Comments on: Are You Scared Sh*tless Yet?: Allstate’s Horribly Depressing Ad Campaign

By: Edita

Edita — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 09:55:34 +0000

You will probably see a shilgt increase in your rates but it shouldn’t be a lot more. In fact the BMW probably has some very nice safety features that may save you some money. However, if you carried liability before and now want full coverage insurance, then the rates will go up quite a bit more depending on your coverage options you choose. Without knowing your credit history, coverage options, vehicle location, number of miles driven annual, coverage amounts and other personal information I don’t want you to put on here, I couldn’t give you an accurate estimate and nobody else could either. I don’t care what they say. Get some quotes online and check out some rates in your area, this will let you know what kind of price difference you are looking at and will keep you from posting your personal information all over the Internet. Comparison shopping is the single best way to save money on auto insurance for any driver. Also, don’t forget to mention if you are a student and have good grades to get even further discounts is applicable.

By: thestealthminer

thestealthminer — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 03:27:32 +0000

Haha, well said.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:54:23 +0000

Allstate is also the company promoting those "The economy sucks and you're going to lose your house and live in a cardboard box while appreciating the little things in life. Oh, and even though you're living on dog food buy some insurance for your brand new cardboard box home!"

By: Brittney

Brittney — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:42:30 +0000

The State Farm commercials are pretty funny too. I like the one where the guy is smiling at this girl in a coffee shop. He's working on his computer and keeps looking over at the girl. After a long stare with her, he looks back and his computer is gone!!

By: Mandy

Mandy — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 01:40:45 +0000

i have allstate and love it. honestly at least they are realistic about it instead of making it happy cause bad things happen and people are terrible drivers so there you go.

By: Kola

Kola — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:31:25 +0000

Hey Anon, we know you are really a marketing manager at Allstate who happened to come across this post. And since the younger demo is what Allstate needs to attract to keep lining it's pockets, you posted this as a thoughtful responder vs. a desperate marketer not making his budget this year.

By: J - NYU

J - NYU — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:29:56 +0000

Anon, do you work for Allstate?

If so, STOP SCARING US.

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:19:36 +0000

lol i never knew anyone else who noticed this! these commercials crack me up. my favorite line paraphrased: each year 6000 teenagers go out for a drive and never come back. (followed by a persuasion to sign a parent-teen driving contract: like that really does crap… inexperienced drivers are more likely to get into car wrecks, its really that simple. yeah some of them drive stupid, but i never went out joyriding and i still got in an accident at 17).

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:05:14 +0000

Are you stupid? That isn't what the commercials are saying AT ALL…

Here I will show you:

“If You Try To Drink Coffee While Driving, You Will Get Into A Serious Accident And Probably Break Your Neck” – No, they are saying that doing multiple things while driving such as drinking coffee (and if you notice, not looking at the traffic ahead that is dead stopped) can cause an accident. They reward people who pay attention.

“If You Don’t Have Accident Forgiveness Your Car Is Most Likely Going To Smash Into A Police Cruiser” – No, this is an example, saying that if that happened to you like that guy, you're covered.

“Without Allstate Your New Shiny Car WILL Be Ruined” – No, they set up a scenario and saying that yeah, you get a new car if your new car is crashed into!

“Don’t Ever Try To Be Happy Because Everything That Can Go Wrong Will Including Your Wedding Turning Into A FUNERAL” – This is saying that yeah, everyone dies, some people get stolen from, anything you can think of has happened, so go ahead and prtect yourself so that if something wrong DOES happen, you are saved.