Maytag man repair fraud

[Cybrvanr]

A Maytag repairman submits fradulent warranty claims against washers on the sales floor of hardware stores. You know, if you wanted to commit warranty fraud, Maytag isn't the one to do...It's pretty obvious when the numbers show only ONE of the Maytag men are actually busy!

BTW: How on earth can an appliance cost $41,000 to repair! I don't think anybody here has ever put that much into restoring a vintage machine!

http://www.rgj.com/article/20090219/NEWS18/90219047&OAS_sitepage=news.rgj.com%2Fbreakingnews

 

[danemodsandy]

Remember, Mr. Maytag Repairman:

In prison, you're never lonely.

 

[perc-o-prince]

Unbelievable! He's 'repairing' new units, yet I had a hell of a time trying to get my less-than-a-year-old Maytag a/c repaired a few years ago!

Chuck

 

[goatfarmer]

A few years ago, my parts man told me of a local repair guy who was repairing leaking Amana washers under warranty. I guess to change the seal, you had to pretty much disassemble most of the washer. Removing a few more bolts removed the transmission completely. So he was doing transmission R&R's, under warranty, and replacing working transmissions. Turning them in for credit, and getting paid more money from Amanatag. He did quite a few, I don't think he was ever caught.

 

[sudsmaster]

I once had a motorcycle I bought new. There was a slight leak from one of the oil cooler lines. I brought it into the dealership for warranty repair three times, and it still leaked. I remember having to sign off on the warranty repair papers each time before they'd give me the bike. Finally I went to their parts counter, bought the o-rings (cost maybe $2), and then fixed it myself. You'll never guess what I found: the leaking line had the original o-ring which had a chunk missing out of it.

I let the dealer's shop manager know what I found. Got the blank look. I also made sure that everyone I knew who owned that brand motorcycle in the area also knew about it as well (and it wasn't the only thing they screwed up, either, like doing a tune-up and setting the camshafts retarded one tooth so it ran like crap). They eventually went out of business, as they should have.