Well, this sucks
Dec. 19th, 2003 08:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sinanjuJust opened an envelope from AAA, thinking it was a renewal notice. Nope. It's a bill for $75.00 for three tows over the last few months. "What!?" I think in outrage, "what's the goddamn point of joining AAA if not to get roadside service for free?"
This will not stand.
So I hopped on the internet, cruised over to the AAA site and looked up the details of their memberships.
...
Well...shit. If you require more than four roadside service calls in a member year (not calendar year), they charge you $25 a pop for the excess calls. We had upgraded from the basic membership to the "plus" membership a while back because it increased the free tow range, but it doesn't allow more service calls. Damn, and--hmmm. Three $25 surcharges. Four free service calls. Has it really been seven times now that we've had to rely on AAA to rescue us? Yup.
Clearly it is time we stopped driving the cars down to Salem and back, especially the Honda. Hondas, as rule, are pretty reliable cars--but this one is 20 years old and just doesn't have its youthful vigor any longer. Actually, we'd already decided to dispose of the Honda (as soon as we get it running again--it's currently languishing on the street in front of our house).
This will not stand.
So I hopped on the internet, cruised over to the AAA site and looked up the details of their memberships.
...
Well...shit. If you require more than four roadside service calls in a member year (not calendar year), they charge you $25 a pop for the excess calls. We had upgraded from the basic membership to the "plus" membership a while back because it increased the free tow range, but it doesn't allow more service calls. Damn, and--hmmm. Three $25 surcharges. Four free service calls. Has it really been seven times now that we've had to rely on AAA to rescue us? Yup.
Clearly it is time we stopped driving the cars down to Salem and back, especially the Honda. Hondas, as rule, are pretty reliable cars--but this one is 20 years old and just doesn't have its youthful vigor any longer. Actually, we'd already decided to dispose of the Honda (as soon as we get it running again--it's currently languishing on the street in front of our house).
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Date: 2003-12-19 10:51 pm (UTC)The Kidney Association takes cars, too. I mean, if you don't need the trader in value for a new deal, it's a nice tax write off. If it's over 500 bucks, that is.
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