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That car warranty you purchased may be worthless
Useless policies were sold through dealerships in Bucks, car subwoofer enclosure Lehigh counties.
By Tim Darragh | Of The Morning Call September 6, 2008
If you bought a car Budget Rent A Car Germany in the last few colorado car magnetic years and paid for an additional warranty, Shetland Car Loan you'd better take a look at which company is providing that coverage.
You may be rental car insurance holding a worthless policy.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett on Friday announced the filing of a consumer protection the wraith car lawsuit against Shafiq Hasan of Laguna Hills, Calif., operating as Pro-Guard International.
Pro-Guard sold the policies through auto dealerships in Bucks and Lehigh counties, Corbett sell your car said. His office declined to identify the dealerships.
According to the lawsuit, Pro-Guard sold vehicle service contracts and ''no claim bonus'' contracts costing as much as $140 each to consumers. The lawsuit says buyers were told they would receive up to $2,500 if, at the end of car louvres their pinewood derby car plans policy, they filed no claims.
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Pro-Guard last ford car with heater model a year filed for bankruptcy. The suit does not indicate how long Pro-Guard did business in Pennsylvania, but bankruptcy records Discount Car Rental Calgary show that as far back as 2004, the business reported $3.1 car insurance for woman million in revenues.
''Consumers purchased the Pro-Guard warranties, believing that they were protecting their vehicles, and also paid extra for the 'no claim bonus,' with the promise that they would get their money back if they did not file any warranty claims,'' Corbett said in a statement. ''Instead, consumers have been left with worthless warranties and empty promises about refunds.''
Pro-Guard also is accused in the lawsuit best car seat of trying to impose additional conditions on consumers to avoid paying refunds, and setting unreasonably short claims deadlines -- as little as 15 days in some the free car cases -- making it difficult for used car prices consumers to comply with the claims process, Corbett said.
The suit, filed in Bucks County Court, seeks restitution, car antenna penalties of up to car pollution $3,000 per violation and a prohibition on Hasan doing business in Pennsylvania until the restitution and fines are paid. Hasan could not be reached for comment.
A spokesman for Corbett advised consumers to check their records to see if they purchased a Pro-Guard contract. Drivers who haven't had to file a claim, he said, could be unaware that they wholesale car parts have one.
Consumers who have Pro-Guard contracts are urged to contact the attorney general's Consumer car design Protection Hotline at 1-800-441-2555, or file an online complaint at http://www.attorneygeneral.gov and highlight the ''complaints'' tab.
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