<VV> Hagerty insurance,

[Lonny Clark]

I agree with Mark. Hagerty should not have published this article.

I have Hagerty insurance, and I haven't decided yet if it's worth changing
to another carrier over this, BUT...

Imagine, if you will, that your home insurance carrier published an article
stating that all the houses in your neighborhood were ugly. Do you think
that would affect your resale value?

Then, imagine that Business Week picked up that article and republished it,
and allowing others (not experts, just whoever wanted to add their two
cents) to state their opinion that the houses are firetraps. These opinions
are published along with the "ugly" article in a nationally available
magazine.

This is basically what has been allowed to happen to our Corvairs starting
with Hagerty and ending up in Business Week.

Lonny


On 8/28/07, Mark Corbin <airvair at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> It's not a matter of thicker customer skin. It's a matter of bad business
> practices on the part of the insurers. If you've ever been treated badly
> by
> a business, you know what I mean. And why should any customer put up with
> being mistreated? Isn't the old rule of thumb, "the customer is always
> right" applicable to insurance companies?
>
> -Mark
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Joe Robbins <robbins at monticello.net>
> > Subject: RE: <VV> Hagerty insurance,
> >
> > I don't care what they say to who, they paid off great when I had claims
> ,
> > I'm sticking with them, maybe some thicker skin is in order for some
> people?
> >
> > Joe Robbins
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Subject: <VV> Hagerty insurance,was: Ugliest cars/very little Corvair
> any
> > more
> >
> > I think in light of this, any Corvair person who has Hagerty as their
> > insurance company ought to cancel their policy, citing that "opinion" as
> > the reason. No customer likes (or ought to put up with) being insulted.
> > It's our right to take our money where we are treated better.
> >
> > -Mark
> >
> >
> > > [Original Message]
> > > From: Tony Underwood <tonyu at roava.net>
> > > Subject: Re: <VV> RE: Ugliest cars/very little Corvair any more
> > >
> > > At 10:02 PM 8/26/2007, Mike Ioanes wrote:
> > > >How many on the list have owned other cars beside the Corvair?  I've
> > > >owned two, a Pacer and a Vega, and didn't think either was as bad as
> > > >tehy make them out to be.
> > > >Busines Week obviously copied Hagerty's list, which was full of
> > > >opinions, myths, and BS IMHO.
> > >
> > > BTDT already and they (Hagerty) already sent me a condescending reply
> > > which was almost insulting; more a brush-off than anything resembling
> > > a valid reply...
> > >
> > > ...stated that the Hagerty CEO owns a Pacer (so there for it's OK for
> > > them to pass down insults about whatever car they feel is
> > > disreputable) and that they saw "no harm" in making fun of "dubious
> > > designs", Corvairs included.
> > >
> > > In short, Hagerty is about making money off people looking for
> > > insurance, and not necessarily being educated about automotive fact
> > > as regards special interest/antique cars.   Or, at least this is how
> > > their PR department seems to behave.    And of course if other
> > > publications who see merit in Hagerty decide to take Hagerty's
> > > "contest results" and run with it, their "validation" of these facts
> > > perpetuates the myths.
> > >
> > > This is NOT a good reflection on society as we know it in this day
> > > and age.   Hagerty of all people should know better.
> > >
> > > tony..
> > >
>
>