Teleaid pricing
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Teleaid pricing
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My teleaid contract is coming up again for renewal. The full rate is $240 for a yr but I would like to hear what people are actually paying for coverage
Thanks
My teleaid contract is coming up again for renewal. The full rate is $240 for a yr but I would like to hear what people are actually paying for coverage
Thanks
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Not sure where I am coming out on this
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2009 E320
For some contractual reasons, if you bought a 2009 before a certain date you can't convert to Mbrace until later this year, and it requires a software update to the car. Mbrace can't accept the order from my discussion with them about my 2009 320E.
However, Teleaid knocked off $100 on their annual service when pressed, so I just renewed with them for a year. Hopefully, Mbrace will improve their service by then as most of the comments I have read about them have been negative about some of the features not functioning as advertised.
However, Teleaid knocked off $100 on their annual service when pressed, so I just renewed with them for a year. Hopefully, Mbrace will improve their service by then as most of the comments I have read about them have been negative about some of the features not functioning as advertised.
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2015 ML 350
For some contractual reasons, if you bought a 2009 before a certain date you can't convert to Mbrace until later this year, and it requires a software update to the car. Mbrace can't accept the order from my discussion with them about my 2009 320E.
However, Teleaid knocked off $100 on their annual service when pressed, so I just renewed with them for a year. Hopefully, Mbrace will improve their service by then as most of the comments I have read about them have been negative about some of the features not functioning as advertised.
However, Teleaid knocked off $100 on their annual service when pressed, so I just renewed with them for a year. Hopefully, Mbrace will improve their service by then as most of the comments I have read about them have been negative about some of the features not functioning as advertised.
The reason MBrace can't be used by you yet has to do with contractual obligations to the old TeleAid folks by MBUSA that TeleAid be THE only "Central Monitoring Station" to be pushed by MBUSA thru a certain date.
Basically, TeleAid and MBrace are simply an Alarm Central Monitor Station responding to alarms sent by you or your car.
With regards to "certain features not working"... There was ample confusion between the Copy Writers, MB Engineers, and MBrace people as to what new cool MBrace features could be accessed by MBrace thru the Hardware in the cars of various years and models. Downloadable Map destinations from Google maps direct to my NAV unit was one of thease features. MBrace insisted (from thyeir scripts, and no knowledge of our cars, that is would work... but it can only work with the new generation head units with the NAV processor in the head unit, not the trunk...
All in all, remember that these people are NOT MB owners, but Alarm Response people who know what they do about MB cars from scripts, overview classes, and advertising materials provided by MBUSA to them... They're certainly not "concierges" either... but if the price is right, its probably worth it for the accident notification. I think the car should send a signal to them once a year requesting a call from them to the car just to check in and verify that the system is working.
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E350
However, Teleaid knocked off $100 on their annual service when pressed, so I just renewed with them for a year. Hopefully, Mbrace will improve their service by then as most of the comments I have read about them have been negative about some of the features not functioning as advertised.
With regards to "certain features not working"... There was ample confusion between the Copy Writers, MB Engineers, and MBrace people as to what new cool MBrace features could be accessed by MBrace thru the Hardware in the cars of various years and models. Downloadable Map destinations from Google maps direct to my NAV unit was one of thease features. MBrace insisted (from thyeir scripts, and no knowledge of our cars, that is would work... but it can only work with the new generation head units with the NAV processor in the head unit, not the trunk...
All in all, remember that these people are NOT MB owners, but Alarm Response people who know what they do about MB cars from scripts, overview classes, and advertising materials provided by MBUSA to them... They're certainly not "concierges" either... but if the price is right, its probably worth it for the accident notification. I think the car should send a signal to them once a year requesting a call from them to the car just to check in and verify that the system is working.
All in all, remember that these people are NOT MB owners, but Alarm Response people who know what they do about MB cars from scripts, overview classes, and advertising materials provided by MBUSA to them... They're certainly not "concierges" either... but if the price is right, its probably worth it for the accident notification. I think the car should send a signal to them once a year requesting a call from them to the car just to check in and verify that the system is working.
To some people, getting Teleaid or MBrace is worth it... to others, it's not. (Just like some people prefer subscribing to a security service for their home, and others do not.) That being said, IMHO with time (after MBrace gets its act together and gains more years of experience with providing this type of service), both Teleaid and MBrace will probably be pretty similar with only very minor feature differences between them (since they both seem to be competing on this now)... and of course probably pricing.
Contrary to popular rumors, TELEAID IS NOT "DISCONTINUED" OR BANKRUPT OR GOING ANYWHERE! BOTH MBRACE AND TELEAID WILL CONTINUE TO EXIST AND BE SUPPORTED BY EQUIPPED VEHICLES! TELEAID WILL NOT AUTOMATICALLY QUIT WORKING (IN TELEAID-EQUIPPED VEHICLES) UNLESS YOU FAIL TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE SERVICE! As Barry said, these are 3rd-party "alarm" companies, and the only difference is that older MB's came with Teleaid software/hardware installed, and now newer MB's come with MBrace software/hardware installed. YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO SWITCH TO MBRACE TO CONTINUE YOUR SUBSCRIPTION MONITORING SERVICE! For me, I'm still keeping my Teleaid so long as they are cheaper to subscribe to than MBrace ($140/yr after discount vs. $270/yr no discount)... I am one of those customers who aren't "allowed" to subscribe to MBrace's $299 Lifetime subscription.
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From what I've heard, this Mbrace thing is a pretty big gamble with the MB brand and customer base.
Also I don't like the idea of MB pimping me out to other companies
Also I don't like the idea of MB pimping me out to other companies