Dover Beach wrote:
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> "Jim Beaver" <jumblejim@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
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> >
> > "Boron Elgar" <boron_elgar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> >> On 10 Apr 2008 22:26:42 GMT, Dover Beach <moon.blanched@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>>Me: I'd like to get a quote for some insurance for a house we own in
> >>>California that we rent out. We'll need earthquake insurance too.
> >>>
> >>>Rep: Are you the owner?
> >>>
> >>
> >>>Rep: Well, we wouldn't cover it then. It has to be on a yearly
> >>>lease.
> >>>
> >>>Me: All righty then. Bye.
> >>
> >> Ok...who the hell is it that you called, because I have to know. This
> >> is a company I find it imperative to avoid.
> >
> > Seconded. It's cruel not to let us in on that part. :-)
> >
>
> It's a bit hard to say. The original phone call was to Geico, but by
> the time I got transferred to someone who could handle California
> homeowner insurance, I think I was talking to someone who represented a
> variety of companies. I suspect Geico doesn't do Calif. homeowners so
> they have some deal to pass it on.
>
I don't know, did the rep have a British accent? Because it's a
dead giveaway that that bloody gecko is on the line, and it's sure
he hasn't been properly trained on the varieties of trusts.
--
"Question, two men starving to death decide to eat their hair like
spaghetti. Is that funny?"
"Hmmm, well, it depends on if by funny you want to make people
laugh."
-+Eddie Izzard and Joanna Lumley, "The Cat's Meow"
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