Articles Posted in ‘ Home Warranty Companies ’ Category
Warranty Companies on Most Complained List again
Sunday, February 24th, 2008The leading real estate portal Angie’s list has released its annual list of best and worst rated companies based on member surveys. Home Warranty companies topped Most Complained List for 3rd Straight Year. Thirty-eight percent of the reports for home warranty companies were “F” grades. In addition, architects, structural engineering and solar panel companies made the bottom ten for the second year in a row. Angie’s List collected nearly 300,000 reports in 2007 from members who graded service companies on overall experience, price, quality, responsiveness and punctuality. Here is the list.
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Angie’s List Top 10 worst grade earners:
1. Warranty companies
2. Home builders
3. Furniture sales
4. Internet service providers
5. Architects
6. Structural engineering
7. Solar panels
8. Taxi/Shuttle service
9. Entertainment/party services
10. Mattresses
Angie’s List Top 10 best grade earners:
1. Veterinarians
2. Dog walkers
3. Piano tuning
4. Animal training
5. Hauling
6. Hair salons/barbers
7. Upholstery cleaning services
8. Animal/house sitters
9. Window cleaners
10. Lighting services
Handyman Confessions
Tuesday, October 9th, 2007One of the popular questions about home warranty policy is whether they are worth buying? Many people wonder if they are better off repairing the appliances themselves using the premium and deductible per incident they will have paid to warranty companies otherwise. This question comes up often because warranty repair claims are rejected quoting some unrealistic reasons and generally homeowners give up after fighting for a while.
Sometimes back I read a comment in a discussion forum posted by a licensed plumber who worked for various home warranty companies. It is interesting to get his perspective of the home warranty. You can read the complete article from Yahoo! Answers Maintenance and Repairs section
His opinion -
The contractors go to your home and try to find reasons to get your claim turned down by the warranty company and warranty companies have a lot of reasons they will turn down claims for. When your claim is denied you (shell) out the 50 dollar copay plus the repair of your problem. The contractors do this because they make more money.
Now you know why your home warranty genuine repair claims are denied for all wrong reasons! He claims that home warranty companies do not encourage contractors to complete the repair work for obvious reasons. But don’t lose hope yet as we still have some good warranty companies and you can get their ratings from Home Warranty Provider Ratings link on this website. Many homeowners fight back warranty companies and used various tactics such as threating a law suite, approaching public media etc. and were successful.
Handyman continues and explains how he eventually quit his job that employed unfair tactics.
My boss actually told me to try and get claims turned down and my incentive was that he would give me half of whatever money I brought in. I did this for only about 2 months and had to quit because it is morally wrong.
Do not plan to drop your home warranty policy, after reading this article! Your situation may demand home warranty even though some claims get denied. Also, you may have a reputed warranty company.
Read the following article to find out if you really need home warranty before you make your decision
http://www.homewarrantyreviews.com/do-i-need-home-warranty
Annoyances with Home Warranty Policies
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007It is not too difficult to find home warranty policy owners who are frustrated with the services they were offered. While the buyers think they have received the raw end of the deal, warranty companies justify their take by quoting contract terms and small prints often neglected by the buyers. Obviously, with the premium we pay, warranty companies do not make money if they provide the kind of service buyers would have wanted.
This page contains a list of articles and discussion threads about home warranty annoyances experienced by buyers. Most of the opinions about the services here are obviously not positive. However, you should be aware that bad experiences and bad news spread out fast, while positive experiences about these companies are not recorded very often. If you are looking to buy home warranty, you will never find a perfect company based on these opinions. The game is about weeding out the really bad ones by choice of elimination!
To keep these annoyances in perspective, we suggest you read our articles - Home Warranty Buyers Guide and Things you must know about home warranty
We also have user reviews on each of the home warranty companies available on this website. Please visit Provider Ratings section for a detailed review
Opinions stated below are from independent websites and homewarrantyreviews.com neither endorses, nor denies them.
Home Warranty Consumer reviews from My3cents.com contains a long list of reviews and covers many warranty companies. You can post your opinion as well.
Opinions from eHow.com - eHow.com published an article explaining how to get home warranty. Readers shared their problems with home warranty providers and policy here
Discussions forums at epinions.com contain reviews and home warranty scams
Complaints about AHS
From www.mortgagenewsdaily.com
From consumeraffairs.com
Problems with Mutual Warranty
Scam.com Article
Problems with First American
Epinions.com Article
Problems with 2-10 Home Warranty
How one person fought with 2-10 home warranty to pursue the claim
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