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From: [email protected] (OrioleFan@uiuc)
Subject: Re: Geico
[email protected] (Mark Goldberg) writes:
>In rec.autos, [email protected] (Jeffrey Hoffmeister) writes:
>>My suggestion, stay where you are, or shop around but STAY AWAY from Geico!
>I strongly agree with Jeff. Here's my horror story. Many years back,
>I switched to Geico from State Farm to save some $$$$. I have a relatively
>new sports car, for which we covered with liability, collision, and
>comprehensive. With this make of car, new models came out in January,
>not September like other makes. The car was purchased in August of
>that year.
>We also had a much older clunker for which we only wanted liability.
>Low and behold, a vandal slashed the roof of the sports car and we put
>in a claim. This was in October - still the current model year for
>the car. A new top, with installation was $135. We had $50 deductible
>so we should have gotten $85. You had to go to Geico's local office
>to have an adjuster see the car, unlike State Farm that sent the adjusters
>to the shop or your place. He said, "Since the car is now one year
>old, we'll depreciate the top by $50, so you'll get $35 on the claim.
>This will also count as an accident against you, so your rate may increase."
>The hassle continued. Then we got a letter from Geico, saying "Claim
>denied - your policy on this car doesn't cover this." I then learned
>that their records had the full coverage (collision, etc.) on our old
>clunker, and only had liability for this new car!!!! They mixed up
>our cars in their records. I fixed the top myself with some carpet
>thread and dropped my claim. They still charged me with an "accident!"
>I cancelled my policy and switched to another company.
>The coup de gras came when they sent me a bill for an additional balance
>due for the difference in collision/comprehensive cost between my sports
>car and my clunker!!! I returned the bill unpaid with a nastygram,
>plus explicity directions to perform recto-cranial insertion!!!!
>Haven't heard from them since.
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Good for you. I am convinced that someone should start a boycott
against GEICO. Any takers?
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