They call it ‘upselling’. Here’s how it works. Your wife takes her car to get a quick, low-priced oil change. The low price is just to get you in the door, and your car on the rack. While her car is on the rack, the mechanic says he found some other repairs that need to […]
Here’s how it works.
Your wife takes her car to get a quick, low-priced oil change. The low price is just to get you in the door, and your car on the rack.
While her car is on the rack, the mechanic says he found some other repairs that need to be done. He even takes pictures of it.
You take the car to a trusted mechanic and show him the pictures and the list of repairs, and, you guessed it, none of them need to be done.
In Orlando, at WFTV, the Cox-owned ABC affiliate, Todd Ulrich has been the station’s consumer reporter for 25 years.
A couple months ago, Ulrich set up hidden cameras when some air conditioning companies came to do a routine tune-up.
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The man told the homeowner that he found mold in the air conditioning system and to expect big trouble.
“He was really instilling fear that if I didn’t do something I was going to be sick,” said the homeowner.
This investigation really resonated with some viewers.
Patti Starkey: THANK YOU CHANNEL 9 for EXPOSING these THIEVES…that’s all they can be called!! Next…please SHOW ALL THE BIZ NAMES & FACES!!!
Sarge Kerr Keep it up, Todd. We NEED this kind of reporting …..
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