Annoying Expired Car Warranty!

So, I’m sure a handful of us have received those awful annoying calls from mysterious numbers explaining that our car warranties have expired and we are in desperate need of renewing them. Well, I'd just like to share that I HATE them! My initial reaction to my first call lead me to believe there was actually something wrong with my car and I did need to take action. However, I explained the call to a friend and they told me that the phone call was total BS and my car is too old anyways. Of course the warranty is expired, silly me. I later decided to add the number of the mysterious warranty caller into my contacts, so next time I simply just wouldn’t answer, but of course, they called from a different number! This is what really sent me over the edge.

I even did some research on the topic and read an article saying that the numbers that they call from aren’t really even real. Someone tried to trace the number back and it went to a disconnected phone line in Nebraska. Strange, I know! So, this of course, brought up the question of why this expired car warranty message is using fake numbers? They clearly need some help with their marketing skills, if they actually plan on getting anyone to buy into their calls. Secondly, any good marketing campaign knows that if they want results, they must provide at least a call back number, a name, an email, or perhaps a website…but no. Not these guys.

The article I read also talked about how attorneys are even getting involved.

Connecticut AG Richard Blumenthal says his office has received a "huge number" of complaints about the highly annoying and possibly illegal sales calls. Illegal because many of them blatantly violate the Federal Do Not Call Registry. Annoying because not only do they waste people's time, the extended warranties the companies are selling are almost always impossible to use, according to one attorney general. Connecticut, New Jersey and Iowa have teamed up to look into the sales pitches.

However, I would like to share some good news. So my roommate was of course, also getting the stupid calls and she had the bright idea to actually listen to the entire message. I always hung up right as the message began, but that was obviously my mistake. At the very end of the recording it tells you that if you’d like to be removed from this list you simply just need to press 2! That’s it, just press 2! This instantly made my day better and I patiently waited until I received my next stupid; annoying, warranty call and I simply listened to the end, and pressed 2!

Poor expired car warranty people, they just need some new marketing strategies!