Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Obtaining Multiple Car Insurance Quotes Is A Great Idea

By Susan Tanner

Personally having seen multiple commercials for car insurance, I get a little annoyed that there are so many. In fact during a one hour television show I counted six advertisements. Honestly, I was annoyed that there were than many auto insurance ads in such a short amount of time

While watching these commercials, I got an idea. I was curious to find out if this could actually help me save money. Although skeptical, I decided it may be worth my time to look into this in a little more depth.

Let me say first of all that I live in a very small community. Our city has a population of approx 2,500. Car insurance options here are a little limited. To be honest, my wife and I had our vehicles insured by the same man that our parents and grandparents did. After watching the advertisements I decided to take the plunge!

I recorded the info I needed to contact the companies and was pleasantly surprised to see that I could get a quote online. Surprisingly, it was a very simple process. It took less than a quarter of an hour to complete the whole application. Secondly, I was informed that I could indeed cut my premiums!

Specifically I would be eligible to save $350 annually. That averages out to almost $30.00 per month! Although some may thing this is not very much, I felt it was great. That is the equivalent to a dinner out for my family.

I investigated further and discovered the coverage would be equal to the coverage with the alocal guy.a Cheap auto insurance did not mean cheap or minimal coverage! This is certainly a time of struggling economy and saving money on any level was certainly attractive to me.

My wife and I decided to give it a try! We selected a company we were comfortable with and signed up. The savings were real and the company has wonderful customer service! The customer service is top-notch, just like the local companies. I do not see a downside to this decision.

I am now happy that I saw the tv program that night with all the insurance advertisements. I am also glad I took it one step further and went online to research it. Most of all I am glad we are able save $350 a year! This allowed us to save more as well as enjoy a dinner or two out. It has been nothing but a positive experience in my situation! - 15224

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