- Report: #1227065
Complaint Review: Smart Start - Nationwide
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Smart Start
Nationwide, USA
Phone:
844-783-0979
Web:
https://www.smartstartinc.com/
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Smart Start scammed me into getting device put in my vehicle when it was not required Nationwide
The company claims to calla the DMV to verify if you're eligble to have an interlock device placed into your car, place you on a hold (while they are probably answering other poor consumers), then say you are required. I went to the DMV after getting the device placed into my vehicle, they stated it was never required and to go back to get the device taken out. When you call Smart Start, they then want you to hold so they can "call the DMV" again to verify, in which they place you on hold for hours with no response. What kind of person runs this company?
They have fees associated with taking the device out too....go figure. I wonder how many people fall for this that this goes unseen. They just throw money down the drain for a device that's not needed on their vehicle for months. I suggest to any people with this issue to call the DMV yourself and not deal with such a scammer.
I wouldn't be suprised if they don't have a refund guarantee for effing up like they did either......still on hold...
2 Updates & Rebuttals
Alexander
Drexel hill,Pennsylvania,
United States
yup
#2General Comment
Tue, April 02, 2019
your right its a money making scam but more sinister then that, they gps track you, and honestly to me it appears to be a multi faceted proxy human trafficking scam, think about it lock u out leave u destitute and broke , someone takes over your phone plan without u noticing then they put u on driver watch parental controls!!!!,
look to your phone plan bro. their always connected theirs apps u can download to manipulate the device via bluetooth and wifi, look into it.
Robert
Irvine,California,
USA
Just why would you even be asking
#3Consumer Comment
Wed, May 06, 2015
So you really want us to believe that you were just so bored one day you called up this company to ask if you needed an Interlock Device put on your car, and they just out of the blue said yes so you did it.
Yea...I think there are some pieces missing.
For one, the only reason these are ever required is if you are a CONVICTED drunk driver(or you took a plea bargin so are not technically "convicted"). The requirement as to if you need or don't need it would be in your sentencing/probation guidelines. So what does your probation officer and courts say?
Because if you are found to actually be required to have one and are pulled over without it installed, you will most likely violate your probation and end up in jail. Which (IMO) is where you belong in the first place...but since the courts gave you this very lucky second chance..so be it.
