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Have to vent about Farmers Ins.

Anonymous — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:35:13 GMT

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.

Re: Have to vent about Farmers Ins.

pizzadude — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 02:48:16 GMT

@Anonymous 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 . 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.

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....

Re: Have to vent about Farmers Ins.

laz98 — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 04:22:04 GMT

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

Re: Have to vent about Farmers Ins.

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 04:27:38 GMT

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

Re: Have to vent about Farmers Ins.

pizzadude — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:29:38 GMT

@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 ??

Re: Have to vent about Farmers Ins.

laz98 — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:45:34 GMT

@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.

Re: Have to vent about Farmers Ins.

Anonymous — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 04:44:26 GMT

$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

Re: Have to vent about Farmers Ins.

Anonymous — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 04:59:16 GMT

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