“US Fidelis settles Verizon suit; AT&T going after “John Doe” firms”

http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/the-savvy-consumer-blog/us-fidelis/2009/04/us-fidelis-settles-verizon-suit-att-going-after-john-doe-firms/

Thank God, U.S. Fidelis was not named as a defendant in this lawsuit.

Must admit that your title above concerning this lawsuit under the different thread that I posted above appears to tie U.S. Fidelis to this lawsuit when you were on a roll trashing U.S. Fidelis and its founder.

You stated that this lawsuit was only against companies in the “extended auto warranty” industry which was NOT ACCURATE whatsoever.

But, I must give you credit, you have done a terrific job of trashing the “Extended Auto Warranty” industry, but especially the biggest one in this country, U.S. Fidelis that operatives are attempting to destroy along with that industry entirely.

Would have been nice Matthew if you had done a little research and shared with your readers the industry these companies are/were in.

Oops:

I should have stated [industries] as in plural above.

D.Walker,

All the companies and individuals sued are accused of selling extended auto-service contracts over the phone or offering technical assistance to those that do.

As far as the April 30 blog post goes, the headline doesn’t tie US Fidelis to the AT&T suit in any way. I suggest you read the headline again. Furthermore, I don’t know how I could have been any more clear in that post that the defendants were unnamed and unknown. In fact, in the April 30 blog post, I specifically noted that the companies sued by Verizon might not be sued by AT&T: “The companies haven’t been named yet, so there’s no reason to believe US Fidelis, National Dealers Warranty or Dealers Warranty are involved in the suit.”

Matthew:

Are you sure that C1F, a/k/a Choice One Financial, Inc isn’t a mortgage broker or company or something of that nature? Maybe you have better check out who all the others really are also, makes one wonder if you are correct about any of these other companies where it isn’t just obvious who they are.

http://www.choiceonefinancial.com/

By the way, when anyone read a title such as, “US Fidelis settles Verizon suit; AT&T going after “John Doe” firms”, it most certainly does make a mental imprint into one’s brain that U.S. Fidelis is probably more than likely than not part of that AT&T complaint. If that was not what you were attempting to paint into one’s psyche, why did you title it that way instead of giving it its separate thread?

Of course, I noticed that you in the last paragraph placed your little disclaimer, but, so what, its no different than those small print disclaimers in promotional materials people receive in their mail. (lol).

CCI, Consulting Computers Internatioal 537 Newport Center Dr
Newport Beach, CA 92660
949) 215-4941

Are you certain that this company is sued for calling on behalf of the extended auto warranty industry or just telephone calls to their customers?

The lawsuit alleges that all defendants were involved in the selling of extended auto-service contracts. This is, in fact, the very first point made in the section of the complaint (linked above) under “Facts relevant to all counts.” Here’s what it says:

Defendants have made millions of unsolicited telemarketing calls to ATTM subscribers on their wireless phones, including calls made to ATTM company official use accounts, by using an autodialer and a prerecorded voice message (the “Telemarketing Calls”). The Telemarketing Calls relate to the expiration of “car warranties.”

Well, that would make some of the lawsuit’s allegations, where it claims that the calls were on behalf of the “extended auto warranty” industry, not so accurate because, some of these companies make no such calls for that industry.

Because of your encyclopedic knowledge of every business dealing of the defendant companies, and those of their subsidiaries, you might be able to say with certainty that none of the firms or individuals sell extended service contracts. I don’t presume that much. If you’re right, the lawsuit ought to be dismissed in quick order. Let’s see.