerplate-- terms which you don't even get to see until after you've paid and received your unit. Two minor misrepresentations were made over the phone. I was told that the price was x, but the contract says x plus tax. Why not say so, if that's the case? Second, I was repeatedly told that the agreement was terminable at any time and that the costs would be prorated, but the contract says that you pay for the time it takes to return the system *plus* thirty days. The contract also says that you have to agree that the terms of the contract supersede any representations made to you in getting you to sign up before you even get the contract. All this is fairly normal in the business world and you have to go on reputation. If the internet was awash with narratives of bad acting by this company, then I would not sign this contract.

Life station is a really lousy company, lots of hidden fees, say they will charge monthly add on fees for shipping $30, who pays that for a box! Refuse to return money they overbill and charge another month after you return it.

When i ordered lifestation for a friend i understood that i would be charged monthly but instead was charged $538.44 for a year, which included the shipping charge of $30. This was my first shock.Then the item was destroyed in Hurricane sandy and the company want the thing back before i get credit. Its over a month now since the hurricane we just got power, internet last week and still no post office in the area, and no cars, all flooded, no rentals available.we had to search tons of her flooded home to find it but I stil have not returned it, i just cant we have no service in our area. We have got no understanding from the company, they do not know anything about hardship and should not be in the medical field, this is alot of money when you lose so much. My friend will need a new product when she rebuilds but not lifestation!

Would not work with my Mom's phone system. Paid by credit card for three months as a Mothers Day gift. Paid to ship it back. It never was used. I let them know immediately. Cannot seem to get a credit.
They said, as a courtesy to me they would credit me Thirty dollars. I was charged over $70 dollars and $17 to send it back. still have not received any credit. All this... For nothing. Beware. what their site says about no contract and return it at any time does not mean you are going to get your money back.

I purchased this system for my father. He refused to use it saying he didn't want to be a burden I called the company a mere 2 weeks after placing my order. I waiting for over a month to get the return shipping label. Never received it. Shipped it back at my own expense.
It never even came out the box. I ended up being charged for 3 months . then another charge of $10.00 a prorated fee. When I called to complain and ask if I was going to get a credit on my card, She said no. Point blank " you don't get any money back." The worst customer service I have seen in a long time.

Lifestation has hidden fees. Lousy customer service. Please do not do business with this company. When you call to complain about their "hidden" cancellation policy they will not talk about it. They merely state that you should have read the contract more thoroughly. Please: DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THIS COMPANY

Mixed reviews on this company. We had one falling incident with my mom and they were able to get in touch with us to get her help. However, very disappointed with Lifestation Customer Service. When my mother passed, I called soon thereafter to request 'turning off the service'. The website clearly indicates that you can 'cancel at any time', but what I learned is they will not cancel, and will continue billing, until the unit is returned. The telephone/Internet and Direct-TV companies cancelled service at the time I called them, but Lifestation will not--even though they can tell if a unit has been unplugged/disconnected. Customer Service initially indicated that I must first return the unit, then they will discuss refunding, but the Customer Service Manager was not willing to follow through with any refund after the unit was returned. There was also no offer to pay for return shipping (as indicated above), which I would have at least seen as a jester of compromise. In addition, we had a period of several months, where the company had the incorrect phone information, and had not changed it back after a temporary phone change--with no offer to compensate us for that situation either. Coupling that situation with their cancellation policy has left me with a sour taste for this company. I will not be recommending them to my friends with elderly parents.

My father had this service for several years. Sadly he died three weeks ago. I called Lifestation a few days after his death and cancelled the service. I returned the equipment in their box using their UPS shipping label. Now I find they continue to charge my card even though I have called again. They acknowledge receipt of the equipment, but the greedy ### continue to charge my account. I am filing a complaint against them. Beware of these greedy jerks!

I have had a contract with LifeStation for the past few years. The service worked OK, but my problem is with the scam they run when you try to cancel the service. In spite of calling to tell them on Dec. 4 2014 to discontinue the service and that the equipment was in the mail, they still charged me for three months of service, beginning on Dec. 5. They claim that they won't actually cut service until they receive the equipment (it arrived at their corporation Dec. 16) and that it is their policy to charge for the entire next billing cycle. I feel totally ripped off for $75, hence am motivated to share my story with you. Next time I'll go with Bay Alarm.

Going through some of the same stuff as others have. I cancelled the service July 10th and sent the unit back the end of the month after receiving another service providers unit. I was then billed on August 3rd for the next three month. I called to enquire and was told they never received the unit. Some people have written that the company had sent them a return label, when asked about that they told me they don't do that. Now having to research the what happened to the unit. The company sure seems shady at best. Very dissatisfied and wouldn't recommend they.

The lifestation service was fine. The problem came about when it was time to cancel service after several years of service. I paid for a full year in August and cancelled service in December. Guess what? No prorated refund. "That's our policy" said the Tai, the customer service rep. Of course she could not point me to the policy, nor is anything posted online about returns and/or cancellation of service. That is such a shady business model that takes advantage of every customer (at some point) and leaves the last impression of the company as horrible.

Stay away from Lifestation or don't pay in advance.

DON'T USE THIS COMPANY, BUYER BEWARE! I never set up the service due to a death in the family. I prepaid and they would not credit me the $322 that I paid and said they would continue to charge me until the equipment was returned. Stay away from this company, they are nothing but con artists that take advantge of people. They could care less about any personal circumstances. Disgusted...

I would return the units with USPS return receipt required so you know they received your package. Or FedEx/UPS tracking shipment at least you know they got it & u have proof.