I’ve been a loyal Healthy Paws customer for 13 and a half years—since the day I brought my puppy Bellah home. Over the years, I’ve paid thousands of dollars into this policy with the trust and belief that when the time came—especially in her final stages of life—Healthy Paws would be there for us. Instead, with no prior notice, Bellah’s monthly premium has been raised from $250 to nearly $800. At nearly 14 years old, with limited time left, my dog is being priced out of her coverage when she needs it most. I’ve called. I’ve waited. I’ve been hung up on. I’ve sat on hold for hours, only to speak to customer service reps who are either powerless or unwilling to help. Not a single person has shown any compassion or even attempted to work with me. I wasn’t expecting a miracle—but I did expect humanity. Bellah is not just a pet—she is family. And now, in what should be her most peaceful time, she is being made into a financial burden. After over a decade of loyalty, this is the treatment we’ve received: silence, indifference, and a quadrupled premium. Healthy Paws, this is not how we honor the animals who have given us their unconditional love. This is not dignity. This is not care. This is not right.

Really frustrated with navigating car insurance right now. I'm in Chicago suburbs, 2020 camry, and even though I have a much safer car than my previous nissan, this policy is a ton more expensive. My current 6 month progressive policy: 50k 100k 50k, medical payments 2k, uninsured 15k w 250d, comprehensive w 750d, collision w 1000d, and roadside. This costs $563, but with "discounts" or whatever i'm only paying 443 (though i've paid 82 for 6 months so it's Actually 493). It's renewing in 2 weeks and suddenly they want $1055, for 6mo. That's almost doubled WTF? I called, the person pulled strings and said it'd be $483 - just kidding that's if i changed my current policy. If i requote for one through feb it's $981, because I don't have an e-sign (and one other) discount anymore? And that would have saved me $400?? Make that make sense. She tried to see what it'd be if we minimized everything, 25k/50k/20k coverage with literally nothing else still would cost of $500 for 6 months. An independent insurance agent quoted progressive with my current (50k/100k/50k) coverage at $780. These are wildly different numbers. Any discounts available to me saved like 5 bucks. 1k over 6 months for car insurance is insane. I'm still learning to navigate insurance hellscapes. My biggest concern is hitting deer (i travel a lot) or objects on the road (there's always garbage i'm dodging on the highways), so i want at least comprehensive (or is it collision?) and roadside assistance bc I never learned how to do basic car repairs. 2k in medical payments will cover a band-aid at the ER, maybe, so i'm fine getting rid of that and minimizing underinsured (unless that's a bad idea?) and upping deductibles to 750 or 1k if it saves some money. I don't want to be throwing money away because of the appeal to fear that "something might happen" but also don't want to be underinsured and financially screwed if I hit a bumper or someone t-bones my car. Any advice appreciated.

Hi all, I’m not sure if this is the appropriate place to put this but I’m at my wits end. I (27, F, England) decided to buy Sabrina carpenter tickets via viagogo as I didn’t manage on Ticketmaster. I had my first suspicion as it charged me with HK yen and not GBP, but viagogo assured me that it was all legit and if not I’ll get my money back. Fast forward to last week, I start a new place and forgot to ask for time off for the gig. So I decide to sell the tickets (even tho I don’t have them yet, apparently they’ll be coming on the day of the gig) and someone decided to get them a few hours after I listed them. Imagine my surprise when I woke up today and see an email from Viagogo saying that if I don’t put the tickets up by tomorrow evening, they’ll be charging me all the money (that I do not currently have) and not the original seller I bought them from? And apparently the original seller is still telling me the tickets will come on the gig day? Why am I getting pressured to send tickets I do not have earlier than what I’m getting the tickets? What can I do if they decide to do this? Can I talk to my bank and issue a refund? Can I take them to the police for pretty much stealing my money? I need help.

I pay into a CalSavers account. I received an email five days ago saying: "per my request all correspondence will be sent to:" \[an email which is not mine\]. It looks like a scammer domain. I don't remember registering to access the account on the CalSavers website, though I may have during the enrollment process when I started the job. Either way, I can't access the account as it doesn't recognize the email I would have used. Is it possible someone has stolen the money by transferring it out of my account? I don't imagine scammers would waste time as soon as they have access... I can't call CalSavers until their office opens tomorrow.

I got a much better quote from New York life insurance for a life policy then my current State farm policy. It's my busy season of work and I was hoping to be able to docusign or just cancel over the phone. I was told I need a wet signature which means I'll have to take off a day or half off work. Part of me wants to just cancel my auto and home policies as well with them over this. Are they just being difficult with me or is this standard with State farm?

