These idiots literally mailed me about a supposed warranty on my car.
ahaha I just called them to tell they’re on a scam website… they (obviously) denied it… you sure it is not a scam beo ?
@TheSpartan18#136097 That doesn’t necessarily make it a scam. It may not be a good buy but what is the scam?
@FattyMatty#136116 You are absolutely right! We, as a scambaiting community, should practice judiciousness in our actions. Just because there are scam car warranty outfits out there, it doesn’t mean that each and every single car warranty player is a scammer. We have to pick our battles, individually or as a group. Thank you.
@jaymee#136118 I think that vehicle warranties are particularly difficult to determine whether or not they are scams. There are several legitimate vehicle warranty companies out there that might sell a crappy product but I find it difficult to know what the scam is necessarily.
That being said any company that uses robocalls is by definition a scammer because they have disregarded federal law my using a robocall for initial contact. I have no problem wearing them out. But, just because you receive a card in the mail from a company that sells vehicle warranties doesn’t warrant inferring they are scammers. If you suspect that, the poster shooing provide some evidence.
@FattyMatty#136128 For sure. One call I recently received used a spoofed CID and robo-call. Strike one. Then they pretended to be from the national headquarters of a car manufacturer. Strike two. They were selling mechanical breakdown coverage contract as a vehicle service contract. Strike three. Totally illegal, at least in my jurisdiction, the great State of California.
Downside, I never got a call back number from them. They (some kind of conference call) hung up when my questions got more intense. I should dumb up the next time, make up some kind of story to get their call back number.
UPDATE - today, 5/12/20, an incoming call with caller ID “US GOVT” and a phone number with the same area code and prefix as my own, actually only 2 digits off from my phone number came in. Appears to have originated from the same people who called two weeks ago. This time around, they said they’re calling from MATRIX which happens to be one of the leading companies in the extended warranty industry, covering homes, cars, appliances, electronics. So I asked for the price, and was given the same hard sell - this is the last offer you’ll get, you won’t have the ability to buy this kind of coverage in the future. Price is only $3,100 for 4 years of protection. No thanks, sand I, end of call.
After the call, I listened to the recording from 2 weeks ago. Funny, it was the same guy who acted as their closer. Same voice. Same stupid piano music when on hold. Same multiple layers. Starts with a robo call. You press 1, you'll get a screener with a Philippine accent. Say you're interested, you'll get transferred to a salesman with a US accent. More screening questions, and after you pass, you get a closer. These last two calls I got "Shawn" who got caught in two lies. I checked with both Mazda and Matrix and both said they don't do outbound sales calls.
Definitely scammy.