Old car warrantee sales pitch

Old 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.

Re: Old car warrantee sales pitch

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


"Stude" <midlant@earthlink . net > wrote in message
news:c47a0d3a-e880-4e4c-81f6-615820f555ba@r66g2000hsg.googlegroups . com ...
> 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.

Re: Old car warrantee sales pitch

On May 20, 8:54 pm, "jamesmichael2" <jamesmicha...@cox . net > wrote:
> 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 tha=
t
> 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, bu=
t
> 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 solicitor=
s
> is: "We don't respond to telephone solicitations regardless of the source.=

> Thank you."  Telephone solicitors, at best, are a nuisance; at worst, th=
ey
> 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
> jamesmicha...@cox . net
>
> "Stude" <midl...@earthlink . net > wrote in message
>
> news:c47a0d3a-e880-4e4c-81f6-615820f555ba@r66g2000hsg.googlegroups . com ...
>
>
>
> > 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.- Hide quoted=
text -
>
> - 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.