telemarketer's

[kenstrac]

In the past 2 mos. I have received many calls about my warranty running out on my vehicle In the past week it's gotten worse 1 cellphone rings 10 min later the other 2hrs later the house phone this week alone I got about 15 calls.
The calls are either blocked out of area or cover just about every geographic area of the US.,they are auto dialed and pre recorded messages,and do not disclose the identity of the caller which they are required to do by law.
Well today was enough and called the FTC and filled a complaint, the person I was talking to from the FTC told me that 99% of the calls are scams and they are coming from offshore ,and thy can show Phony numbers in caller ID and many people have been ripped off already.
SO BE CARFULL THE NUMBER YOU SEE ON YOUR CALLER ID COULD BE SOME OTHER PERSON

 

[Dadsgreenpsd]

"yup, hang on a sec..." lay phone on desk...... wander off for a beer......

If the phone is out of area, or private number, that is the treatment they get.

 

[Bird]

Good advice from both of you.

 

[studor]

I too really hate those calls and the one for reducing my credit card interest when I have no credit card debt
Interesting -- article in the paper here says it is a scam with most calls coming across the border from the U.S -- probably re-routes through unsecured switches or something) -- anyhow why would you buy warranty from anybody but the manufacturer???

 

[Bird]

I too really hate those calls and the one for reducing my credit card interest when I have no credit card debt
Interesting -- article in the paper here says it is a scam with most calls coming across the border from the U.S -- probably re-routes through unsecured switches or something) -- anyhow why would you buy warranty from anybody but the manufacturer???

I agree about thost calls and I, too, get the calls to reduce my credit card interest, when, like you, I haven't paid any interest on a credit card in many years. So we just promptly hang up on those.

But as for buying a warranty from someone other than the manufacturer. Even the car dealers, credit unions, etc. sell "after market" warranties that are not from the manufacturer. Some are better than others, but as with any insurance, it's wasted money if you never use it and great to have if you do use it. But in my opinion usually not worth what they cost.

I recently bought an older car, 2002 Ford Crown Victoria, with 41k miles on it from a Ford dealer and they offered me a non-Ford 24 month, 24k mile bumper to bumper warranty for about $1,400. It was about the most complete coverage of any I've seen, but at that price for that length of time . . . no, thanks.

 

[EarPlug]

If you want have some fun with the numbers go to the web site WhoCalled.us and plug in the number from your caller ID. You will see info from a lot of different people.

 

[klrobert]

I got 8 calls in one day from these people. I actually got to talk to a person one time, but they would not give the name of the company. How stupid do these people think we are? I don't think anyone would buy something from a company that won't even disclose the name of the company. I filed several complaints with the FTC over these calls. I have decided the next time they call, if I can speak to a human, I am going to make the call so offensive no one at that company will want to talk to me ever again.

 

[podagrower]

Since they frequently called me (notice called), I started having fun. The car warranty people, ask them how long after the coverage starts should you take in the van with 200K miles and a blown head gasket. They go away pretty fast.

Alternativly, keep track of the caller ID numbers and answer with something like "American Asset Collection, this is Dave, may I have your account number?" or answer with their company name.

When I'm in a bad mood, they get questions like "What color underwear are you wearing?" "If you're bothering me, who's making the calls in he77?"

 

[shepherd]

im waiting to grab my cell when im in class with one of them, been a few times i have found out that they have called

 

[Jagmandave]

I also got a bunch of these calls, and finally decided to talk to them, I pressed the appropriate number and a live person came on the line and started their speil. I interupted them and asked what company the "warranty" was thru - they immediately hung up.

Got another call a few days later and did the same thing, got another immediate hang up. Haven't been bothered since, and it's been a few months now.

 

[CurlyDave]

If you just tell the person that you don't have many friends and ask them to be your friend, followed by the question "What are you wearing now?", they will hang up and never call you back.

 

[Richard]

How stupid do these people think we are?

I hate to say it but we must be pretty stupid/greedy.

I have a client who sold a piece of property. Unfortunately, circumstances at the time let her receive an email that she had won the London lottery. The basic facts are:

She never entered the lottery....

She commenced to send them the $400,000 land proceeds for paperwork and tax filings. Then of course, there was a snafu... so she took a $150,000 2nd mortgage on her home to send them the final paperwork so she'd get her millions...

Oops... yet another snafu... she got another installment from another property she sold (happened to be her deceased husbands OLD family property from eons ago) and sent them another $150,000.

