Name: Philips Lifeline
Rating: 2.6

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James McLane Carlsbad, CA

I placed an order with Lifeline for alert devices for my parents 2 1/2 months ago, but we’re never received. Multiple phone calls to customer service have been useless, every one ends with a promise to “escalate” my query to a supervisor, but no supervisor ever contacted me. Terrible customer service. I won’t trust my parents lives to this company. I canceled the order today.

2 years ago

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matthew jones High Point, NC

For an EMERGENCY SERVICE, their tech support is only available 8:00am to 8:30pm. If the equipment has any network issues after those hours, the user needs to postpone their medical emergency. Imagine calling the fire department and getting a message to call back during business hours. Guess that means the flames have to wait until business hours to continue burning. The Philips Lifeline device gives a busy signal when the emergency button is pressed. It's sad to know Philips Lifeline is this unreliable.

2 years ago

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Jim Thomas Vancouver, WA

A family member set this up for my mother with their own credit card. Philips then billed my mother by mail, monthly. They denied this double billing and then raised the price to have my mother continue paying by check. When my mother fell while wearing the device and ended up with ten staples in her head, it did not work. When told about this, the company says you have to fall a certain way. They sent a new pendant. It did not work either. Terrible product. Terrible company.

4 years ago

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Nancy Benedict Austin, TX

Philips lifeline request by mail a payment for 129.00 dollars which I was glad to pay for them, their company without authorization use my checking account to withdrawal 33.00 dollars per month,Just recently for the amount of checking my account notice they charge me for the month of february twice 33.00 dollar x two.please be aware.

5 years ago

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Sheryl Easthampton, MA

Their customer service is horrible. I called Lifeline to cancel my parents service. I was on hold for 27 minutes. Tried 3 different numbers and after feeling very frustrated I hung up and decided to called back and pretend I wanted to purchase a system and they answered right away. A company that is this size needs to hire more people to answer their phones.

5 years ago

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Doreen Cran Cheshire, CT

If they are busy response times have been up to four minutes. Lied to about response times. Not trustworthy or safe. Customer service unsatisfactory, actually brutal at times. Installer never available and never had spare equipment to change out in an emergency. Can you imagine waiting 4 minutes while your loved one strokes infront of you? That was my experience and multiple times testing response time was never less than 3 minutes. Don't do it.

6 years ago

Reply from Philips Lifeline

Hi Ms. Cran,
I apologize for the poor experience you have a had with Philips Lifeline. This is not the level of satisfaction we strive to provide for our customers. We take our customer complaints very seriously, and would like to look into what you have described.
I have sent you a private message requesting some additional information.
Thanks in advance!
Meagan -
Philips Lifeline

Oct. 3rd, 2018

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Brenda

I am very sorry I ordered this service. My mother has not even received the the unit and I am already worried about what kind of service this is going to be, We ordered the unit on the Jan 30 and are still waiting and was told it was shipped on the Feb 12 and she has slower mail so it will be at least 3 weeks. They sure make it sound like they care in their sales pitch. I wish I would of read the reviews before I called them it sounds like others are having the same problem.

6 years ago

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Mark Southington, CT

If there were negative stars I would click those instead. This company is so bad they can’t even send you equipment. They always claim it’s on “back order” when in fact I did some research it’s defective poorly made equipment. Then when you finally do get equipment they recall it. This company is terrible. Do you research cause there are other, BETTER companies out there.

6 years ago Edited September 14, 2021

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Trish Doran Milwaukee, WI

My Mother fell recently and Philips lifeline sent the rescue team to the wrong address. I had changed your address back to her home state after she spent the winter in the south with me. They sent them to the address in the south. I corrected it with them then rechecked in a week and they still had the address wrong. Thank goodness I am one of the responders on her account and was able to get someone to her house to assist her. I only found out about the mistake because a neighbor stopped them from breaking down my door because he knew we were out of town.

7 years ago

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Anthony Less Galena, IL

Waste of money my mom had the service for 3 month and fell twice and neither time did the fall detector work and trying to get someone on the phone is a waste of time you can be on the phone for 45 minutes and get no one I would never use this system ever again

2 years ago

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Susan Bray Denver, CO

The salesman was patient and helpful. I had to wait weeks for my equipment due to recent circumstance not the companies’ fault. But once it arrived and I needed help testing my apartment for coverage and setting up service, THE AGENY WAS IMPATIENT SURLY ABRUPT AND RUDE!!!! AVOID THIS SERVICE! TRY ANOTHER ONE!I

4 years ago

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Irene B. Hembree

Have called customer service three times trying to get the backup battery service, it's been out over a month. Each call was promised a service call but no one has replied.

7 years ago

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Irene Holmeide Sullivan, WI

I have two major occurrences when lifeline did not respond when needed. There were excuses each time ,"technical" issues and address mix-up etc. One time I had to be transported to a hospital so it was a true emergency (September 2016). For me the service is unacceptable, I have subscribed for about 16 months, but will be canceling.

7 years ago

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jerry key Oak Ridge, TN

the people i have talk to eather by phone or i hit my button by mistake was always freindley nice and understanting and i want to say thank you

8 years ago

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nikki

Lifeline has been helpful to my aging mother who falls fairly frequently. More than anything, it has given her (and me) peace of mind.

10 years ago

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Karan Dennis

My mother's device that had fall detection in it failed. They sent a replacement that looked the same but didn't have fall detection in it. We found out the hard way yesterday.

7 years ago

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John Lindsey Albuquerque, NM

Rude is an understatement. just another company taken Advantage of the Elderly... Sign up was great . After that forget it. AND YOUR PRODUCT WAS MAILED BACK TO YOU. 7/20/20

4 years ago

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Tom Bearrows River Forest, IL

Worst company I've ever dealt with. Rude customer service. They refuse to make anything easy. Oh and btw, they're not cheap. Avoid them at all costs.

5 years ago

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Lorraine Brunswick, ME

PhilipsLifeline is the best on the market. They are awesome! Lorraine

10 years ago

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Gail Eehling Canton, OH

All checked items ave been dealt with through time. Very dependable!

7 years ago

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Susan Baker

No problems. Only one emergency. Great service!

7 years ago

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Jim Irwin

Button is a little sensitive. Cost is a little high.

8 years ago

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kentuckyUSA Campbell Lexington, KY

Horrible customer service. Avg wait 45 mins or more

3 years ago