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‘Extended Vehicle Warranty’ Scam – FTC Action Leads to Lifetime Industry Ban

16 pointsby aruanavekarabout 2 years ago

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lockhouseabout 2 years ago
About time! This one has been going on for years now and they’ve been flagrantly in violation of the law.<p>The only way I got them to stop harassing me was to finally pick up and waste their time. They asked me for my mileage and I put them on hold for 20 minutes while I “walked down to check my odometer” and then I gave them an impossibly high mileage for the model year I made up earlier so they got the picture that I was on to them.<p>Reporting then to the FCC multiple times achieved nothing, until now maybe.
cafardabout 2 years ago
Back when they were using live operators, I found that asking for the company represented and the state of incorporation would lead to a prompt hang-up.