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- - By Sourdough (****) Date 02-14-2007 00:06
Is it just me, or are insurance companies the "new" mafia?? I thought for sure my 1 mil truck policy would take care of me when I creamed a deer!
Well now its Tuesday, my truck should have been done at the body shop last Friday, and the insurance policy finally stopped argueing over japanese vs oem, and fixing additional damage that was revealed after the truck was stripped down....NOW, my truck finally went in the shop bay to be repaired after NINE days of complete bull****!!!!!!!!!! Now, how many of you can take 2 weeks off from work, pay your secretary and hands, buy steel, fuel and supplies, sit on your phone for 8 hours a day trying to find out the status of your unpaid invoices- and- buy groceries ----with a GRIN on your FACE????????????????????????

Can anybody tell me why I pay over 10k a year for insurance?

WAIT! Can anyone tell me what would happen if it weren't a deer, but a catastrophic accident involving death and general mayhem? Would I be dead before I got a settlement??

Oh, I forgot to be positive about insurance companies: At least they accept my payment on time..........and at least I don't get my limbs broke if I'm late!

HAW, I gotta bitch somewhere.
Parent - - By Harvard (*) Date 02-14-2007 00:25
That sucks. Sorry to here about that. But, whats all wrong with your truck, if you dont mind me asking. And, getting you all fired up again. Good luck what everything.
Chris
Parent - By raggs (*) Date 02-14-2007 02:07
i feel your pain sourdough, i've often wondered or maybe someone can tell me this, has any major insurance company had to lay employees off because business is slow or worst yet have any of 'em gone broke! i've often compared em to casino's they're just there for the money, just my 2 cents worth.

later
Parent - - By CWI555 (*****) Date 02-14-2007 03:49
Inkjet mafia. Insurance is nothing more than a federally condoned bookie operation. You pay and pay, your rates dependant on some weenie printing out insurance risk analysis on the lastest and greatest inkjet printer. The same weenies are given raises and promotions for finding new ways to screw you out of your money when you do have a legitimate claim. They know you have to have them in this litigious society so they also find more and more ways to raise your rates at the same time. I often think the same people who design the games at Lost wages designed the insurance models.
Parent - By yorkiepap (***) Date 02-15-2007 01:47
Hey CWI555,
I have to agree with you wholeheartedly and find the insurance companies are nothing more than financial vampires. Their unscrupulous tactics are catching up with them with Katrina claims. Now I see that most of the largest insurance companies will not insure in Miss. and Louisiana. They already sucked the blood from those people so now it's time to move on.

You see, it's a wagering game. You are betting you are going to get in an accident or have a property misfortune, and they are betting you will not. So, who wins?.....Always them.....  I had a legal fisticuff with them in '75 when my house burned. I got smart...filed a formal complaint with the Insurance Commissioner in Harrisburg, Pa......HE SETTLED IT!!!! With the dismay of the ins. company. They weren't happy.....I was.

Anyway, I keep all at a minimum.....Denny
Parent - - By XPERTFAB (**) Date 02-14-2007 04:46
Sorry about your truck and the aggravation for sure.  Looks as though some kind of back up rig would be handy right now for sure.  Not sure how the insurance situation would exactly work on such a back up rig,  but the additional costs of just keeping one around especially after a bad night of deer and elk bowling might be well offset by the decreased cost of Rolaids for the stomach, earplugs for the whining peoples, bullets for the non payers and oh yes; the cost of the strain to your interpersonal relation with the other boss in your household.
After feeling your pain in your post describing the life of hell when caged by a truck down, it make me wonder if the only solution is to go assume the prone welding position on a very wet steel plate with the ground firmly attached such and the amperage cranked to about max, wearing soaking wet gloves ..................and presto!  Nirvana is only an arc strike away!!!  WAIT I've got a better idea!!  I think I will invite my insurance guy out for lunch and a few beers followed later by an "invitation" for him to give this a try.  Seems a reasonable exchange for $10,000.00 yr insurance premium.  Except for his discomfort would be rather short!  Unlike mine and everyone else who has to buy this thinly veiled extortion called "protection" which brings us all continued pain every single day all year long. 
Parent - - By Sourdough (****) Date 02-14-2007 17:50
You guys obviously know what I'm talking about. My other truck has a bad t-case, so I don't dare tackle this oilfield gridline up here w/out 4x.

My new truck has about 5k worth of damage to the front end and also the composite plastic dually bedside. They just don't make 'em like they used to!

BUT they sure know what they're doing for a comfortable ride!!

I miss my BOSE!!!
Parent - - By swnorris (****) Date 02-15-2007 12:30
Speaking of insurance...

A Charlotte, North Carolina man, having purchased a case of rare, very expensive cigars, insured them against .... get this .... fire.
Within a month, having smoked his entire stockpile of fabulous cigars, and having yet to make a single premium payment on the policy, the man filed a claim against the insurance company.
In his claim, the man stated that he had lost the cigars in "a series of small fires."
The insurance company refused to pay, citing the obvious reason that the man had consumed the cigars in a normal fashion.
The man sued ... and WON!!
In delivering his ruling, the judge stated that since the man held a policy from the company in which it had warranted that the cigars were insurable, and also guaranteed that it would insure the cigars against fire, without defining what it considered to be "unacceptable fire," it was obligated to compensate the insured for his loss.
Rather than endure a lengthy and costly appeal process, the insurance company accepted the judge's ruling and paid the man $15,000 for the rare cigars he lost in "the fires."
After the man cashed his check, however, the insurance company had him arrested... on 24 counts of arson!
With his own insurance claim and testimony from the previous case being used as evidence against him, the man was convicted of intentionally burning the rare cigars and sentenced to 24 months in jail and a $24,000 fine.
Parent - - By jwright650 (*****) Date 02-15-2007 12:40
Scott that is hilarious!
Parent - By makeithot (***) Date 02-16-2007 00:37
It sure would be nice if  these guy's that make their money of of the blood and sweat of others could be held accountable for there actions. It is nice to know that that the mob is still alive and well.
Parent - By Sourdough (****) Date 02-16-2007 02:15
Is that where Brad Paisley got the idea for the song?
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