Originally Posted by glad2bgone

true...they wont profit from this one...and i was employed by erac when 9/11 happened and the hurricanes too...i have ALOT of gripes with erac...but I can tell you they didnt rate hike...they allowed cars to be dropped in different states and didnt charge the customer what they pd to move them back to a state where they could be rented (because of the lic they are reg in). Yes...they fleeted up MASSIVELY due to both of those events...but they got more cars because more people needed them. i personally lost several cars from my fleet to the hurricane stuff...this doesnt even touch what they did for their employees in the affected areas...they gave financial assistance to them to the tune of 2K/employee. They set up a help line for them to get word out to their families. They took donations from all of us in the branches for Red Cross and they donated a pretty substantial amount...although not as much as they spent on planting f"in trees (such bullshit). They have a LOT of faults...and you cant count on them at any time EXCEPT during a crisis!!! But they did pull their weight during those 2 tragedies. Oh by the way State farm rates on a compact car where I worked were less than 15 bucks a day including tax...probably takes a while to get rich off that...