Somehow my fairly unknown cell phone number has been put on the list used by fly-by-night extended auto warranty hacks who try and sucker people into buying their useless product that costs up to $700/year or more. I just received the latest of what seems to be about a call a week from various numbers threatening dire roadside emergencies and other dramas unless I re-up my supposedly expired factory warranty with them. Over at his MSNBC column, ConsumerMan Herb Weisbaum has more on why paying these guys is a bad, bad idea and why their entire practice of calling cell phones should be investigated by the FTC.