Yesterday Home & Auto Hassles
Dear Brady,
This is a reminder that your payment for November 2004 has not been received. Please send your payment as soon as possible.
Sincerely,
The loan company that transferred your loan elsewhere during the summer.
Doesn't make a whole lot of sense, does it? I suppose not a lot does these days. I tried leaving a voice mail for the person who sent me the letter last week, but he hadn't called me back. So I called again yesterday. They hadn't received paperwork from my new loan company, so they apologized and said they would take care of it. As long as the next time I pull a credit report I don't see a mortgage related blemish, that's fine with me.
All [insurance] companies are not created equal
I believe this is true in a bad way for me. It all started with a piece of mail from 21st Century Insurance, claiming that I could save a bunch of money and how they offer so much more than other companies. For once, I saw my relatively obscure insurance company listed as one that 21st century compared themselves to. Since it had been about a year since buying my car, I decided to get a quote from them, and A+ insurance that supposedly gives discounts for working at ASU.
Fuck you and the money saving assumptions you rode in on.
I went to the 21st Century website and put in the same exact policy information. It cost ~$100 more per six months than my current insurance. Oh well, A+ insurance should be able to give me a little better rate since I work for ASU, right? Wrong again - They wanted $200 more per six months. They could wipe out the difference if I were a full time student, but my current insurance has the same student discount too.
At least I can now take comfort in the fact that I haven't been getting screwed from my auto insurance when it comes to cost.
"I get insurance in case shit happens...if shit don't happen, shouldn't I get my money back?"
Someone at my insurance company must have taken heed to Chris Rock's words of wisdom. When I came home yesterday, I was greeted by a "auto insurance dividend check" for $30. This might not seem like much, but it sure is a start.
I paid off my Discover card balance. I'm chopping away at my credit card debt like deforestation does in a South American rainforest. Jessica is helping this effort at lunch time by picking up my tab.
This is a reminder that your payment for November 2004 has not been received. Please send your payment as soon as possible.
Sincerely,
The loan company that transferred your loan elsewhere during the summer.
Doesn't make a whole lot of sense, does it? I suppose not a lot does these days. I tried leaving a voice mail for the person who sent me the letter last week, but he hadn't called me back. So I called again yesterday. They hadn't received paperwork from my new loan company, so they apologized and said they would take care of it. As long as the next time I pull a credit report I don't see a mortgage related blemish, that's fine with me.
All [insurance] companies are not created equal
I believe this is true in a bad way for me. It all started with a piece of mail from 21st Century Insurance, claiming that I could save a bunch of money and how they offer so much more than other companies. For once, I saw my relatively obscure insurance company listed as one that 21st century compared themselves to. Since it had been about a year since buying my car, I decided to get a quote from them, and A+ insurance that supposedly gives discounts for working at ASU.
Fuck you and the money saving assumptions you rode in on.
I went to the 21st Century website and put in the same exact policy information. It cost ~$100 more per six months than my current insurance. Oh well, A+ insurance should be able to give me a little better rate since I work for ASU, right? Wrong again - They wanted $200 more per six months. They could wipe out the difference if I were a full time student, but my current insurance has the same student discount too.
At least I can now take comfort in the fact that I haven't been getting screwed from my auto insurance when it comes to cost.
"I get insurance in case shit happens...if shit don't happen, shouldn't I get my money back?"
Someone at my insurance company must have taken heed to Chris Rock's words of wisdom. When I came home yesterday, I was greeted by a "auto insurance dividend check" for $30. This might not seem like much, but it sure is a start.
I paid off my Discover card balance. I'm chopping away at my credit card debt like deforestation does in a South American rainforest. Jessica is helping this effort at lunch time by picking up my tab.