Comments on: Extended Warranty Scam Sweeps the Nation. Again. Still.

By: Jeff Puthuff

Jeff Puthuff — Sat, 16 May 2009 14:46:55 +0000

“YOU GUYS WILL HAVE TO PAY ME A FEE IF YOU GUYS WANT THESE CALLS TO STOP”

Seriously? Too bad the FTC has shut them down. No blackmail for you.

By: AccAzda

AccAzda — Sat, 16 May 2009 14:32:52 +0000

Man…
These bastards make lawyers look like saints..

WHen I had my 92 Accord they were giving me this b.s when i didnt buy it with a warranty, and it was out of production by 5yrs, and I picked it up at 159k.

What a coupla bastards.
And the letters.. seriously. I mean Cmon!

Go on google and look this shit up.

It lists in their address.. FUCKIN SCAM ARTISTS. “If ya stupid enough to pick up ya phone at 4am, and give us 3100 for a car that hasnt seen a warranty since NIXON, than ya stupid enough to buy a warranty on a vehicle that ya cant cancel.”

Serioiusly…

By: Edward Niedermeyer

Edward Niedermeyer — Thu, 07 May 2009 04:53:08 +0000

pac2000: lol.

By: pac2000

pac2000 — Thu, 07 May 2009 03:44:43 +0000

WELL I USE TO WORK FOR THESE WARRANTY COMPANYS AND THEY ARE SCAM BUT IM NOT GONNA PUT THEIR INFO OUT THERE
YOU GUYS WILL HAVE TO PAY ME A FEE IF YOU GUYS WANT THESE CALLS TO STOP
I HAVE ALL THEIR INFO. ADDRESS ,PHONE NUMBER AND SUITE # AND THEY HAVE BEEN CALLING ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES
IM TELLING YOU GUYS RIGHT NOW IF YOU WANT IT TO STOP SEND ME AN EMAIL AND I WILL NEED A FEE FOR THIS SECRET INFO

By: cardoctor98

cardoctor98 — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:42:53 +0000

A Service Advisor for a Six-Line Auto Dealership for the Last 18 years, sadly I have seen too much. The truth is, people buy these extended warranty’s, over the phone, and visit me afterwards to check the coverage. Unfortunately, they never cover anything, and I get to watch as their expressions turn when I explain what they bought. People that buy them are mostly older, trusting, kind, people that get taken for a ride. So, warn all your older family members to only buy warranties from the Dealer where they bought their car, and the Manufactures extended warranty is always the best!
c.l.k.

By: GeorgiaMom

GeorgiaMom — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:01:45 +0000

I am on the Do Not Call List as is my cell phone. They call regardless. It shows up as a private caller and since I have a family member who calls that way I answer in case it is them. But lately it’s been this scam. They will not give me the name of the company (they hang up when asked). They will not give me a location or who is bonding them (again they hang up) and they insist that I either pay at that moment because it’s a final notice or that I lose out. This last time I tried to say I needed to discuss it with my spouse to see if I could get a call back number so I’d have something to report — but they hang up. This is very frustrating.

By: nowhowaboutthat

nowhowaboutthat — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:13:19 +0000

snickers420:

Yes, it is illegal since they’re breaking the FCC and FTC rules on when and how to contact people.

If you do have info on them, please post it. It will help all of us. They have our info, maybe its time that we have theirs…

Thanks for any info you provide.

By: snickers420

snickers420 — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 05:18:04 +0000

hey guys about the warranty isnt it illegal for then to be calling like this?
if it is let me know because i have ingo on them/

By: armadamaster

armadamaster — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 05:32:29 +0000

I CANNOT get these damned extended warranty calls to stop coming. We are on the “No Call” list and etc. We’ve “pressed 3″ to talk to a human being and demand they remove us from their list, the standard excuse is “It takes up to 30 days, sir.” And they never stop calling. My vehicles are 1989, 1992, and 1994 models….and they’ve been told this and yet they keep on…..

By: big_gms

big_gms — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:19:16 +0000

I got a couple messages on my answering machine about extending my vehicle warranty, from a live person. The thing is, my vehicles are a 1991 Buick LeSabre with 157,000 miles and a 1995 Chevy C1500 truck with 111,000 miles. I purchased both of them used; they were already old when I bought them and I never had any warranty on either one. In fact, I’ve never owned any vehicle with a warranty as I’ve always bought older used cars. Unless the caller was dialing the wrong number and leaving a message intended for someone else, these were some very strange calls.

