They wanted their 3 dollars
I got an email explaining that usaa would begin to charge 3 bucks a month for me to manually pay my auto premium. I seldom grant auto pay and have been atop my insurance payments for years.(40 years a member) I do banking through usaa, anyway. Its not like they don't have my money in the first place. But that fee irritates me. So I wrote the CEO and asked them if that 3 bucks was worth losing me to a competitor. I got a phone call from a representative. No they will not waive the fee.
So I checked the competitor as i promised. For full coverage on my 2013 toyota pickup, usaa 699 every 6 months. Progressive 361 every 6 months. Same coverage. Half the price. So I thought about the house. Small place in the country. 1200 per year usaa, 651 progressive. Again half the cost, same coverage.
They wanted their 3 bucks a month. Looks like it's gonna cost them 2500 a year. And if I feel like I want to go back, I always can. But progressive handles my business liability, so why not give them a chance?