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Me vs. ADT for $8K

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ADT has received my demand for $8,010.15. This isn’t a mission—it’s an opportunity for accountability. 📆 Daily thread. 🎯 Texas law. 🕰️ Archive at www.timeforus.org 👉 Follow along. See how it ends.

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Me vs. ADT for $8K @timeforus.org · Jun 2

📬 On 5/16 I mailed ADT a formal demand letter for $8,010.15.

📌 The full story began on X—but it's time to add Bluesky.

🧾 Here’s Tweets 1–12 in one post.

🧵 The live thread catches up below.

📚 Full archive, insights, and recaps:
www.timeforus.org

#TimeForUs #TexasLaw

Me vs. ADT for $8K @timeforus.org · 22h

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She responded within the hour.

She didn’t like my links and mentioned not speaking about our communications — something I had never agreed to.

But the important part was there: “We will remove the confidentiality provision.”

I took the win.

#TimeForUs #TakeTheWin

Me vs. ADT for $8K @timeforus.org · 1d

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For anyone who wanted to see the references I included, here they are:

anambcn.org/understandin...

scholarship.law.tamu.edu/cgi/viewcont...

Again, the Texas A&M link is not the link that I meant to include, but it is the one I included.

#TimeForUs #References

Understanding Non-Disclosure Agreements in Texas - Law Clarity

What is a Non-Disclosure Agreement? What is a Non-Disclosure Agreement?As the name suggests, a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) is a contract between at least two parties that prohibits either or both p...

anambcn.org

Me vs. ADT for $8K @timeforus.org · 2d

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Here’s the email with the references I provided.

I had no intention of more back and forth that day. ADT was down to two options: they would need to signal their intent to provide a legally valid offer or they would declare impasse.

#TimeForUs #TexasLaw

Me vs. ADT for $8K @timeforus.org · 3d

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I hit send just after noon.

ADT’s deadline to agree to send a proper offer was that afternoon, and I had no interest in more back-and-forth.

I noted that, given my schedule, this would be the last substantial email of my day.

#TimeForUs #Deadline

Me vs. ADT for $8K @timeforus.org · 4d

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I explained that I’m not a legal professional, nor was it my burden or expertise to provide detailed citations.

Turns out, I might have mis-copied a link, IDK — she said it had no contract law context.

I’d have worried more if it were my job to do.

#TimeForUs #oops

Me vs. ADT for $8K @timeforus.org · 5d

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I got to work that morning and quickly found direction for my response. It was measured—deliberate.

I included two links that supported my position under Texas law and noted that this activity might properly require counsel.

#TimeForUs #Attorney

Me vs. ADT for $8K @timeforus.org · 6d

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In hindsight, that question wasn’t the opening it appeared to be.

I don't think she was ever going to offer consideration for confidentiality, as required by Texas law — but on that day, it still seemed possible.

#TimeForUs #Strategy

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Here’s the email.

In addition to asking about the specific Texas law, she also asked what I would request in return for confidentiality. For a moment, it looked like progress.

#TimeForUs #Negotiation

Me vs. ADT for $8K @timeforus.org · 8d

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Amy’s reply came early the next morning — no rest for the weary, apparently.

I’d clearly gotten her attention: she was now asking about Texas law, and how it required consideration for confidentiality.

#TimeForUs #TexasLaw

Me vs. ADT for $8K @timeforus.org · 9d

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If you haven’t picked it up by now, I was traveling that week for work.

That midnight email kept the pace where I wanted it. I knew I’d get at least six quiet hours before ADT replied.

And this way, the timeline stayed on track.

#TimeForUs #Control

Me vs. ADT for $8K @timeforus.org · 10d

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I sent it just after midnight. Part strategy, part schedule — I knew it would land while ADT was asleep and be waiting in the morning.

Providing clear, timely, responses was both courteous and paramount to maintaining the timeline I had given.

