Contract issue - please help

One company came to our home and showed us their windows. They told us that there are two warranties for their windows. One is from them (lifetime). Another is from the window manufacturer (35 years warranty for free labor and parts and no prorated) which means if they go out of business and we still have the manufacturer warranty. Sound great. We signed the contract. I reviewed the contract next day and found there is nothing about the window manufacturer warranty in the contract. I called the company and asked them where the manufacturer warranty is. I got the call back and was told that they would send me the manufacturer warranty. A couple days later, I received the letter from the company and found a copy of the manufacturer warranty which seems that the windows are covered for 35 years with free labor and parts. Just for cautions, I called the window manufacturer by the phone number on the warranty and asked whether the warranty will be honored. I was told by the manufacturer that only parts are covered and the first person told me that I have to pay the shipping. I feel that I can't trust the company anymore so that I called the company and told them that I wanted to cancel the contract. They told me that I should cancel it yesterday because there are only three business days to cancel the contract which expired at midnight yesterday. They don't let me cancel it. But I told them that the information (the manufacturer warranty paper) is provided for me is not right so that I couldn't make the timely decision. What should I do now?

thanks,

Charley

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Charley
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Contact an attorney.

Reply to
Travis Jordan

I feel for ya .. we are working on buying windows right now as well. It's worse than buying a used car. :( Can you contact your local TV station that does this kind of thing? I would give that a try. ~Kat

"The early bird gets the worm, the second mouse gets the cheese."

Reply to
Jarkat2002

The whole window installation racket is starting to become a big scam. I constantly have would-be window installers trying to sell me windows all the time at highly inflated prices.. Window prices vary. However, installation should cost more than $ 150 per opening on retrofits. Nail-in windows installation labor runs about $250-350 per window opening. Shop around and you will find a variety of prices.

Reply to
ck

They lied and you could not make a decision till you found out the truth. Contract void. Write them a letter state that and that you are canceling the job and wont authorise payment because warranty is not what was agreed upon. If they show up call the police, its your house, since they lied they have nothing to stand on.

Reply to
m Ransley

If you gave them a ck already call the bank to stop payment, even at this time of day. If they cashed it and refuse a refund contact the atty general. Or you could have the job done, nobody offers labor in replacements. A bad taste you will have if they do the job. Or have them do it and refuse final payment, let the courts decide what the warranty is worth.

Reply to
m Ransley

You call them and tell them that they can either cancel the contract nicely or you'll have the consumer protection fraud division of the state investigate them for fraud. That usually stops it right there. Then just to be on the safe side, you contact the Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division in your state and you file a written complaint. Been there, done that. If you go to a private attorney, you'll have to put money up front. Consumer protection run by the state doesn't cost you a dime. It's what they are there for and your taxes pay for it. Meanwhile, if anyone shows up, you don't let them on your property.

Bob

Reply to
rck

Shame on you for not reviewing it *before* you signed it.

Hopefully you didn't also give them any money before reviewing the contract.

But, I agree with what several others have said. Don't let 'em touch your house, and contact you state's consumer protection agency if the installer won't accept your canceling the contract or won't return any money you already gave them.

If you have given them any money, start realizing you may never see it back.

Good Luck,

Jeff

Reply to
Jeff Wisnia

I had given money. Took six months but Consumer Protection did get my money back for me. Go get 'em.

Bob

Reply to
rck

i'm a little lost on one part of this.

so you are saying they faked or purposefully misled you with the manufacturer warranty papers that they gave you?

if they, in good faith, have given you a copy of the manufacturers warranty provided to them, specifying parts and labor for the make and model of the windows that are to be installed, and the window manufacturer is saying something different to you, it seems the real issue is with the window manufacturer and not the guys you made the contract with.

you may have to do battle with the manufacturer to get them to enforce the warranty they gave on their product to the contractor. you may be able to get the contractor to do some of the fighting as well.

so who's really lying here?

randy

Reply to
xrongor

BBB, small claims court and media.

(and read things FIRST before signing)

Reply to
Chuck Yerkes

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