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Post subject: Progressive Insurance  Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 9:20 am |
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I dropped my van off this AM at their service center in Coon Rapids because one of their customers piled into the back of it Friday morning in the rain.
They have a very wordy and small sign on their doors and at their driveway. I'm pretty sure it's a direct quote from their policy manual. It's very lawyer-esque.
Funny, you'd think one of their own actuaries could tell them that permit-holders are far less likely to commit a crime.
I'll get a picture later when I go back.
[UPDATE] Here is the picture.
The sign says:
Quote: Unless otherwise authorized by law, no person shall possess, have under the person's control, convey, or attempt to convey a deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance onto these premises They also have it on a small sticker on the entrance doors.
Another completely meaningless sign along the lines of the Hennepin County Library signs: "We ban guns unless you are legal." 
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Post subject: van Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 5:39 pm |
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Hi Dean! You're not required to use them to fix your van. Sometimes, insurance companies like to steer folks to shops that they have deals with. You can take your van anywhere you want to go. They don't like folks to know that. All you have to say is, "No, I'm taking it over here, etc."
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DeanC
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 5:41 pm |
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Oh sure - I knew that. They told me about 10 times. I didn't know about the sign until I got there. I was a Progressive customer for years and had no idea.
They make it so easy though, they are hard to refuse. You drive up, drop off your car, sign a sheet and jump into the rental.
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 6:45 pm |
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Of course they ban guns... they are progressive.
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Quote: Courtesy of the liberal web, Atheism.about.com, “Peter Lewis, chairman of Progressive Insurance, has donated USD $8.5 million to the ACLU because he believes in the work they do defending Americans’ liberty. [sic]“ Courtesy of the Conservative web site, National Journal“Lewis Was Second Largest Donor To Democrat-527 Groups In 2004 Cycle, Giving $23,997,220. Top Donors To MoveOn.Org Voter Fund 527 Were Herbert And Marion Sandler ($2,505,014), Peter B. Lewis ($2,500,000).”
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 7:36 pm |
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Well, I swtched to GEICO, so now I am enriching Warren "Beelzebub" Buffet instead of the ACLU.
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:28 am |
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Bump - updated first post.
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:40 am |
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Actually, I'm gonna go a little against the grain here and say that the sign looks like it condones carrying under the MPPA. It's that first line that caught my attention.
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 10:24 pm |
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As much as I dislike Progressive, the sign appears to me to say legally permitted persons and their firearms are welcome.
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 7:39 am |
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I don't think it says they are welcome. I think whichever corporate lawyer composed the wording for the sign is just dumb. The sign is more pointless than any other sign barring the Hennepin County Library signs.
That or the lawyer is dumb like a fox and is actually pro-gun and slipped this by the idiot managers to make them feel good. I really doubt that.
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 8:01 am |
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OK, I'll retract the word "welcome". You maybe right about the sly fox lawyer.
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