USAA Buyers Service
Jim Chappell
It is a membership organization open to Commissioned Officers of the
US government, their dependents, and former such people.
In CU's review of Auto Insurance Cos, USAA is always their #1 rated company.
A while back USAA started a Buyers Service mainly to allow
personal property insurees a means of cheaply replacing damaged, etc
insured items; they opened the service to members at no extra cost.
I am a USAA member but prior to using their Buyer's Service, I was
sucked into a Bank One (Columbus, Ohio) deal that let me into Compu-Store
free for a year in return for acepting a 21.9% interest rate Visa account.
Last July, I ordered a Short-wave radio from Compu-store, using th Bank One
Visa card. The radio never arrived, despite Compu-stores' promisses that
"It was in the mail." I finally cancelled the order in September,
and reordered it from USAA (it arrived in 10 days and was $20 cheaper).
I had problems getting my refund from Compustore. I finally got it in January!
the 21.6% ticking all the while.
Since then, I've made 3 purchases from USAA with no problems. As far as I can
tell their stuff comes from above-board channels.
USAA's prices are competetive with Compu-stores, and it is reliable.
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Jim Chappell ...!seismo!vrdxhq!ms3!jrc
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