plain, I'd have loved to have been in a business where it was illegal to NOT buy my product.
On Jul 27, 10:48 am, plainolamerican <[email protected]> wrote: > How many people in today's economy are getting > royally screwed like this I have to wonder? > --- > only your insurance company know for sure > and your lawyer > and your accountant > and your doctor > > you know, those people who think they deserve more for their services > than you do for yours > > On Jul 24, 1:41 pm, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Little incident happened today that makes me furious and I'll be > > damned if I can think of any excuse/justification other than plain old > > fashioned greed on the part of insurance companies. > > My oldest son is just now recovering from an extended period of > > unemployment bad enough that he had to return a new Jag that he could > > no longer afford. I loaned him an old 4-wheel drive I kept for fishing > > trips. I, of course ,had it licensed and insured in my own name. > > He recently started a decent job and was going to buy a used Malibu I > > loaned him the money to buy. He called the insurance agent he'd had > > for years to check on the insurance rate for it and was told he would > > have to file what is called an SR-22 and would have to pay high risk > > rates, the same as if he'd had multiple chargeable accidents, moving > > violations and/or even a DUI! Why, he quite reasonably asked. He was > > told it was because he had not had auto insurance for more than 6 > > consecutive months. That's it! > > He had been driving with the same driver's license, had received no > > tickets, no accidents, no nothing. So far as his actions as a safe > > driver were concerned nothing whatsoever had changed. Why would > > someone who did not own a car have auto insurance? > > Conveniently, for the insurance companies, it is state law in Missouri > > than one MUST have auto insurance. You can't even get your car > > licensed w/o showing proof of insurance and getting caught driving w/o > > adequate insurance is a minimum of a $500.00 fine and the threat of > > having your driver's license suspended. > > > Looks to me like a simple case of the insurance industry saying "well, > > we are fucking you just because we can and there's not a damned thing > > you can do about it". How many people in today's economy are getting > > royally screwed like this I have to wonder?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
