Call for Action: Dozens of customers complain of contractor's work
When a company wrongs its customers, who is there to hold them accountable?
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Call for Action Success: How we got a local woman back $8,000 after overpaying for a car
Call for Action volunteers are celebrating another success story after answering the call from a local woman who says she was tricked into spending more money at a car dealership.
Call for Action: these are the volunteers helping solve your consumer complaint
MADISON, Wis. -- All week long, News 3 Now is pulling back the curtain to introduce you to the faces behind the phones of our Call for Action team. These are the folks tasked with hearing your consumer complaint, calling…
Call for Action: Why you should join the most successful arm in the country
MADISON, Wis. -- Our focus on Call for Action continues this week with an interview talking to our lead volunteer Barb. She discusses how our team has become the…
Call for Action Week: Meet the volunteers behind the phones
News 3 Now is celebrating Call for Action week - an opportunity to thank our team of volunteers for their hard work and remind you they can help solve your biggest consumer complaints. Call for Action is a nonprofit arm…
Call for Action: Should seasonal residents get a lifetime boat slip in Lake Mills?
LAKE MILLS, Wis. -- A Lake Mills man is calling for action over what he calls an unfair process to gain a…
Call for Action: What to do if you're the victim of a scam
MADISON, Wis. -- We are continuing our Call for Action to help protect your retirement savings from scammers - but what if you've…
Call for Action success: How to protect your retirement savings from scammers
A Call for Action success story is giving us a reason to remind you to change your password - it could save you $215,000.
Call for Action follow-up: Teacher Pledge helps forgive your student loans
A new program at the University of Wisconsin is helping more teachers pay off their student loans in exchange for committing to state schools.
Call for Action: How hard is it to get your student loans forgiven?
A retired Madison educator is calling for action over a federal loan forgiveness problem - the issue at hand, whether she qualifies as a teacher.
Call for Action success: Madison musician helped after months without phone service
OREGON, Wis. -- A Madison music icon called for action after losing access to internet and phone service for nearly two months. You might…
Call for Action success: volunteers get family back $18,000 after home damaged
News 3 Now This Morning is wrapping up Call for Action week with a success story years in the making. Sarah Shepler is more…
Call for Action: Fencing company leaves families out thousands with no work completed
MADISON, Wis. -- The pandemic has provided many families the opportunity to focus on home improvement projects - but it's also the…
Call for Action: Water heater fixed for family with newborn
Call for Action Week continues on News 3 Now This Morning with a look at the impact the CFA team has had on viewers across the Madison…
Call for Action: How you can help our community fight back against crooked companies
In the last year, our Call for Action volunteers helped get back more than $200,000 to local people who called us for help -- and now they need your help.
Call for Action: Don't be a target for scams this hunting season
Sporting goods store offers up advice for sportsmen and businessmen
Sporting goods store offers up advice for sportsmen and businessmen
Call for Action: Could Wisconsin see $4 gas?
MADISON, Wis. -- Is it possible we might see $4 gas? It's a question the nation's energy secretary answered by saying, "we certainly hope not." Call…
Call for Action: Are staffing shortages disrupting your child's education?
A Madison mom is calling for action over how school staffing shortages might be impacting her daughter's education.
Call For Action success: new road signs coming to dangerous stretch of road
News 3 Now's Call For Action team is getting results for neighbors who live on a stretch of road in Dane County that's prone to accidents.
How to avoid back-to-school shopping scams for tech supplies
Wisconsin Consumer Protection says many shoppers are getting duped by clickbait scams online by sharing sensitive payment information for products that don't exist.
When it comes to things like laptops, tablets, headphones, and other gadgets, Consumer Protection encourages you to stick to retailers and avoid places like Facebook marketplace or Craiglist.
Call for Action helps with 'nightmare' living room set
Julia Culles said it was a nightmare trying to get a living room set from Bob's Discount Furniture.
Julia called the Better Business Bureau and even reached out for advice on a Facebook group. That's when she Called for Action, getting ahold of our volunteers to work on her behalf.
Call for Action: How to avoid canceled flight fees
If you had to cancel vacation plans because of the pandemic, you're not alone - it's cost Americans millions of dollars over the last year and a half.
Call for Action success: woman celebrates one month recovery from COVID
A local woman is receiving the care she needs after a COVID diagnosis, a 3-month stay in the hospital and a Call for Action to help her fight her insurance company for coverage.
Call for Action: Protecting your money from contractor scams
The Outlanders are thankful they called for action and they're hoping this advice will help others avoid a similar mess.
"Be careful who you hire, make sure you check them out really really well," homeowner Donna Outlander says.
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