Miata Mailing List: April 1999, Message #257

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FWIW:

  I too have been a State Farm policy holder for more than 25 years (though 
not continuous as they didn't have much of a presence in Connecticut).  And 
had VERY good service... most of those years.

  In the last two years though, I've had two incidents... one where I 
pulled into a gravel parking lot to turn around but unfortunately the power 
company had it cabled off with an unmarked unflagged guy wire (illegal as 
hell in most states that I know) - they paid and jacked my rates.  Didn't 
say squat to the power company... and a second where my son hit some ice 
and slid off the road.  Car was undamaged... until the tow truck driver 
decided it would be cooler to pull it out sideways rather than straight out 
(which WAS possible).  They paid, haven't done squat to the tow truck 
driver!  Guess who will pay MORE...  funny I thought that was what the 
original premium was for, silly me.

So.... !!

Ric Allan
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-----Original Message-----
From:	Paul Williamson [SMTP:williamp@bit-net.com]
Sent:	Thursday, April 01, 1999 10:28 AM
To:	Multiple recipients of list
Subject:	Re: Justin Fisher's unfortunate incident, lets do something

At 4/1/99 07:43 AM -0500, Eric Knight wrote:
>Gang,
>
>We are strong group of members with enough voices to make a change.
>This unfortunate incident coud have happened to any one of us.  So,
>let's get on State Farm's page and flood them with comments.  If enough
>people stand up for what is right, there will be a change.  What do you
>say?  Go to:  http://www.statefarm.com/email.htm
>
>and tell them what you think!

Eric,

Whoa....  Let's not go off the deep end here, at least not yet.  We have
only heard Justin's side.  Let's here State Farm's side as well.  I'm sure
that what Justin said is true but the agent may need to readjust his report 
to the home office.  I have been a State Farm policy holder for over 25
years and never had any issues with them.  I'm sure there is some
misunderstanding or missing information that can easily be rectified.  I
have no personal gain in this and I don't know Justin from Adam, other than 
he has a Miata and lives in Philadelphia.  I also don't know the agent.  I
do know the company and this certainly does not sound like the State Farm
that I do business with.


Paul
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