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Article #319Re: Auto Insurance - how to get it in CA and what to look for ?
From: Fred Scott
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1992 20:11
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1992 20:11
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In article <1992Oct7.173020.20196@tcsi.com> gwu@nujoizey.tcs.com (George Wu) writes: >- > CSAA was certainly the cheapest insurance I found. I checked a >good half dozen of the commercial companies. However, be sure to shop >around by calling up several different agents (not just companies). >Insurance premiums are notorious for random variations. > > One fair warning: I've heard a couple of stories of poeple >complaining CSAA undervalues/over-depreciates the value of a car >damaged in an accident. This would mean you might not get as much >as you think your car is worth if it were totalled, and CSAA might >consider it totalled when another company might not. I've not seen >widespread complaints of this sort, so I'm not sure it's a valid >complaint either. Actually, I haven't met anyone who's made a claim with them who has a *good* story. They tried to rip me off for about 45% of the value of my car (which was totalled by a CSAA-insured driver) and their attitude was: so sue us if you don't like it. I've heard the same story from others who've made claims. Fred
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Newsgroups: ca.general Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!europa.asd.contel.com!darwin.sura.net!sgiblab!sgigate!cronkite!earwax!fred_s From: fred_s@earwax.pei.com (Fred Scott) Subject: Re: Auto Insurance - how to get it in CA and what to look for ? Message-ID: <1992Oct8.201128.14756@pei.com> Sender: usenet@pei.com (Net News) Nntp-Posting-Host: earwax.pei.com Organization: Protocol Engines Incorporated References: <1aqktaINNch2@fido.asd.sgi.com> <1992Oct7.173020.20196@tcsi.com> Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 20:11:28 GMT Lines: 22