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Article #220Re: Quick(est) road service ? (was AAA membership)
From: Gregg Zupcsics
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 1994 19:26
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 1994 19:26
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<2us1rv$kpl@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> <2usfbb$s2o@news.csus.edu> <1994Jul2.162319.4217@cmkrnl> Organization: Racal Datacom X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.91.4 In article <1994Jul2.162319.4217@cmkrnl>, jeh@cmkrnl.com (Jamie Hanrahan, Kernel Mode Systems) says: > >In article <2usfbb$s2o@news.csus.edu>, stealth@mercury.sfsu.edu > >you should be aware that the AAA contract garages make less on an AAA tow than >they charge J. Random Driver. So if the garage to which AAA dispatches your >call happens to have several other calls pending, yours goes to the bottom of >the pile. This can make for some LONG waits. (Three hours, once, while waiting >with a friend. I've waited quite a while (usually around 40 minutes to an hour) the 3 times I've used AAA in the 15 years or so that I've had their sevice (2 batteries and a lockout). While this isn't _too_ bad, depending on where I'm stuck, I'd prefer faster response. So does anyone know of road service companies that guarantee rapid service? Or any companies that provide consistently fast response (whether they guarantee it or not)? Gregg Zupcsics gregg@sun1.racal.com
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