Do agents typically approach you? I was approached by a woman with a tablet telling me about insurance plans and claiming she was from ACA. She asked me if I wanted to apply to see if I were eligible and told me that I could cancel at any tome should I enroll in it. Turns out I was eligible for a basic plan that I pay 0 dollars for. So I am a bit skeptical about the whole thing. I have a screenshot about a confirmation on an onboard app. It has a Premier Secure number to cancel. I’m 90% my dumbass got scammed or something. I’ve done an enrollment with a Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance in a similar manner but I canceled that one because the mandatory doctor was an hour away.

Location: Winnebago County Illinois. It's hard for me to know where to start with this. On April 3rd I received a letter that there is a petition to revive a judgment from 2009 for small claims. I want to know if there is anything I can do to fight this. or to have it denied. Back in 2009 I woke up one day with a garnishment on my paycheck and found out that a company called Midland Funding LLC. placed a garnishment on my wages for a debt they claimed they were owed by me. When I reached out to the creditor, I was able to get some information and they served papers to an address I've never lived at and did not recognize to a person I do not know. I tried to explain to them that I do not recognize the debt and that it was fraudulent. They said it was too late and there was nothing that they would do about it. The garnishments would continue. I was too broke to afford a lawyer even though they were taking between $50-$80 out of every check. It was still less every check than it would have cost me to get a lawyer, and I did not have any savings. I was in my late 20s and there was not a lot of information back in 2009 for legal support. I also did not have adults around me with experience or advice on what I should do. so being young and dumb I didn't pursue it after about 2013 the garnishments just stopped on their own. I still had the same job, and I figured they collected whatever they thought they were owed. They sent me a notice that they filed a petition to revive and collect $2152.22. What I have done so far: I went to my county clerk's office online to look up the case. I did some Google searches that recommended I fill out what's called a response, explaining why I do not feel that this case should be revived and found some forms online. If possible, I would like some guidance on how to best to fill out my response in a way that would give me the best chance of the judge denying their request, and how I would submit the forms to the court

I currently have an auto policy with only my teenage daughter (17F) after removing my STBX from the policy, but I feel like the premium for my car is higher than it should be and I'm wondering if there are any ways to reduce the premium. I am a 40M with a very clean driving record, my daughter had a claim last October where she hit a fire hydrant and the repair was \~$10k or so (no meaningful property damage to the hydrant). I drive a 2021 Tesla Model 3 and she drives a 2017 Audi A4 that her grandmother gave her. Total monthly premium with GEICO is $548 for my car and $366 for her car. I believe the average Model 3 insurance rate in Colorado should be closer to $300/month and I'm just trying to think of ways to lower my premium. Is it possible to separate policies and save money if I make it so that she can't drive my car and doesn't need to be insured for that? Any advice or ideas are greatly appreciated!

Hi everyone! I appreciate any and all answers here. So I just filed my taxes for 2024 and my HR Block representative said that she urges me to switch from Covered California as soon as possible. In 2024 I had medical issues that caused me to lose my job so I switched from employer provided insurance to Covered California starting last May 2024 with the cost being $94/month. Then in August 2024 I got a new job and received a significant pay bump ($21/hr to $31/hr) and I did not know that I was supposed to report my new income to Covered California. In December 2024 after my surgery (to deal with the aforementioned medical issue) I contacted Covered California about renewing for 2025 and during that conversation I found out that I was supposed to report my income change. That led to my rate increasing to $294/month and the worker told me that I will also be facing a tax penalty and backpay for not letting them know about my new monthly income. When I prepared my taxes a few days ago she revealed that the backpay was a total of $1,100 and she said that she's seen this with a lot of her clients and even herself. She stated that with my line of work I will most likely earn more than I anticipate this year and will most likely pay even more taxes to the IRS with Covered California. She urged me to get on a new health insurance plan asap. **My current options are to contact the company that I work with (it's a third party company that I get pay from as a contractor even though I work full time hours). OR I can contact individual insurance companies and try to just get a rate directly with them.** **My questions are** **1) Am I even able to switch my insurance this late into the year? I don't have a major qualifying event aside from just wanting to leave Covered California.** **2) Are the options that I mentioned above correct or are there other solutions that I am not aware of?**

I’ve been paying about 80 a month liability only on one car, added another now it’s 255 this month and 155 from here on out. For context I’m a 24 year old male in NM. I’ve had a good amount of traffic tickets idk how negatively that’s impacting my rates. I have progressive. I always hear about people paying way less than me for liability or the same as I pay for liability they get full coverage for that price. I’d like full coverage but the price would be a lot, if I’m gonna have liability only I’d like it to be nice and cheap. Am I doomed to high prices being a 24 y/o with traffic tickets? Where can I get it cheaper? You always see those insurance commercials claiming super low rates online but I don’t even waste my time figuring it’s bs. I haven’t shopped around in a long time is it worth it to now? Or even better than shopping around, maybe someone here can tell me where and how to get it much cheaper.