primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . september 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message barnone 1 800 barnone industry lead generation founded 1995 headquarters oakland california u.s. parent centrro inc. website www.barnone.com barnone 1 800 barnone is a lead generation company based in oakland california . barnone was founded in 1995 1 and was later purchased by the first advantage corporation in 2005 for their dealer services segment . 2 they were later sold to centrro inc. in august 2009 . barnone connects consumers seeking an auto loan with auto dealerships . consumers are targeted through direct mail television ads and internet marketing . 3 barnone targets consumers who typically have bad credit that need help with an auto loan . in 2002 barnone inc. acquired rights to adopt the former pets.com sockpuppet 4 in their advertisements 5 replacing fran tarkenton . barnone s slogan is everybody deserves a second chance . 6 notes edit http www.barnone.com company history.aspx barnone.com company history http www.hotstocked.com companies f first advantage cp cl a fadv description 53049.html first advantage cp cl a fadv description of business barnone dealer site http web.archive.org web 20020602084525 www.barnone.com sockpuppetrelease.htm sock puppet on board with barnone http www.barnone.com watch our ads.aspx barnone sock puppet commercials pets.com external links edit barnone official web site barnone dealer site fadv parent company site this united states corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title barnone & oldid 726892709 categories companies established in 1995companies based in oakland californiaunited states company stubshidden categories articles lacking reliable references from september 2015all articles lacking reliable referencesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 25 june 2016 at 04 01 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view