By: UnclePete

UnclePete — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:37:31 +0000

We were getting those computer generated calls all the time on our company development lab phone – what a PIA. I solved the problem though – we moved our lab recently to another building, and I made sure that phone number stayed in the old building!

By: David Holzman

David Holzman — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:35:11 +0000

I’ve never gotten one of these calls, or junk mails. I have been on the do-not-call list for about 3 yrs.

By: Bill Wade

Bill Wade — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 02:54:55 +0000

# Stephan Wilkinson :
February 14th, 2008 at 7:47 pm

Now wait. Does that really work? That you can Scotch-tape a 41-cent prepaid return envelope to a $25 carton of bricks and the post office will take it? Why is my bullshit meter pegging?

Remarkably a number of the return envelopes do not have the $.41 amount on them. Of course you cannot normally do this with them. With those you can stuff a partially folded magazine in them and leave it in your mailbox. Usually the kids have fun doing that. I believe, although I might be wrong, the Post Office collects the difference from the receiver. I don’t know, I never get them back.

I’m finding though that more and more return envelopes do have the limit on them. My assumption is because of this very reason.

By: dean

dean — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 02:47:18 +0000

This must be a uniquely American scam, as I’ve never heard of this type of solicitation here in the GWN.

By: Stephan Wilkinson

Stephan Wilkinson — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:47:57 +0000

Now wait. Does that really work? That you can Scotch-tape a 41-cent prepaid return envelope to a $25 carton of bricks and the post office will take it? Why is my bullshit meter pegging?

By: Bill Wade

Bill Wade — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:10:37 +0000

# Mud :
February 14th, 2008 at 5:18 pm

Sidenote – I like to take the junk mail (includes those extended warranty notices), eliminate any reference to me, then mix em up and send them back to everyone else since they are thoughtful enough to provide pre-paid return envelopes.

American Express gets the Visa application stuff, exended warranty notification goes to BestBuy, you get the idea.

It’s fun, but I can see I need to get out more.

Even more fun: Take the prepaid envelope and tape it to a box full of bricks, old auto parts, dead small appliances, motorcycle tires or whatever else you have laying around you wish to get rid of. Send it from the post office. I’ve done that for years. I also make sure my name and address is prominently displayed as the return address.

I don’t get nearly as much junk mail as I used to.

By: miked

miked — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:35:46 +0000

Mud: Sidenote – I like to take the junk mail (includes those extended warranty notices), eliminate any reference to me, then mix em up and send them back to everyone else since they are thoughtful enough to provide pre-paid return envelopes.

I heat my house with it. I get enough junk mail each week that I can get a day’s worth of heat out of it. Cut’s my heating bill by 14%, can’t complain about that.

By: Mud

Mud — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:18:47 +0000

Geez it was hard enough to get stuff done with the regular mfg’s warranty.

Why in the world would anyone want a 3rd party extended warranty?

American Express gets the Visa application stuff, exended warranty notification goes to BestBuy, you get the idea.

It’s fun, but I can see I need to get out more.

By: Donal Fagan

Donal Fagan — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:39:07 +0000

Do Not Call? How could I lose?

By: Virtual Insanity

Virtual Insanity — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:34:41 +0000

Jonny…I gotta say, the first thing that went through my head when I saw the topic of this article was that same Simpson’s scenario…I laughed.

By: dancote

dancote — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:40:44 +0000

The answer to unwanted solicitation calls is the National Do Not Call Registry. https://www.donotcall.gov/

By: tdoyle

tdoyle — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:40:37 +0000

We have two Fords, an ‘05 Focus with 20K and an 05′ F150 with 31K. My wife and I receive these kinds of offers almost once per week, and of course, we throw them away. The only extended warranty I would even consider would be from Extended Care from Ford Motor Company, but I would still have to give that alot of thought…

By: Jonny Lieberman

Jonny Lieberman — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:34:51 +0000

compy386: D’oh!

By: Areitu

Areitu — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:28:11 +0000

We’ve been getting ones with big threatening warning stamps on them for our ‘03 Accord. No calls yet…

By: compy386

compy386 — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:27:50 +0000

Being a Simpsons nerd is I felt the compulsion to tell you the actual quote is: “Extended warranty? How could I lose?”