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From: msitd22@ms3.UUCP (Jim Chappell)
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Subject: USAA Buyers Service
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Date: Mon, 28-Apr-86 09:37:42 EDT
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Posted: Mon Apr 28 09:37:42 1986
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USAA is the United Services Automobile Association.
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.


-- 
Jim Chappell  ...!seismo!vrdxhq!ms3!jrc 
ISN Corp.
1235A Jeff Davis Hwy, Suite 605A
Arlington, Va 22202