Today, (literally as in April 9) she is getting this kind of email from them

(direct copy/paste)

Haven received a mail from the scotlandyard police department concerning the release of your claims sum through your activation of an online account,we are mandated by our working schedule to invoke section 173 of the banking edicts act of the UK ,which stipulates that the funds be wired through you setting up an online account with our financial consortium.To this end i humbly request how much of the activation charges $2,700.00 have you at the moment,so that we can try and sue for an interim measure to enable your funds be released to you within the next 24hours?

Now, WHY she continues to talk to them and push her family and friends away (who have ALL come down on her for her misdeeds) is beyond me.

Even the reading of the above... "how much have you at the moment" I tried to tell her that means "how much can we steal from you today, if not the entire amount?

sigh... she's sent them around $700,000 cash that at 77 years old, she could really use. They are vermin. Their first line to her was evidently something like "make sure you don't tell anyone so you can surprise your family memebers" or something like that.

All these people need is one guillable/greedy person and it makes it worth their effort.

 

[Tig]

I Google the numbers as they come in. Usually lots of hits. If it is a legitimate telemarketing company I program my IP phone to forward all calls from that number to their west coast office so that they can talk to themselves. If the company is not so legit, like the car warranty call, I Google as much info as I can and sometimes I do find a place to forward the call. Otherwise I program the number and in some cases the entire area code to virtual ring. That way it does not ring in my home.
IP phones with unlimited long distance are as wonderful as they are cheap.

 

[WVBill]

I just got one of those calls and did a version of CurlyDave's suggestion.

When she got on line, I said "Hi how are you? How's the weather where you are? How's your day been? .... ...... ........." She kept trying to interrupt with her script but I kept answering with a totally different question. Soon her "What do you say when your customer says ______" script ran out and she said "never mind - I'll add this number to our do not call list" and hung up on me!.

We'll see.....

 

[Sackett2]

-- anyhow why would you buy warranty from anybody but the manufacturer???

Some extended warranties are not actually "through the dealer" except that they package it with the car sell. It is an "add on", or a "Up-sale" underwritten by a insurance company, and available as a private party. think of it just like auto/home insurance; you may have "State Farm" as your agent, but have some other name is the carrier.
Anyway, if you shop for a new car, you can shop around for extended warranties too.
Extended Warranty Options -- Edmunds Auto Warranty Tips

 

[orezok]

In California, extended warranties can only be sold by auto dealers. They do not have to be factory sponsored warranties, but at least you know who to deal with when there is a problem. I'm not sure that this doesn't run up the cost due to the "monopoly" but it reduces the fraud which is a far larger cost.

 

[Bird]

In California, extended warranties can only be sold by auto dealers. They do not have to be factory sponsored warranties, but at least you know who to deal with when there is a problem. I'm not sure that this doesn't run up the cost due to the "monopoly" but it reduces the fraud which is a far larger cost.

I have no idea what the law is in Texas, but I do know that I financed a used car with my credit union a few years ago and bought an extended warranty through the credit union instead of Carmax which also offered extended warranties.

 

[ragkar]

Two solutions to telemarketers. Get on the do-not-call list. There's a national one and we have a Pennsylvania only one.

Get an answering machine.

About a month after I got on the Pennsylvania list, I got a call from Scranton from a guy that wanted me to buy into the County Sherrif's Asso. I asked him where he had got my phone number. I said, "Was it from the Pennsylvania attorney general's do-not-call list"? He hung up.

 

[Bird]

I guess most everyone knows how those "charitable" solicitations work, but just in case someone doesn't know . . . I get calls wanting me to donate to the State Troopers Association, Sheriff's Association, etc. There used to even be an outfit calling for donations to the Dallas Police Association. I usually keep them tied up with questions because that's just a "fund raising" company calling, and they're paying those associations or groups a small percentage to use their name. Some of them will even admit to what they're doing. And having been in law enforcement, I really hated it when groups like that allow the use of their name. And the amount that goes to those associations is usually 10%!

 

[RollingsFarms]

my most recent one was an inquiry about selling my farm land. the guy said he noticed my land was up for sale(not to my knowledge as i just finished paying the taxes a month ago.haha), he wanted to offer me a "whopping $90 per acre"(750 acres total). i couldnt help but burst out laughing! "$90 an acre eh?" i asked him. you would have thought he just offered me the world. how could i refuse such a once in a lifetime offer?? i did unfortunatley for him. he couldn't meet my counter offer of $9,000,000 per acre and abruptly hungup now for 9 mil per acre, we might can do a little business.

theres an old saying in life "if it sounds, looks, or appears to be too good to be trust it usually is". i don't know a sole that has had a random letter or phone call that would fully benefit them and only them and not the other person doing the sending/calling. thats how they want it to sound anyways.