Mild Rants

 My relatives at family reunions all believe that insurance agents do what they do because they have proven they are not any good at other professions. I believe that claim is probably true about Allen Sturtevant who is an Allstate insurance agency owner out of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Allen sent us an inflated Homeowners Quote of around $1500 on a home that we insured for less than $1000 last year. Mr Sturtevant is  proud of his computer program that reads through public information files from appraisal districts all over the Land of Enchantment and sends out tens of thousands of mail box cluttering unwanted snail mail solicitations.  Texas watchdog Dave Lieber writes about the illegality of appraisal districts hiding market values of homes in ones proximity to mask the true taxable value of ones domicile. This makes it easier for unscrupulous insurance salesmen to charge unfair annual premiums since property owners are left in the dark about the true value of their...

 Dear Dr. Eric Wood, ND, When did the decline begin? Was it when you realized that reading blood work as a GP was no more than being a legal drug pusher? When did the morals and ethics sink to the bottom of the toilet for you and your questionable medical degree? Since you took the Hippocratic oath, what really led to you not caring as much about the welfare and overall health of your patients? If your inventory is shrinking, why don't you make some more of your  natural remedies rather than scare your customers into buying your substandard medicine. Is it because you want to sell all your inventory at elevated prices an then retire on your own island in Philippines? Nobody doubts that your natural remedies may help with their diabetes, high blood pressure, cholesterol, gout. toenail fungus, mold induced respiratory illness etc., but why are you trying to drive up the demand for your products with insincere and possibly fake inventory shortages promulgated via broadcast e...

 For most of my adult life, I have viewed the morality level of insurance agents as slightly higher on the totem pole than cars salesmen and Real Estate Agents. Recently received a snail mail solicitation Christian Slayton who wanted me to know she had her MBA which stands for Masters Degree in Business Administration. The solicitation was for a new and less expensive Home owners insurance policy.  The female insurance agent knew that my current policy was about to expire and offered me another one for the unbelievably low price of $601 annual premium. This is over $200 less than my current hazard insurance policy of $810 with Liberty Mutual.  MBA Slayton, from Albuquerque, NM, is apparently an independent agent not affiliated with any "name brands" Her letter was auto generated from free public information I believe so not much cost to her other than the bulk postal rate and printing costs. The desperate woman knew the age of our home and the square footage. Sorry Christ...

So most of you have received many pieces of snail mail where the solicitor or advertiser of a service DEMANDS IMMEDIATE ATTENTION with implied threats or fines if recipient does not respond immediately. We got one of those today from Brian Werger, an agent of Trustage Insurance company, and his partner in crime Marsha Swanson who we were compelled to rush our correspondence back to. Brian's ruse was $5000 worth of free life insurance if you just went to the trouble to fill out the clumsy paperwork and return it postage free. This is around the 10th such unwanted advertisement we have received from  Brian and Marsha. We emailed him at Brian.Werger@cunamutual.com alerting him to the fact we DID NOT WANT TO SEE OUR MAIL BOX CLUTTERED WITH HIS STUFF. We did this 3 months ago and he persists in sending us CUNA Mutual Group's consumer brand promotional materials anyway!! I guess Miss Swanson, who may also be a Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage real estate agent work...