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Archae

(46,344 posts) Tue Jan 8, 2013, 03:24 PM Jan 2013

Allstate tries to cheat couple, then uses their house in an ad.

How crass can they get?

A Staten Island couple said their insurance company short-changed them after superstorm Sandy destroyed their home, and then used their house in a commercial.

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/couple-destroyed-home-featured-allstate-ad-plans-legal/story?id=18153928

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Allstate tries to cheat couple, then uses their house in an ad. (Original Post) Archae Jan 2013 OP

pretty stupid, too. the p.r. problem will cost them much more than the value of their claim. unblock Jan 2013 #1

Kick 'em when they're down. In_The_Wind Jan 2013 #2

Nationalize Insurance. nt onehandle Jan 2013 #3

Allstate claims they're "first on the scene providing... emotional support"? intheflow Jan 2013 #4

There, there. The storm is over and you can be happy Thav Jan 2013 #5

unblock

(52,316 posts)

1. pretty stupid, too. the p.r. problem will cost them much more than the value of their claim.

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Tue Jan 8, 2013, 03:34 PM

Jan 2013

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

2. Kick 'em when they're down.

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Tue Jan 8, 2013, 03:37 PM

Jan 2013

I hope the Trainas get more than $10,000 from Allstate. [img][/img]

onehandle

(51,122 posts)

3. Nationalize Insurance. nt

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Tue Jan 8, 2013, 03:53 PM

Jan 2013

intheflow

(28,501 posts)

4. Allstate claims they're "first on the scene providing... emotional support"?

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Tue Jan 8, 2013, 04:00 PM

Jan 2013

How many ways is this not true in any natural disaster? Insurance companies are notorious for taking forever to assess claims, and then they very often add insult to emotional trauma by short-changing their customers like the folks in this article.

Thav

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5. There, there. The storm is over and you can be happy

Reply to intheflow (Reply #4)

Tue Jan 8, 2013, 05:41 PM

Jan 2013

that the storm was the least of your worries. Now you have Allstate to deal with!

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