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Total Protect Home Warranty Complaint - Total Protect Warranty Is A Rip Off - Home Warranty
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MURFREESBORO, TENNESSEE -- I read the other reviews of Total Protect Home Warranties, mine was sold to me by CountryWide home Finance, I thought it was a good deal for forty bucks a month, WRONG. My AC unit went out in July, 2008. I called it in, they were going to send me to a company 125 miles from my home, I said no, then they had me call a company who works out of their back yard and the guy who came out to inspect my unit was wearing women's clothing and makeup, said I needed a new unit and he would call it in. The temps was running in high 90's and due to health problems I needed my AC unit to work. It took them a week to approve the replacement, then another week to send the unit to their repair company, the repair company told me I was going to have to pay them another 700 dollars as they were going to have to rebuild the air box because the new coil was not the same.
I went on line and found a the same coil I had from the company who made my old unit and a new unit like mine right here in my town, Total Protect said I had to accept what they sent and their install company said their charge was for the disposal of the old unit, disposal of freon and rebuilding the air box, I informed them that I was AC certified and would remove the old unit and dispose of it and do the rebuilding of the air box myself, I was informed by Total Protect that I would not be able to do that and the install company said that was their bread and butter and would not allow me to have the new unit to install it.
I finally went out and checked the unit myself, found that all it needed was a new fan motor, went and bought one for 56 dollars, changed the blade and installed the parts left off by the install company, my AC works great and blows ice cold. I paid my deductible when the girl/boy first came out to inspect my unit, he decided it needed to be replaced, and after I made many, many, many heated called and being put on wait for a supervisor who never was around, I finally had enough, Total Protect employees are some of the worse I have ever encountered in customer service.
I was in management for many years and I would never of let a employee treat a customer as I was treated by Total Protect and by Countrywide when I called them to complain of the warranty company they sold me on their letter head. I was mislead into thinking this was a company owned by Countrywide, of course it is not, it is a very low sub standard company who is only interested in ripping off the people who they are suppose to help. I wasted my money paying into this rip off warranty, I cancelled it and I am glad I did. I would advise anyone who is thinking of buying a home warranty with Total Protect or Cross Country, or HMS to put your hand in your pocket on your money and run as fast as you can away from them, they will screw you every time.
Look at their reviews on Total Protect Customer Reviews. on a scale of 5, they have a rating of 1.6 with a total of 321 reviews, 99 percent terrible. That tell you that the company is a Rip Off. The company needs to be disbanded and the people put into jail, they are all criminals riping people off as they do every day. STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY FOR YOUR OWN GOOD.
I went on line and found a the same coil I had from the company who made my old unit and a new unit like mine right here in my town, Total Protect said I had to accept what they sent and their install company said their charge was for the disposal of the old unit, disposal of freon and rebuilding the air box, I informed them that I was AC certified and would remove the old unit and dispose of it and do the rebuilding of the air box myself, I was informed by Total Protect that I would not be able to do that and the install company said that was their bread and butter and would not allow me to have the new unit to install it.
I finally went out and checked the unit myself, found that all it needed was a new fan motor, went and bought one for 56 dollars, changed the blade and installed the parts left off by the install company, my AC works great and blows ice cold. I paid my deductible when the girl/boy first came out to inspect my unit, he decided it needed to be replaced, and after I made many, many, many heated called and being put on wait for a supervisor who never was around, I finally had enough, Total Protect employees are some of the worse I have ever encountered in customer service.
I was in management for many years and I would never of let a employee treat a customer as I was treated by Total Protect and by Countrywide when I called them to complain of the warranty company they sold me on their letter head. I was mislead into thinking this was a company owned by Countrywide, of course it is not, it is a very low sub standard company who is only interested in ripping off the people who they are suppose to help. I wasted my money paying into this rip off warranty, I cancelled it and I am glad I did. I would advise anyone who is thinking of buying a home warranty with Total Protect or Cross Country, or HMS to put your hand in your pocket on your money and run as fast as you can away from them, they will screw you every time.
Look at their reviews on Total Protect Customer Reviews. on a scale of 5, they have a rating of 1.6 with a total of 321 reviews, 99 percent terrible. That tell you that the company is a Rip Off. The company needs to be disbanded and the people put into jail, they are all criminals riping people off as they do every day. STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY FOR YOUR OWN GOOD.
Comments:
Posted by gail1234 on 2008-09-14:
Stay away for Total Protect Home Warranty sold by CountryWide home finance, it is a total rip off and you need to run from it,
Posted by Totally Upset on 2009-08-27:
Also see a two-year complaint stream on Total Protect that was finally cut off in December 2008 because the complaints about Total Protect were overwhelmingly negative:http://keithelder.net/blog/archive/2006/06/24/total-protect-home-warranty-good-or-bad.aspx. When you are finished reading that complaint stream, look at the 158 reviews of Total Protect, also overwhelmingly negative, at http://www.homewarrantyreviews.com/reviews/total-protect. If anyone were to bring a federal class action suit against these clowns, it would appear to be a sure winner. I am still fighting Total Protect over the claim I wrote about at length in the "Related Review" listed above titled "Total Protect Home Warranty = Total Consumer Ripoff" and have received 6,756 hits and a 73 helpful vote approval rating on my posting. I will be updating my story soon as I am now turning to the Maryland Attorney General's Office and the Maryland Insurance Commission. Still "Totally Upset" and Still Hanging in There. It has now become a cause that I hope all of you will join by reporting this sham of a company to your local BBB, your local consumer protection agency, your local radio and TV station, your Congressmen and your State and local Fraud and Insurance agencies and finally to Federal Authorities. If enough people complain, they will be sued or shut down or prosecuted for fraud.
Posted by LakevilleMN on 2010-10-20:
Total Protect = TOTAL RIPOFF. Stay away from that scam. I had a different, very good plan, in Minnesota for 10 years. Switched to Total Protect in August 2010. In October a contractor found cracks in the heat exchanger. Denied by Total Protect, claiming pre-existing conditions. TOTAL SCAM - DON'T BUY IT!!!!!!!!!
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