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Complaint Review: Mercury Insurance Company - Internet Internet
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Mercury Insurance Company Mercury Insurance: Rotten Customer Service coupled with dishonest billing Internet
At age 75, partially disabled, where's my income entirely from Social Security, I reluctantly left my previous insurance company (Safeco), seeking one with the most inexpensive coverage. When I began with Mercury insurance in July, 2009, I was driving a 2003 Ford Sport Explorer which had been bought new on a seven year loan.
In October, 2009 on the first rainy day in the
At this point, readers will be wondering what possible complaint I could have with the company. In
There is a second problem, as well. When recently renewing my policy, I directed my agent to remove collision coverage and reduce liability since the likelihood of another at-fault accident is very low, considering I drive less than 5,000 miles per year and that this was my first at-fault accident in nearly 60 years driving exprience. I was given a monthly rate I found acceptable, and directed him to change the upcoming policy. Upon receipt of the new policy, I found a $31.00 increase between the rate quoted to my agent, and the amount deducted from my bank account.
For those earning a regular income, and in good health, I can easily see how these complaints would indeed, seem trivial and not worth the time spent writing about them. But I can assure you, that for those in my situation, these problems make life substantially more difficult.
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The_Iceman
Pasadena,California,
USA
Update: Problems caused by carelessness
#2Author of original report
Fri, February 19, 2010
My agent was able to ultimately trace the reason why I had received notice of suspension and had not been able to pay on line -- The company had mis-copied the VIN Number, thus causing the DMV to reject the filing, and have no record of the correct registration. The agent submitted an amended report, which, hopefully, will cure the problem.
With respect to the billing error, when preparing the bill, the company failed to give me the correct discount for the low number of miles I drive each year. Again, the agent has arranged that credit be given in the remaining billings for the next five months , which should correct this error.
While ultimately corrected, both of these problems represent a lack of interest in the quality control of the service delivered by this company. They are cheaper than their competitors, but, in the end you get what you pay for.
