After The Storm, The Vermin Come Out

Posted on | October 13, 2010 | 2 Comments

I had to deal with some unpleasant visitors today, and they upset me so much I have to tell you about it.

As you may be aware (especially if you are in Phoenix) we had a wild, vicious hail storm last week. Homes in the Valley lost windows, skylights, roofs, air conditioners… Cars appear to have been set upon by a hammer wielding crackpot (I think I heard that at least one dealership had only 10-15 cars undamaged on their lot of hundreds)

A young man rang the bell at my office today. When I went to the door he started in with, “I’m with Omega, we’re out of Chandler. I’m in the neighborhood working with some of your neighbors doing some installation…” [note: my office is in a house] I asked, “What are you selling?” He tried, “Well, if you come out here I can show you”

Really, I don’t need to come outside for you to tell me what your product is. Finally he admitted they were replacing windshields. I said, “So you are here looking for people who’ll fall for your plan to scam insurance companies. Not interested”

I closed the door and went back to work.

About 45 minutes later someone rang the bell twice, then banged on the door – the way you would if you were being chased by a man in a leather mask with a chain saw. I go to the door and it is a different guy, same scam. “I’ve just been talking to your neighbor, Dave. Do you know Dave? We’re here in the neighborhood…blah blah”

I tell him I’m not interested, but he is unconvinced, the remainder of the conversation goes something like this.

“If you just come out here I’ll show you”
“There is no damage to my windshield”
“It isn’t just windshields, it’s all safety equipment, mirrors…”
“So you can bill people’s insurance. You are part of a scam.”
“No, the insurance company sends us out, your insurance company sent us out”
“Really, who is my insurance company?”
“Well, we’re working with all of them”
At this point he rifles through his stack of orders and starts reading off insurance company names
“But you said my insurance company sent you. Why would my insurance company send you?”
“Well we are here because the insurance companies sent us to deal with the damage your neighbors had from the hail, so we are talking to other people”
“You are looking for people that you can convince to give you their insurance info so you can bill them for repairs that aren’t needed. That is fraud. I’m not interested”
“If you were to call your insurance company, they would send somebody out. They might call us to come out”
“No, they would not call Omega. I am not interested”
“Is this your car? If you come out we can look at the damage…”
“If I had any damage, I’d have called my insurance company. I had no damage to my car, so I didn’t’
“But if you’d just come…”
“Look. I HAD NO HAIL DAMAGE TO MY CAR. If there is damage now, it happened while it was in a covered space since you guys have been in the neighborhood”
“Well, you are making it sound like…I’m not gonna stay here and listen…”
“I told you several times I wasn’t interested. You chose to continue to badger me, that was your choice”

Closed the door, went back to work.

Then, when I was leaving, another Omega salesman came up to me. “Is this your car? I’m in the neighborhood to help people like you with their hail damage”

I saw at least three more of their vermin knocking on doors as I drove down the block. It was like watching a bunch of cockroaches scurrying through a pantry. Ugh.

I decided to look them up when I got home – turns out Omega Glass is every bit the pond scum I thought they were.
UPDATE: Here’s another Omega Glass review

I hope they didn’t hook many people yesterday…

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