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Consumers Annoyed by Car Dealers and Foreclosure Relief Consultants

By Sam Glover

Topping the list of things that consumers were pissed off about last year were an old consumer predator and a new one. Car dealers stayed comfortably at the top of the list. But foreclosure relief consultants, a symptom of the foreclosure epidemic, moved the “credit/debt” category up into second place. They pushed shoddy construction contractors down into third.

Foreclosure relief consultants have been around for a long time, but with the explosion in foreclosures over the last few years, they have multiplied like rabbits. Since foreclosures are announced publicly, it makes foreclosed soon-to-be-non-homeowners easy targets for mass mailings. Most experience a deluge of “SAVE YOUR HOME” offers right after the notice of foreclosure.

Apparently, it can get annoying.

(thanks, Consumerist)

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Full post as published by Caveat Emptor on August 25, 2010 (boomark / email).