I bought a used 2012 Volvo during the pandemic at the height of used car prices out of desperation. I needed a car. I have $12600 left on the loan. The car itself is now valued at $4000. It currently requires $15000+ in repairs to pass safety and emissions. I’ve had nothing but problems with it since purchase a couple of years ago. I have put about $1500 into the car so far in repairs. I suspect I was sold a lemon, one shop suspected a history of flood damage, another refused to comment if that was a possibility. I do have gap insurance, not sure if that can apply here. I cannot afford to fix the vehicle or pay out the loan and get a new vehicle. Between the original dealer, the lender, State Farm, auto repair shops, I feel pretty constantly let down by customer service. I also struggle to understand all of the policies and legalese. Is there anything I can do here? I’m so overwhelmed.

Hey yall I was involved in a rear ending accident last week in Texas and when I called progressive (the information I was given by the person who hit me) they informed me that his policy has not been active for some time. I have now contacted my insurance and informed them of all of this and they are looking into it. Just curious if anybody has ever seen this or seen a fake insurance card? I tried googled and can’t find anything of this sort! It looks very legit. I imagine he will also be in trouble with the police in some way for giving false insurance to them. He already had 2 citations for having expired plates and hitting me. The cop informed me his insurance was good when he gave me the write up but I assume he didnt check as they said it’s not active. It was written up for 3 months from 7/2025-10/2025 which progressive says they do not even have policies for that short of a time. Seeking any advice for anybody who has been through this! I’m assuming I will end up having to file with my uninsured motorist.

I am trying to move my HSA out of Fidelity for a previous job, since they will start charging fees. When I tried to open a Lively HSA, I got this message. Has anyone else run into this before? Any theories why I might be getting this? \--- Thank you for reaching back out to us. After careful consideration by our accounts team, we have determined that we will be unable to open an account for you and have no further information we can provide. There is no further need to contact us about this as our decision is final. We consider this issue closed and will not be responding further. Thank you for considering Lively, we truly wish you the best at finding another HSA provider. EDIT: I just contacted Fidelity, there are actually no fees! I'll be keeping it as it is.

I have an Amex Hilton rewards Diamond membership. I had to spend over 13K to receive certain rewards like a free room. We’re not rich, by any means, it took a long time to build up to a free room. It was my sons birthday so I called the local Hilton to see if we booked a room if we could have small party for him at the pool area and invite a few guests. They were very nice and accommodating and said absolutely and even offered for us to use their fire pit and grill as well. A week later we booked the room and went to the hotel to ask if we could see it to get an idea of sleeping arrangements. They said they couldn’t at the time. Ok, no problem, so we left. The day before our stay we got an email to choose our room and noticed the room wasn’t what I thought it was. Being a Diamond member we’re entitled to free upgrades that are available, and have always been treated kindly about that. Not at this hotel. I called Hilton cust serv line and they said they tried to get the upgrade but sounded like they’d had a problem with the hotel, and advised I try to speak to them myself. They were super nice about it, but I could tell the cs agent was frazzled after speaking with the hotel. I called the hotel and once the front desk accessed my acct and saw the free room, her attitude became awful! I am a calm steady person from years of customer service, so I didn’t feed into her snarky behavior. I felt she was lying about not having an upgraded room avail. So I called and spoke with the GM. I complained to her about the previous convo with her front desk agent and asked that she looked into it. Well, She was worse! She began saying we couldn’t have a party unless all guests were registered to our room and began changing our agreements. I told her it was no problem, we can add them on to our room, there were only a couple of teens coming, so it would’ve worked out ok. Our room could fit 6, and we only had 6 people. But She didn’t offer to do that nor did she ask if we were ok with the room. She just said this is a free room and it sounds like we cannot accommodate you here and that she was cancelling our room. We were 2 hours from the party time. I begged her not to cancel because we had guests meeting us there. She insisted she was doing it, so I told her if she did that, I would call the state attorney general because I never consented to her changing and breaking the contract. By cancelling it, it made me lose my free room. I called Hilton and asked for their district managers number. They said I’d have to call the hotel to get it. So I did and got the nasty GM again. She said because I “threatened legal action, I was banned from the property” and if I step foot there they’d call Georgia patrol. I was absolutely floored! I kept my cool and never said anything for her to go that far. I tried to do everything the correct way… asking to have the party beforehand instead of sneaking people in, tried to see the room beforehand, tried to use my diamond status to work through a misunderstanding instead of raising cane.. etc. There was no reason for her to do that. My son was looking forward to having his friends there for his birthday. I had 3 hours to call parents and make new arrangements. It turned out that the teens just wanted to ride bikes all day and barely would’ve even used the hotel. We didn’t need it after all. But I’d like to have my free room back and be removed from their “do not rent” list. Thinking about it now, I believe they just didn’t want to rent to people who use their free room. What advice would you give me? Should I file the complaint with the state Atty general or let Amex do it? Or something else all together?

