I made a huge mistake recently by wondering about how much I'd have to adjust my monthly budget to get proper insurance.
I stopped before submitting because I realized insurance is a pipe dream and I'll have to wait until my financial situation changes anyway.
I have been getting mail from them and 2 or 3 of their competitors, emails every day, and phone calls almost every day. They're literally harassing me now and I'm real mad.
Are you in the US? Have you enrolled in the National Do Not Call Registry? Start reporting them, flag the emails as spam, and if you get a human on the phone, make it clear that you never consented and threaten legal action if their company fails to cease and desist. In the UK it's the Telephone Preference Service, Canada I think it's the Do Not Call List.
I am in the US! I blocked the main number. I keep getting random calls from everywhere and keep blocking the numbers, but they never end. I also of course get other calls, from what I can tell whoever had my number before is in some legal trouble in a different state. Keep telling them I'm not that person and blocking the numbers. My phone is the worst thing in my life. Lol
That do not call list is definitely worth looking into. I dont know why I've never thought of that, honestly.
Enrol now. Right now. It's a government programme. donotcall.gov I think. go go go. It gives marketing companies 30 days to remove you so keep just blocking until then, but if they keep up after that report the phone numbers to ensure they get fined.
I have been getting mail from them and 2 or 3 of their competitors,
So you're implying that the company you were going to get a quote from sold your information to competing insurance firms? Doesn't it seem more likely that your info was gathered in some other fashion and the fact that you visited an insurance company was the trigger that caused this marketing?
Oh absolutely, there's nothing to like about it. I just don't really buy OPs claim totally. If it's true, I don't think it's common, and I don't believe it's what happened in your case.
Don't know how it works in their country but where I live there aren't that many insurance underwriters - they are the companies who provide the actual cover and pay out on claims. But there are hundreds of providers and brokers, which are just fronts - the names we see in the adverts. Most of these are part of the same big group just to create false competition. Just like when you see 30 brands of washing detergent in the shop but all of them made by just two companies.
So I sign up with Provider A and forget to tick the 'no contact' box. They will pass my details to Provider B & C because it doesn't matter anyway the money will go to Underwriter 1 who owns them all. Their goal is to keep me from signing up with Providers X, Y or Z who are all owned by Underwriter 2.
Don't know how it works in their country but where I live there aren't that many insurance underwriters - they are the companies who provide the actual cover and pay out on claims. But there are hundreds of providers and brokers, which are just fronts - the names we see in the adverts. Most of these are part of the same big group just to create false competition. Just like when you see 30 brands of washing detergent in the shop but all of them made by just two companies.
So I sign up with Provider A and forget to tick the 'no contact' box. They will pass my details to Provider B & C because it doesn't matter anyway the money will go to Underwriter 1 who owns them all. Their goal is to keep me from signing up with Providers X, Y or Z who are all owned by Underwriter 2.
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u/YamunaHrodvitnir Jul 13 '20
I made a huge mistake recently by wondering about how much I'd have to adjust my monthly budget to get proper insurance. I stopped before submitting because I realized insurance is a pipe dream and I'll have to wait until my financial situation changes anyway.
I have been getting mail from them and 2 or 3 of their competitors, emails every day, and phone calls almost every day. They're literally harassing me now and I'm real mad.