As you read in yesterday's post, AG Nixon has taken legal action against several companies that send out those extended warranty offers in the mail, claiming your car's factory warranty is about to expire.

Here is a column by a consumer reporter at MSNBC about these companies. While this is a national problem, we are discovering that for some reason, many of the companies in this business are based in the St. Louis area. Our sweep of lawsuits, BTW, was called Operation Taken for a Ride.

BTW, the word warranties is in quotes in the headline because these products are actually extended service contracts. This blog post explains the difference.