Comments on: Progressive Price Comparisons: For Real? http://www.carinsuranceguidebook.com/progressives-competitor-comparison-for-real/ What Your Agent NEVER Told You Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:31:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Matt http://www.carinsuranceguidebook.com/progressives-competitor-comparison-for-real/comment-page-1/#comment-540 Matt Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:21:21 +0000 http://www.carinsuranceguidebook.com/?p=750#comment-540 Progressive got me about $280 (appr) for 6 months, basic insurance. I let it lapse for a couple of months after that because I was unemployed. Got it again from them, it was around $360 for 6 months. I wrote them to say that was too high, that I knew I could get it a lot cheaper around $280 (although I hadn't researched) and why were they charging me so much now. There was one initial discount for about $50 when I first signed up. Okay, good. So they write me a lenghthy letter with a lot of excuses and nonsense about my state having had changes and that caused the rates to go up etc etc and that they could not offer me any discount now on the $360, but they pointed out that I am getting their minor "online mileage discount" for recording my mileage...whoopee. I checked with Geico on their site...same coverage, same everything. $192 for 6 months! Unbelievable! Progressive has lost a customer because they made excuses, wrote me a 2 page mostly-canned letter, because they did not even BEGIN to treat a repeat customer as they should, and because $170 difference for 6 months of basic car insurance is a MAJOR difference. I now think Progressive with their pretty advertisements are simply shysters. Progressive got me about $280 (appr) for 6 months, basic insurance. I let it lapse for a couple of months after that because I was unemployed. Got it again from them, it was around $360 for 6 months. I wrote them to say that was too high, that I knew I could get it a lot cheaper around $280 (although I hadn’t researched) and why were they charging me so much now. There was one initial discount for about $50 when I first signed up. Okay, good. So they write me a lenghthy letter with a lot of excuses and nonsense about my state having had changes and that caused the rates to go up etc etc and that they could not offer me any discount now on the $360, but they pointed out that I am getting their minor “online mileage discount” for recording my mileage…whoopee.

I checked with Geico on their site…same coverage, same everything. $192 for 6 months! Unbelievable! Progressive has lost a customer because they made excuses, wrote me a 2 page mostly-canned letter, because they did not even BEGIN to treat a repeat customer as they should, and because $170 difference for 6 months of basic car insurance is a MAJOR difference. I now think Progressive with their pretty advertisements are simply shysters.

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