Was hoping to get some insight before I call my agent. My $1 Million umbrella policy with State Farm has really gone up this past few years from $300 to over $1500 per year. So I started looking at it and saw the following: Automobile Liability: $500,000 Recreational Motor Vehicle Liability: $500,000 Personal Residential Liablility: $100,000 Watercraft Liability: $100,000 I don't know what a Recreational Motor Vehicle is. I have 2 cars used for commuting around town. I don't have an RV or Jeep for off-roading. So what good is that doing me? I don't have a watercraft. I consider watercraft to be a money pit and I'll never own one. I'm in Florida near the water, so maybe it's assumed I have a watercraft? I don't know. I feel like I'm paying for a bunch of insurance I don't need. Any advice would be appreciated.

Recently a storm blew through and did a ton of damage in the neighborhood. Adjustor came out and declared the roof a total loss, however all said they were exploring possible negligence. Couple weeks later they declared that the could only pay for half the roof because they had pictures of roof damage 2 years ago (damage was just a dozen or so 3 tab shingles that had torn off, nothing major, which was since repaired). The next day they just deposited the money in my bank account, however I haven't signed or agreed to anything. Is it possible or worthwhile to fight this? Unfortunately I don't have a paper trail of the roof repair because a friend of mine fixed it to return a favor. I spoke with a roofing company with good reviews on Google who said they will fight it for us. That a good idea? Also reaching out to my friend to see if he has any companies he recommends.

I just dropped Embrace pet insurance. My dog has a soft palate and breathing problems which are hereditary. The woman on the phone said they do cover hereditary conditions as long as it wasn't something that was detected before the policy began or after the waiting period, because then it gets listed as a pre-existing condition, which no pet insurance covers. I'm so confused. If the condition is hereditary then of course it was detected early on. I've literally spent 10k on vet bills for my dog (who's only 10 months old) and I've never been reimbursed fot a single thing because everything she went in for is considering "pre-existing", whether its seizures, bladder issues, bowel obstruction, or anything related to breathing. She gets aspiration pneumonia like every 2 months because she throws up and then it goes back into her lungs and then I have to pay for x-rays and give her antibiotics. The waiting period for it to not be considered pre-existing is 180 days. That's just not possible in her case. Literally the only way I'd ever be reimbursed for anything is if she broke a leg or something. Is there any pet insurance that will cover hereditary health issues without listing them as pre-existing? Do I just go to a different vet and not give her insurance info from her previous vet or what? Her vet bills are becoming unaffordable at this point. Just at a loss of what to do. Anyone who can give me advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Hey everyone, looking for some advice. Back on February 6th, I got into an accident when the roads were icy, and sleet was coming down. I was driving under the speed limit, but my car swerved and I stupidly slammed the breaks (didn’t know that was literally the no.1 no no) and ended up swerving into a different land and a truck ended up hitting me on the passenger back side. The car was totaled. Fast forward to now—I just got a notice from progressive saying I was found at fault. They included a form where I can contest it, but it costs $50 to do so. The form asks me to describe what happened, including the weather conditions. There was a decent gap between when I stopped swerving and when the truck hit me, so I feel like I might have somewhat of a case? But even then, is it even worth sending the $50, or is it just a formality with no real chance of overturning their decision? At the scene, the police told me the other guy had a dash cam, and I don’t have any other proof that I wouldn’t be at fault. Also, would this at-fault ruling impact my insurance premiums down the line? Appreciate any insight!

I'm on my mom's blue cross blue shield medicaid IL insurance and for some reason I was kicked off last month and now it says I'll be back on next month. My mom isn't sure why that happened. When I tried to make an appointment yesterday my bcbs insurance ID wasn't working when it always has. But I NEED to go to a hospital some time soon. Will my medicaid ID work or are they together? If it doesn't work does that mean I'll have to pay out of pocket if I go before next month.

Alright so... I live in GA and GA power services my home. Recently the neutral wire on GA power side (prior to meter) became heavily degraded and caused half of the house to receive double voltage. I attempted to make a claim with GA power, but I guess they have it written into their contract with the city that they don't cover incidents resulting from "squirrels chewing through the steel wiring." They said to make an insurance claim instead. Does all that sound right? We had a number of items (dishwasher, stove, ceiling fans, computer, etc) fry due to the double voltage. We have an ongoing open claim from Hurricane helene unfortunately as well so trying to determine best recourse. Thanks!