It pays to be an old fart and shop around
#1
It pays to be an old fart and shop around
We have just saved $823 a year by changing our house and auto insurance from Farmers to AARP insurance with The Hartford and with slightly better cover.
Pays to be a doddering old git at times
Pays to be a doddering old git at times
#2
Re: It pays to be an old fart and shop around
You've posted in the wrong forum you doddering old git. Use the money you've saved for an eye test and glasses.
#4
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Joined: Oct 2003
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Re: It pays to be an old fart and shop around
Good luck.
I hope your eye sight holds up ok and you don't make any mistakes with your payments. We used them for a while and after a while I signed up for direct debit and somewhere along the line my bank account number was incorrectly put into the system. I didn't know until they canceled my policy by saying I had insufficent funds and apparantly it was my fault.
First of all they took the number off a voided check I sent them, so it was not my mistake. Secondly the money they were trying to debit was not mine as it wasn't my bank account. I even had a 3 way call with Hartford and my bank.
The Hartford rep was really really rude, and would not listen to either my bank or me . Two days later her supervisor called to apologize and to re-instate us. I declined. I don't rate their customer service at all
#6
Re: It pays to be an old fart and shop around
shooting range tomorrow.
#8
Re: It pays to be an old fart and shop around
It was in the Immigration forum. Hope you haven't got a hangover this morning.
#9
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Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 436
Re: It pays to be an old fart and shop around
I found Hartford excellent for our two cars. I have a 12 month policy with them and I pay more or less the same as I did for a 6 month policy with other insurance companies. House quote wasn't too good though.
Last edited by Zonie; Jun 26th 2010 at 3:00 pm. Reason: grammar
#11
Re: It pays to be an old fart and shop around
We saved a year $636 on the car insurance and $187 on the house insurance and for the car insurance Hartford usage and mileage cover is better.
#13
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Joined: Jul 2010
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Re: It pays to be an old fart and shop around
I switched my home and car insurance to The Hartford when I joined AARP a few years ago. Their rates looked much better at the time, but after I made a fender bender claim last year, I saw their service was very good too.
#14
Re: It pays to be an old fart and shop around
That's always good to knew, you do wonder if service suffers to get the costs down.