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Probably my "favorite" out direct mail advertising these are home warranty companies. We bought our home and immediately after, started getting letters about ho
by _fat_santa 2y ago
Probably my "favorite" out direct mail advertising these are home warranty companies. We bought our home and immediately after, started getting letters about home warranties. They take all the info from public record but they always do something to make it look like it's a bill from the government or some other "official" source. Some of my favorites:
- "FINAL NOTICE" printed on the letter (spoiler alert it's not the final notice)
- Use that paper that you have to rip on either side to open.
- Print the name of your mortgage company and other information to make it seem that they have info on you (all public record). Occasionally they will also print a "case number" which I assume is just some random numbers and letters.
I think the first one I got gave me a spook until I looked at the bottom and saw in 5pt print "we are not affiliated with any mortgage company or government agency, we are a home warranty service bla bla bla". Since then it's honestly kind of humorous to get one and see what tricks they tried to pull.
- ecshafer 2y agoI recently purchased/sold a home so I went through this a few times now. The warranties, title search, etc direct mail people are annoying. However, the actual ads for moving companies was great. I just got a stack of 30 moving company post cards, sorted it out by gut feeling basically, and started calling. It was a lot more efficient than google search.
- Spivak 2y agoI'm thankful that the name of my mortgage company is different from the slug they report publicly because it makes it very easy to discern garbage. Like somehow I don't think that this message from APPL is legit.