'Spoiler alert: That extended warranty is either nonexistent or not worth the paper it’s printed on.' Column by Davidlaz:
Women around the world have been duped by scammers into thinking Keanu Reeves wants to meet them — and that he could use some cash.from consumers last year — and the number of complaints keeps rising.First you get the friendly-sounding recording that says there may be trouble with your warranty. Often that’s just a guess on the scammer’s part, but not always.
Dealers will send out automated reminders for routine maintenance, typically by mail, but won’t call years after you drove off the lot with a pitch for an extended warranty. The salesperson may be interested solely in obtaining your personal information, such as your credit card number. Or he or she may really be selling a service contract, which could top $3,000 in cost.As Disney raises the price of its Hulu streaming service, analysts say consumers are growing pickier about which services they’ll subscribe to.
Never believe the salesperson if he or she says a service contract covers everything. Unless it says that in writing, it doesn’t. “Scammers are really good at what they do,” Stokes said. “Their goal is to get you into a heightened emotional state that affects your reasoning.”A study finds it can take an hour and a half to read the user contract and privacy policy of big-name tech companies. That’s ridiculous.
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