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NeXuS said:

Does anyone have dealings with Allstate? If so, how good are they?

Ha ha ha ha! LOL!!!! The bain of my existance!!!! Until about six
months ago, it was the only car insurance you could get in New Jersey.
Now that they have competition my rates have gone down. Still lousy
customer service.

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NeXuS said:

Does anyone have dealings with Allstate? If so, how good are they?

Ha ha ha ha! LOL!!!! The bain of my existance!!!! Until about six
months ago, it was the only car insurance you could get in New Jersey. Now
that they have competition my rates have gone down. Still lousy customer
service.

Mheh. What's their customer service like then? (There is a method to my
madness.)

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Does anyone have dealings with Allstate? If so, how good are they?

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"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."

Their reputation out west tends to be if you are trying to get a fair
settlement out of them, you'll have to beat it out of them, in a lawsuit
(even if they're your own carrier). They're well known for not being
reasonable. But that doesn't mean they wouldn't be a good employer if
that's what you're thinking about.

CDB

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NeXuS said:

Does anyone have dealings with Allstate? If so, how good are they?

Ha ha ha ha! LOL!!!! The bain of my existance!!!! Until about six
months ago, it was the only car insurance you could get in New Jersey. Now
that they have competition my rates have gone down. Still lousy customer
service.

Mheh. What's their customer service like then? (There is a method to my
madness.)

If you like wading through voice options and then staying on-hold for
what seems like an eternity, go with Allstate. Oh, and don't try to
call them before 8:30 AM EST or after 4:30 PM EST because they are
closed. You'd think that the largest insurance carrier in the US would
offer better service, but they don't. It's too much of a PIA for me to
switch at this point and with the highest rating, I wouldn't get any
savings.

If you are looking for insurance and it's not in New Jersey, I would
check out Fireman's Fund for anything else.

Just my opinion and no I don't work for either of them.

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www.schnauzers.ws

NeXuS said:

Does anyone have dealings with Allstate? If so, how good are they?

I had them for many years claim free until my mom had a very minor fender
bender with an old pickup truck I owned. They told me *my* rates were going
to increase, and it was "not negotiable, too damn bad".

I dumped them for a "nation wide" competitor which gave me a better rate
anyway.

"Good hands" indeed. From my experience, all thier hands had up were the
middle fingers.

Why?

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Does anyone have dealings with Allstate? If so, how good are they?

--
"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."

Their reputation out west tends to be if you are trying to get a fair
settlement out of them, you'll have to beat it out of them, in a lawsuit
(even if they're your own carrier). They're well known for not being
reasonable. But that doesn't mean they wouldn't be a good employer if
that's what you're thinking about.

CDB

In NJ we have "no fault" insurance. Even if an SUVidiot blows through a
red light and hits me, I am still at least 10% at fault. I argued that
one with them for five years when my then pregnant wife was broadsided
by a taxi blowing through a stop sign. I ended up getting the 10%
missing funds directly from the cab company after explaining what a very
pregnant woman in a court room would do for my case.

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o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
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Does anyone have dealings with Allstate? If so, how good are they?

--
"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."

I've had auto ins. with em' for quite a while with no problems at all. I've
had a few claims including one particulary active week a few yrs ago that I
won;t get into here, but they have been fine by me....

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NeXuS wrote:

>Does anyone have dealings with Allstate? If so, how good are they?
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Ha ha ha ha! LOL!!!! The bain of my existance!!!! Until about six
months ago, it was the only car insurance you could get in New Jersey.
Now that they have competition my rates have gone down. Still lousy
customer service.

Mheh. What's their customer service like then? (There is a method to my
madness.)

If you like wading through voice options and then staying on-hold for what
seems like an eternity, go with Allstate. Oh, and don't try to call them
before 8:30 AM EST or after 4:30 PM EST because they are closed. You'd
think that the largest insurance carrier in the US would offer better
service, but they don't. It's too much of a PIA for me to switch at this
point and with the highest rating, I wouldn't get any savings.

If you are looking for insurance and it's not in New Jersey, I would check
out Fireman's Fund for anything else.

Just my opinion and no I don't work for either of them.

I'm going for a job, (far away from the USA.) We'll be offering technical
assistance for them, but they're saying that they require 24/7 assistance.
Weird huh?

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Does anyone have dealings with Allstate? If so, how good are they?

--
"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."

Their reputation out west tends to be if you are trying to get a fair
settlement out of them, you'll have to beat it out of them, in a lawsuit
(even if they're your own carrier). They're well known for not being
reasonable. But that doesn't mean they wouldn't be a good employer if
that's what you're thinking about.

CDB

I'm going in for technical support, so I suppose I wouldn't be that bad.

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Does anyone have dealings with Allstate? If so, how good are they?

--
"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."

Their reputation out west tends to be if you are trying to get a fair
settlement out of them, you'll have to beat it out of them, in a lawsuit
(even if they're your own carrier). They're well known for not being
reasonable. But that doesn't mean they wouldn't be a good employer if
that's what you're thinking about.

CDB

In NJ we have "no fault" insurance. Even if an SUVidiot blows through a
red light and hits me, I am still at least 10% at fault. I argued that
one with them for five years when my then pregnant wife was broadsided by
a taxi blowing through a stop sign. I ended up getting the 10% missing
funds directly from the cab company after explaining what a very pregnant
woman in a court room would do for my case.

Out of curiosity, how many different insurers do you have over there?

They do not have a good rep in most parts of the country. Mind you, a lot
of the major carriers have pretty much the same rep - seems the bigger they
are, the poorer their customer service.

Personally I wouldn't touch them if any alternatives existed - and they do.

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Does anyone have dealings with Allstate? If so, how good are they?

--
"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."

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Does anyone have dealings with Allstate? If so, how good are they?

--
"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."

I've had auto ins. with em' for quite a while with no problems at all.
I've had a few claims including one particulary active week a few yrs ago
that I won;t get into here, but they have been fine by me....

We don't get treated with the same southern hospitality as y'all..

CDB

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NeXuS said:

Does anyone have dealings with Allstate? If so, how good are they?

I had them for many years claim free until my mom had a very minor fender
bender with an old pickup truck I owned. They told me *my* rates were going
to increase, and it was "not negotiable, too damn bad".

I dumped them for a "nation wide" competitor which gave me a better rate
anyway.

"Good hands" indeed. From my experience, all thier hands had up were the
middle fingers.

Why?

ROTFL ... "You're in F'd up hands with Allstate." jing-a-ling-la-la

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Slack

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Does anyone have dealings with Allstate? If so, how good are they?

--
"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."

I've had auto ins. with em' for quite a while with no problems at all.
I've had a few claims including one particulary active week a few yrs
ago that I won;t get into here, but they have been fine by me....

We don't get treated with the same southern hospitality as y'all..

ah shucks, taint nuthin but a lil ol' surance...ya'll can handle that can't
ya'?

Seriously. I really haven't had any issues whatsoever...

hell I was even thinking of switching my homeowners over to em' but if this
thread is any indication, perhaps some more research is in order...🙂

Dave

Per Dave W:

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Seriously. I really haven't had any issues whatsoever...

What happens when somebody files a claim seems tb the real test. I've never
filed a claim with my provider - so my only idea of how worthwhile they are
comes from a neighbor who is a lawyer and uses them because "...they cost more,
but they pay..." (as opposed, I guess, those that cost less but don't pay.....)
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PeteCresswell