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August 16, 2005
Haggling for green slip
AAMI sent me my green slip bill for $498. Normally I wouldn't bat an eye and just pay the bill, in fact that's what I have been doing for the past 4 years since I bought my car, I didn't shop for insurance at that time. In fact it's crazy that I shop relentlessly for better price in miscellaneous cheap items, but as the price increases I care less and less about getting a bargain. It's stupid really, one thing that my good [and very money conscious] friend G* couldn't get over with (actually in the end she does and just accepted that it's me).
So this morning I don't know what inspired me to bitch about the my green slip's cost to my colleagues this morning. Maybe because I managed to got a free car speakers (which I couldn't use anyway) after bitching about the cost of the new new MP3/WMA car stereo that I bought a couple of days ago. Or maybe it was all the free lunches and drinks that our client is showering us making me think that I shouldn't really pay this much for anything.
Anyway [I'm babbling here] ... my colleague said he's with GIO and happy with them, so I went to their website to get the online quote, and guess what they quote me $398. I was fuming when I called AAMI demanded that they did something or else I'll vote with my feet. Luckily the dude on the other side of the phone was very friendly and told me that AAMI have a "new" test to calculate the fee, but it isn't applied to all the old customers. I wonder why ...
He asked me some questions and gave me the quote for
Posted by vhadiant at August 16, 2005 09:23 PM
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