So Farmers recently started allowing credit cards to be used for their auto-payment feature. It sounded SO great that I emailed my agent. An extra 1% reward on our insurance....awesome. Well, that excitement was quickly deflated. Lovely Farmers charges $8/mo for their credit card auto-payment feature 
. Seriously, they want to charge me a fee for them to get my payment?!! They already charge me $2/mo for auto-pay via checking account!!!!!! Ugh....ok, I'm done venting for now.
. Seriously, they want to charge me a fee for them to get my payment?!! They already charge me $2/mo for auto-pay via checking account!!!!!! Ugh....ok, I'm done venting for now.
@casmith1980 wrote:
So Farmers recently started allowing credit cards to be used for their auto-payment feature. It sounded SO great that I emailed my agent. An extra 1% reward on our insurance....awesome. Well, that excitement was quickly deflated. Lovely Farmers charges $8/mo for their credit card auto-payment feature
Wow, that is excessive. Even if you paid $100/month that's 8% !! So the only way to pay them without a fee is to mail in a check ??
Oh, and this is somewhat off topic but I find their commercials to be really annoying....
Do they charge you for a non-autopay payment?
State Farm is the exact opposite. They charge me $1 because I DON'T want my account on autopay 
Now that you mention it, I'm not sure if they charge for non-autopay. I think it's ridiculous. If wasn't for the fact that we've been with them forever, I'd probably switch. What's funny is the email where my agent says they charge$8/mo, he ends it with "I want to thank you for your business. I appreciate it". Hahahaha. Thanks for sticking with me while the company I work for screws you 
@laz98 wrote:Do they charge you for a non-autopay payment?
State Farm is the exact opposite. They charge me $1 because I DON'T want my account on autopay
Wow, that's a new one for me. I haven't heard of a fee for NOT using autopay. So if you were to mail them a check they'd charge you an extra buck ??
@pizzadude wrote:
@laz98 wrote:Do they charge you for a non-autopay payment?
State Farm is the exact opposite. They charge me $1 because I DON'T want my account on autopay
Wow, that's a new one for me. I haven't heard of a fee for NOT using autopay. So if you were to mail them a check they'd charge you an extra buck ??
Tell me about it! I was like REALLY? Yep, I think if I mailed them a check, they would still charge me. I can't say for sure, since I don't write checks, but I can't imagine why it would be different. At least it's only a buck.
$8/month for auto-pay
I get mail in my street mailbox all the time form Farmers; if only they knew I have insurance with USAA... lol
From what I'm experiencing with Farmers vs USAA, they are or were managed by mid-century....and now they have some internal BS going on because of my accident in December (the prison at fault has USAA, I have Farmers). They can't reach an agreed price so I most likely will be out my deductible. IMO, all insurance companies are crooks in some way or another