MikeD
Full time employment: Posting here.
I got one woman to hang up on me when I asked her if she liked dogs and told her that my dog's feet smelled like Fritos.
Mike D.
Mike D.
Unfortunately, people you have recently done business with can get around the "do not call" restrictions.
To Get Telemarketers To Stop, You Must Specifically Say "Put Me On Your Do Not Call List"
According to a reader who works as a telemarketer for a timeshare company, it's not enough to say say, "Stop calling me," to get yourself off a company's calling list, you must unequivocally request the removal.
"If you want a telemarketer to stop calling you, do not say "Quit calling me" or "Don't call me again." In some companies, Reps are informed under strict guidelines to only delete records if the customer specifically requests they do so. Telemarketers are only required to put you on the "Do Not Call" list if you SPECIFICALLY request to be put on it. Be clear about this and ask for written documentation to be mailed to you if they have your mailing address, but don't provide it to them if they do not."
This has worked better for us than we ever expected. I use the phone to transmit, not for entertaining everyone else. The computers light up the ringer at the same time every day for five or six days in a row, detect the answering machine, and move on.I never answer the phone at home! That's why God created answering machines! We've let the machine take all the calls for the last 10 years......most all of the tele-racketeers have given up all hope of ever hearing a live human on our end, and they quit calling us loooong ago....even before I put our numbers on the DNL. I also put our names and address on the "Opt-out Prescreen" list.
Heck, nobody ever calls us anymore, and we never get all of that marvelous junk mail anymore either!!! It's almost like we no longer exist.....what a wonderful feeling!!!
Yep. We can tell by the format of the name on the address label that they're using the recorder's public records. If they include a business-reply envelope then I take advantage of that for a removal request... otherwise they only seem to spend the money on two mailings.The same thing happens, via mail, when you get a HELOC.
They apparently get the information off of the County Filings of the mortgage on the property.
I got an extended warranty on my Honda when I bought it in 2000 (first mistake). I've started getting several calls a day from someone wanting me to do something and extend the warranty further. They started out in California, and are now calling from numerous states like Nevada, Mississippi, Colorado. I finally answered today and it was a prerecorded message, when I got to the customer service guy, the first thing he said (no hello) was "make and model of vehicle". The first thing I said was "I want to be taken off of this calling list", and I heard somebody in the background say "You're not being taken off sh*t" - and then they hung up on me. WTH? I immediately went and had my cell put on the do not call list, but I'm afraid that's not going to work. They've been calling me 5 times a day for about 2 weeks now. What gives? Do I have to change my number? I never gave them this number - heck I do not even know who these people are.....
WFL, why do you say car dealers are the worst place to buy an extended warranty. Most of them sell the manufacturers warranty which is the only one to buy. Warranty companies that sell warranties that are underwritten by some insurance company offten go out of business and always send an adjuster to adjust the repair so nothing is covered. After 35 years in the business I also know the deal with this.
Is it better the customer buys it from an 800# and have no idea what they are buying. When it comes time for a repair then the fun begins.
Mike, all I can say is I would never have sold an Ins. company warranty although I would have made a lot more money using them. When our customers came back for a repair they liked us a lot better when they had the manufacturers warranty. Anytime an ins. company was involved it was a circle jerk because they didn't want to pay and usually found some idiotic reason for not doing so. Maybe the customers paid a bit more with us but at least they got what they paid for. When there was a problem with their car there was no problem keeping them happy.
Over the years people would come back and buy cars from us and would want the warranty as part of the deal because they were happy the last time. I never had to hide from a customer who had a problem with their car. We made our money and they got the service they paid for.
Interesting,
Simply put, there are serveral financially sound warranty companies who are independent and have several decades of paying claims under their belt, so like everything, know what you are purchasing before you purchase it, and as I like to say, purchase from someone you trust, yourself.
Good luck to all, Mike
Mike
I am not familiar with any of these independent financially sound warranty companies. Without offending anyone, could you list some names? As the existance of this thread attests, it may be difficult for a consumer to find a reputable independent amid all the sleaze out there.
...as some seem to believe all independent warranty companies are scams, seems a bit far fetched to me. Must work for big three. lol
Yes. From his intro post: "I am new here, and although I was retired early, I am not the retired type, I was bored stiff having fished and golfed to the point of saturation, so I went back to work and started a few more businesses, which is my passion from day one. "With a member name of "WarrantiesFurLess", what should we presume about who you work for (yourself, I'd guess)
Seems likely.and why you decided to use that name on the forum (advertising, I'd guess)?