http://responsiblemarketing.com/blog/2008/11/06/hall-of-shame-misleading-mortgage-marketers?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hall-of-shame-misleading-mortgage-marketers where commerce and conscience come together Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://responsiblemarketing.com/blog/2008/11/06/hall-of-shame-misleading-mortgage-marketers/comment-page-1#comment-4739 Erica Rose Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:54:24 +0000 http://responsiblemarketing.com/blog/?p=683#comment-4739 A very well written article. Thanks for the good tips! A very well written article. Thanks for the good tips!

]]> http://responsiblemarketing.com/blog/2008/11/06/hall-of-shame-misleading-mortgage-marketers/comment-page-1#comment-2799 moon Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:31:43 +0000 http://responsiblemarketing.com/blog/?p=683#comment-2799 I've received that sort of solicitation before and I think they are deplorable. One time was on the phone with a telemarketer, and I asked her where they even got that info in the first place, and apparently you can get that information from City Hall when you buy your house, and it is registered there as a transfer of property, and also the property transfer is posted in the newspaper. Considering the uses that sort of information gets used for any more, maybe it is time to talk to our legislators about guarding our privacy. Is it even really necessary to make that sort of information a matter of public record anymore? Maybe there was a reason for it once, but I don't see any good reason for it now. They also have ways of finding out from the DMV when you've bought and registered a new car for example, when I bought my car, I got all kinds of mailings from a company trying to sell me an extended service plan that was not the service plan for the dealership I bought it from, or from the company that made the car, but the initial wording was designed to lead to the impression that this was a factory warranty program, even though my car is way too old to be eligible for any warranties at this point, I bought it used. Looking further, it was some independent company trying to sell me their service. I think considering the way personal information is used in general, we really need to talk to our legislators about ways to go about safeguarding it, who my mortgage is with is nobody's d*** business! I’ve received that sort of solicitation before and I think they are deplorable. One time was on the phone with a telemarketer, and I asked her where they even got that info in the first place, and apparently you can get that information from City Hall when you buy your house, and it is registered there as a transfer of property, and also the property transfer is posted in the newspaper. Considering the uses that sort of information gets used for any more, maybe it is time to talk to our legislators about guarding our privacy. Is it even really necessary to make that sort of information a matter of public record anymore? Maybe there was a reason for it once, but I don’t see any good reason for it now. They also have ways of finding out from the DMV when you’ve bought and registered a new car for example, when I bought my car, I got all kinds of mailings from a company trying to sell me an extended service plan that was not the service plan for the dealership I bought it from, or from the company that made the car, but the initial wording was designed to lead to the impression that this was a factory warranty program, even though my car is way too old to be eligible for any warranties at this point, I bought it used. Looking further, it was some independent company trying to sell me their service. I think considering the way personal information is used in general, we really need to talk to our legislators about ways to go about safeguarding it, who my mortgage is with is nobody’s d*** business!

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