#TimeForUs #Timing

Me vs. ADT for $8K @timeforus.org · 11d

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Here’s the email.

The timeline I set previously was deliberate and firm. This wasn’t the moment to hedge or soften, so I added a reminder.

#TimeForUs #Communication

Me vs. ADT for $8K @timeforus.org · 12d

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For the second time in this thread, I used a P.S.

A quiet one — but intentional. I was starting to see that I was still in a box. Amy felt like a go-between, one who might soon find herself being blamed by her superiors.

#TimeForUs #Strategy

Me vs. ADT for $8K @timeforus.org · 13d

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I explained that if there was going to be an impasse, it wouldn’t be because I refused to negotiate — it would be because ADT patently refused to meet the legal standard.

If they wanted confidentiality, there was no choice.

#TimeForUs #Contracts

Me vs. ADT for $8K @timeforus.org · 14d

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I decided to clarify something that seemed lost on ADT: Texas contract law.

ADT often blurs together 50 different state laws when it suits them — but here, the distinction mattered. Under Texas law, confidentiality requires distinct consideration.

#TimeForUs #Legal

Me vs. ADT for $8K @timeforus.org · 15d

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I had to think carefully about how to respond. One thing was certain:

If an impasse was going to be declared, it wouldn’t be by me.

It would be ADT doing the refusing — and me responding to it.

#TimeForUs #Negotiation

Me vs. ADT for $8K @timeforus.org · 15d

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Missed a day — life happens. My apologies for the pause. Let’s pick up where we left off.

#TimeForUs #busy (with life)

Me vs. ADT for $8K @timeforus.org · 17d

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Unfortunately, her reply kept up the nonsense about confidentiality.

Then she tried to frame me as declaring an impasse over her own lack of clarity — even though ADT was the party acting questionably.

Here’s that email.

#TimeForUs #Nonsense

Me vs. ADT for $8K @timeforus.org · 18d

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Once I sent my response, I imagined the response would define where this was headed.

If ADT began to understand the litigant they were dealing with and the issue at hand, we could move forward — so I waited for her reply.

#TimeForUs #NextStage

Me vs. ADT for $8K @timeforus.org · 19d

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My reply was firm. I clarified that what ADT had provided wasn’t a legally valid offer and gave them a clear timeline to fix it.

Also, for the first time, I mentioned the public record I’d started keeping.

Here’s that email.

#TimeForUs #timeline

Me vs. ADT for $8K @timeforus.org · 20d

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Because I wasn’t presented with an offer that could be accepted, I decided to address two things in my reply the next morning:

1) Why I wouldn’t concede confidentiality
2) That I required a formal offer, not a framework

#TimeForUs #negotiations

Me vs. ADT for $8K @timeforus.org · 21d

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It was time to respond.

Given the format, this couldn’t be considered a formal offer — it lacked correct structure and clarity.

I also wanted to be clear about my concerns with an NDA. Maybe it was time to mention what I was doing with this X account.

#TimeForUs #Public

Me vs. ADT for $8K @timeforus.org · 22d

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Finally, the offer itself.

No formal contract — just an email with nonsense like “no NDA” but still “standard confidentiality.”

How could this even be an offer without full terms? It was a flimsy framework, not a legal offer.

#TimeForUs #Offer

Me vs. ADT for $8K @timeforus.org · 23d

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Next, ADT’s view of the DTPA.

Amy beleived I could not prove a violation — and then offered $1,000.

My demand letter laid out multiple breaches. Most obvious? Denying knowledge when the $99 came from the contract they now deny. That’s knowing violation.

#TimeForUs #DTPA

Me vs. ADT for $8K @timeforus.org · 24d

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Next, the bad: First, contract confusion.

Amy cited the 2020 renewal, but also claimed ADT never got that contract.

Yet she admitted the $99 fee came from it.

You can’t deny a contract AND rely on it; only one can apply. ADT must take a position.

#TimeForUs #Contracts