I recently had some experience w/ Home Warranty of America (HWA). HWA called, said a customer's electrical panel was leaking water so I drove over, pulled the cover and discovered it was condensation. Warm air from outside was infiltrating the panel thru the 2" conduit between the panel and exterior meter socket. We typically seal it with duct seal.
Panel, breakers, buss showed signs of corrosion so I wrote up a proposal to replace and emailed. Weeks go by, they called looking for the proposal so I send it again. Weeks go by, another call looking for the proposal so I send it yet again.
Finally after a couple of months they call to say it's been approved. They email my proposal back w/no signature. So I call and say someone needs to sign this. We don't sign proposals. Then I don't do the work. Finally she signs it so I call to say I need a CC to insure payment. We pay by check. I said that's fine but I still need a CC on file just in case.
That takes a couple of days to get. Finally I replace the panel
Now, in the middle of all of this waiting HWA sends out a mass email to all contractors asking if they are still interested in doing work for HWA. The person who sent it out didn't do a BCC (blind carbon copy) so everyone can see everyone's email. Contractors start Replying All
The majority of responses were, "Hell NO!! How about you pay me for the work I've already done?" When I saw that that's when I demanded a CC
The customer says she has used the warranty several times w/out a problem