Top 10 Complaints of 2018

Top 10 Complaints of 2018

Arkansas Attorney General released annual list from state consumers

Arkansas Attorney General’s Office LITTLE ROCK — In conjunction with National Consumer Protection Week, March 3-9, Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced the top 10 most common complaints the Attorney General’s office received in 2018.

National Consumer Protection Week is a partnership with attorneys general from across the country, along with many national organizations, including the Better Business Bureau, Federal Trade Commission and AARP, to encourage consumers to understand their rights and make educated consumer decisions.

“At the Attorney General’s Office, we take every complaint seriously and will work diligently to protect Arkansans and hold bad actors accountable,” said Attorney General Rutledge.

The 10 most common complaint categories from 2018 were:

• Automobile sales, service financing and repair

• Sales of goods and services

• Health care

• Home repair, construction and maintenance

• Landlord/tenant and real estate

• Satellite, cable and internet service providers

• Wireless and landline telephone services

• Scams and opportunities

• Credit repairs and other financial services

• Utilities After falling to the number two most received complaint in 2017, automobilerelated transactions returned to the most common type of complaint reports to the Attorney General’s office in 2018. Last year, automobile sales, service financing and repairs brought in 1,200 complaints. These types of complaints often involve consumers reporting financing errors; high-pressure tactics to buy add-on services at the time of purchase, such as gap insurance, extended warranties; and sales misrepresentations.

Attorney General Rutledge’s office resolved 5,595 formal complaints in 2018. File a complaint online at ArkansasAG.gov.

For more information and tips to avoid scams and other consumer-related issues, contact the Arkansas Attorney General’s office at (800) 482-8982 or consumer@ arkansasag.gov or visit ArkansasAG.gov or facebook.com/AGLeslieRu tledge.

About Attorney General Leslie Rutledge Leslie Carol Rutledge is the 56th Attorney General of Arkansas. Elected on November 4, 2014, and sworn in on January 13, 2015, she is the first woman and first Republican in Arkansas history to be elected as Attorney General. She has led efforts to roll back government regulations that hurt job creators, fight the opioid epidemic, teach internet safety, combat domestic violence and make the office the top law firm for Arkansans. Rutledge serves as Chairwoman of the National Association of Attorneys General Southern Region and re-established and co-chairs the National Association of Attorneys General Committee on Agriculture. As the former Chairwoman of the Republican Attorneys General Association, she remains active on the Executive Board.

From Amanda Priest