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From: tm on 1 Jun 2010 11:20 "Joerg" <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:86km9lF7gsU7(a)mid.individual.net... > Just got a mailer offering membership, waiving some sort of "enrollment > fee". Never knew they had one. Anyhow, it would be $85 to cover me and my > wife but then I saw that, for example, their tow service only covers the > first 5 miles (five!) these days. That looks like a joke to me, and I > assume for mile #6 and after one must pay beaucoup bucks, right? Has this > been watered down, just like health plans? For more coverage they want > more bucks. > > I never run out of gas, never lock myself out of cars, etc. So, somehow > all that doesn't appear to be worth it. Or did I overlook something? > > -- Don't you have any friends that would help you if you had a breakdown? I always use a little more caution around people with AAA stickers on their cars.
From: Joerg on 1 Jun 2010 12:07
tm wrote: > "Joerg" <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message > news:86km9lF7gsU7(a)mid.individual.net... >> Just got a mailer offering membership, waiving some sort of "enrollment >> fee". Never knew they had one. Anyhow, it would be $85 to cover me and my >> wife but then I saw that, for example, their tow service only covers the >> first 5 miles (five!) these days. That looks like a joke to me, and I >> assume for mile #6 and after one must pay beaucoup bucks, right? Has this >> been watered down, just like health plans? For more coverage they want >> more bucks. >> >> I never run out of gas, never lock myself out of cars, etc. So, somehow >> all that doesn't appear to be worth it. Or did I overlook something? >> >> -- > > Don't you have any friends that would help you if you had a breakdown? > Not in the Boonies in Nevada :-) > I always use a little more caution around people with AAA stickers on their > cars. > :-) -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ "gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam. Use another domain or send PM. |