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Car Forum / Antique and Collectibles / Antique Cars / May 2008Old car warrantee sales pitch
On my answering machine, about once a week, I have a truncated message telling me that the warrantee on my car is about to expire and offering to extend it. (Obviously, it will do no good to "Press 1.") Today, I got a call from a live person, seemingly a trainee. She had no idea what a Studebajer was nor even that they wouldn't extend a warrantee on a 40+ year old car. I kept asking to speak with an advisor and repeaating that this was a Studebaker that was older than she was, but the "Warrantee Advisor" ws always busy. She was not happy with the identification number that I gave as it didn't have seventeen characters and wondered why I couldn't tell her how many miles on it. I was able to explain the condition of the car, though. Soon it became clear that she was a trainee and that there was an instructor there, too. Eventually, after several pauses for consultation, she just said that they would be unable to add my car and said goodbye. I wonder if this is the last of these calls - but doubt it. This is interesting, because I have answered a couple of calls about this same issue, but indicated I wasn't interested. We do have a 2001 VW that has recently gone over the 100,000 mi warrenty period, and I assumed they were trying to sell me an extension for the VW (I believe that is true, but am still uninterested; if it breaks (and it will), we will pay for the repairs). We also have a 1967 Alfa Romeo which I'm sure they're not interested in maintaining. Our standard response to telephone solicitors is: "We don't respond to telephone solicitations regardless of the source. Thank you." Telephone solicitors, at best, are a nuisance; at worst, they will scam you out of whatever you have. If somebody calls your phone to sell you something (or maybe give you a "free gift"), tell them "No". Remember, it's your phone and you pay for the service and they are nothing more than intruders. Jim Michael jamesmichael2@cox.net > On my answering machine, about once a week, I have a truncated message > telling me that the warrantee on my car is about to expire and [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > and said goodbye. > I wonder if this is the last of these calls - but doubt it. > This is interesting, because I have answered a couple of calls about this > same issue, but indicated I wasn't interested. We do have a 2001 VW that [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Between assignments as a Silicon-Valley Engineer I had to resort to this acivity on ocasion. If it was obvious hat there was no sale at that number, I'd go on t the next (or the maching woyuld). Others in the boiler room would tahe it as a personal affront, it seems, and continue on and on... It was not as if there were not a million other potentials who might bote. |
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