To all geico auto insurance policy holders:
Please send an email message or letter to GEICO Auto Insurance Company to protest them doing business with National Magazine Exchange in Clearwater, Florida! Go to the website, www.geico.com and login, click on contact us. Ask them to please send your response to the Corporate Office and to the people who make advertising decisions.
There is no sense in a good company like GEICO doing business with scam artists. My husband and I have been GEICO customers for over 6 years. I am very pleased with GEICO, and I must say they offer better emergency road service than AAA at a much cheaper price. I am asking all satisfied GEICO customers to protest their affiliation with National Magazine Exchange.
If you are not familiar with National Magazine Exchange, go and read the large amount of complaints against them. They are forbidden from doing business in several states, and they have been fined $25,000 by the US Department of Justice.
A family member is a former employee of National Magazine Exchange aka Special Data Processing, Inc. What they do is send you an urgent mail piece saying Second notice we are trying to reach regarding your one million dollars sweepstakes ID#%. Please call 1-800-235-6247 as soon as possible. Blah blah blah Sincerely, Pat Haines, Sales Representative (really the owner's mother). Then things get really heated once they get you on the line:
Sweepstakes Entry Center. May I have your ID number, please? Is this %? Hi, my name is % and I'm really glad you called today, because I have some very important information to share with you about our One Million Dollar Strike It Rich Sweepstakes. For accuracy, this conversation may be recorded.
, by calling in today, it's possible your sweepstakes ID could be selected in the Strike It Rich Sweepstakes with a bonded One Million Dollar guaranteed prize. As always, there is no purchase or payment required to enter or win any of the sweepstakes we offer. This is just our way of saying thank you for being a preferred credit card holder. You do still carry a Visa, MasterCard, Discover or American Express, right?
If no: Do you have a debit card with a Visa or MasterCard logo on it? (Y or N)
If no: Do you have a checking account? (Y or N)
(IF YES CREDIT CARD OR DEBIT CARD)
Fantastic! You are officially entered into the Million Dollar Strike It Rich Sweepstakes. If you are selected the Grand Prize Winner, how would you spend a million dollars?
Great! If you are selected our winner, we will provide you with transportation to our company headquarters here in Clearwater, FL and present you a check in a special awards ceremony, so I definitely want to wish you the best of luck! We may call you if you are selected the winner, so I need your home telephone number starting with the area code first please. (Enter phone number) Great! Now your entry is complete and registered.
Now it gets even better %, because you've been selected to receive 3 nationally published magazines, from National Magazine Exchange for a rate of only $1.29 a week. That's not for each one, but for all 3 together. And you can choose one of 3 gifts absolutely free when you take part in our promotion today! Now for the magazines, you can pick from... (magazine list)... Which of these did you like best? Pick 2.
And now I want to make sure you're getting the very best possible value with your package, so I'm also going to include (magazine) at no extra cost.
, you get all 3 for a rate of only $1.29 a week.in addition, your package includes a free membership in our Reader's Exchange Program. This exclusive service allows you to change any or all of your selections at any time at no extra cost to you and we'll send you a list of our most popular magazines as well, so if you do see something you would rather have, call us and we change it for you.
Now, I need to transfer you to my Supervisor so they can tell you about the gift options and make sure that I have everything correct. You would want the magazines and free gift sent to this home address (verify address), right? Hold on, while I introduce you to my supervisor. Good luck in the sweepstakes and please hold.
Verifier answersHi. This is %. I'm a Supervisor.
SSR This is (SSR's name). I have (Customer's Name) on the line. She/he chose 3 magazines at a rate of $1.29 per week. His/Her ID number is %.
Verifier Thank you.
(geico - if the customer does not select magazines and has a credit card. No geico offer in nj, mi, ma)
"Would you like to hear how you could save a bunch of money on car insurance? The average new GEICO customer saves $231 a year. I'd like to transfer you to GEICO for a FREE NO-OBLIGATION QUOTE? Okay?"
The so called Supervisor is nothing but a verifier who would like very much to have your credit card number or your checking account number. Once that is in their greedy little hands it will cost you a bundle of money for magazines you most likely would rather not have. (Approximately $300.) The Better Business Bureau would have you to believe that National Magazine Exchange has complaints against them but they have all been satisfied which is complete nonsense. I cannot understand for the life of me why GEICO would do business with known scam artists. You don't want your car insurance prices to rise do you? GEICO doing business with National Magazine Exchange aka Special Data Processing might just make it happen!
Lucy
Saint Petersburg, Florida
U.S.A.
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