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POSTED: | BY: HHS
Deceptive Practice to be aware of
Spot was highly recommended to me by several acquaintances. As a result, I signed up online on Dec 25th for Spot for our 10 mos. old cavachon who is still at the trainer's facility and will be delivered to us Jan 2. I received a call from Spot a few days later (on Dec 29th) ostensively inquiring about whether we knew how the insurance worked and how to file claims and if we had any questions. In the course of the conversation, I mentioned that our dog would be delivered on Jan 2nd by the trainer. The representative harped on the point that the dog was not yet in our full possession and insisted we were not covered since the dog was not yet in our possession. I explained that the dog is fully owned and paid for by us and I tried to explain this to her, but it made no difference. She insisted that we had to reset the starting date to Jan 2nd and extend out the waiting period. The dog is healthy and again recently vet checked and offered to provide her a copy of the vet report. I told her all this, but it made no difference.
This seemed like a deceptive practice to me as it was not disclosed on the Spot website and the representative from Spot was insistent and not willing to escalate the matter to a higher level. This made me think that Spot might handle claims if I had any in a similar and deceptive matter to avoid payment. Had this issue on physical possession of the dog been clearly disclosed on the Spot website, I would have made the initial starting date later.
As a result, I canceled our insurance with Spot and went with another provider. The cancellation was within the 30 day period and therefore I received a full refund.
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