There has always been a segment of our population know as idiots who have attempted to destroy their crap vehicles for new ones or to escape payments. The Toyota commercial is nothing new and won’t have any impact on the idiot population. That’s why we have SIU’s.
They poke fun at insurance fraud. Maybe next they will show Dad & Mom leaving a case of beer on ice in the front seat of the 2 year old Tundra. Then handing the keys to 16 year old Billy and telling him to take the Tundra to the lake for a good time with his classmates. Maybe that would offend some of you who think the insurance fraud connection is a stretch. These ads make me think Toyota SUCKS and not much else!
Those ads are VERY believable and all the comments about it encouraging insurance fraud are right on point. I also drink a certain type of beer to get good looking friends. I bought that big rubber band for $19.99 to trim my thunder thighs. And I feel very sorry for that guy who has to work with monkeys! Boy, what fool he must be to have accepted that job!!!
Funny, I just read that Toyota took the number two slot for car sales in America. Is it possible that the only people concerned about these commercials are insurance adjusters. If so Toyota may be laughing all the way to the bank. No matter what you do in today’s society you will offend someone!
You realize we – insurance people – are the only people on the planet viewing (and talking about) these ads as a criminal action. Honestly this discussion, and the action of the Idaho DOI for that matter, just makes me smile. Apparently I’m not the only one who needs a vacation from this business…
THE TIMING OF THIS FRAUD INCIDENT COINSIDES WITH TOYOTA’S CURRENT ADVERTISEMENT PERFECTLY
Pa. Man Accused of Pushing Car off Mountain to Make Theft Claim
December 31, 2007
A Pennsylvania man pushed his Ford Mustang down a mountain as part of a scheme to claim it was stolen, authorities said.
Richard Way Jr., 28, pushed the car down an embankment along Wopsy Mountain in Blair County last year, then reported it had been stolen from the parking lot of a hot dog restaurant, the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office said.
Way, of Claysburg, was arraigned last week on charges of filing false police reports, theft and insurance fraud.
A cousin, Travis Knox, told police he saw Way remove stereo equipment from the Mustang and was asked to help push the car off a cliff, according to the arrest affidavit. Knox said he refused to help, and told investigators that Way confessed the crime to him a few days later.
Reached at his home, Way declined comment and said a lawyer would speak on his behalf later.
Copyright 2008 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
What about the other idiots that claim that the records that they heard or the tv programs caused them to commit violence. Some (?) attorneys will try to use this as a defense on the part of the insured that causes fraud? Some try it and some get away with it. We still need to blame the idiots that commit the crime.
What have we come to? I have seen the ads and have taken them for what they were intended, a method to show JQ Public that people like their Toyota’s and will dump their current rides to justify buying a new Toyota.
I feel sorry for this county if we have to have government making sure that only good pure thoughts and actions are shown in ads.
How about a couple comes home from a party. Leroy was drunk again and hitting on all the good looking gals making a real pig of himself, while embarrassing Lulubell, his wife. Big fat Lulubell had to much to drink also. Lulubell comes in and sees that new $500,000.00 term policy finally arrived in the mail. Lulubell waits till Leroy passes out on the bathroom floor. KABOOM! You figure out the rest. Bad taste just like Toyota. Might sell a few life policies and help get another agent to qualify for their trip.
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There has always been a segment of our population know as idiots who have attempted to destroy their crap vehicles for new ones or to escape payments. The Toyota commercial is nothing new and won’t have any impact on the idiot population. That’s why we have SIU’s.
They poke fun at insurance fraud. Maybe next they will show Dad & Mom leaving a case of beer on ice in the front seat of the 2 year old Tundra. Then handing the keys to 16 year old Billy and telling him to take the Tundra to the lake for a good time with his classmates. Maybe that would offend some of you who think the insurance fraud connection is a stretch. These ads make me think Toyota SUCKS and not much else!
Those ads are VERY believable and all the comments about it encouraging insurance fraud are right on point. I also drink a certain type of beer to get good looking friends. I bought that big rubber band for $19.99 to trim my thunder thighs. And I feel very sorry for that guy who has to work with monkeys! Boy, what fool he must be to have accepted that job!!!
Funny, I just read that Toyota took the number two slot for car sales in America. Is it possible that the only people concerned about these commercials are insurance adjusters. If so Toyota may be laughing all the way to the bank. No matter what you do in today’s society you will offend someone!
You realize we – insurance people – are the only people on the planet viewing (and talking about) these ads as a criminal action. Honestly this discussion, and the action of the Idaho DOI for that matter, just makes me smile. Apparently I’m not the only one who needs a vacation from this business…
THE TIMING OF THIS FRAUD INCIDENT COINSIDES WITH TOYOTA’S CURRENT ADVERTISEMENT PERFECTLY
Pa. Man Accused of Pushing Car off Mountain to Make Theft Claim
December 31, 2007
A Pennsylvania man pushed his Ford Mustang down a mountain as part of a scheme to claim it was stolen, authorities said.
Richard Way Jr., 28, pushed the car down an embankment along Wopsy Mountain in Blair County last year, then reported it had been stolen from the parking lot of a hot dog restaurant, the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office said.
Way, of Claysburg, was arraigned last week on charges of filing false police reports, theft and insurance fraud.
A cousin, Travis Knox, told police he saw Way remove stereo equipment from the Mustang and was asked to help push the car off a cliff, according to the arrest affidavit. Knox said he refused to help, and told investigators that Way confessed the crime to him a few days later.
Reached at his home, Way declined comment and said a lawyer would speak on his behalf later.
Copyright 2008 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
What about the other idiots that claim that the records that they heard or the tv programs caused them to commit violence. Some (?) attorneys will try to use this as a defense on the part of the insured that causes fraud? Some try it and some get away with it. We still need to blame the idiots that commit the crime.
What have we come to? I have seen the ads and have taken them for what they were intended, a method to show JQ Public that people like their Toyota’s and will dump their current rides to justify buying a new Toyota.
I feel sorry for this county if we have to have government making sure that only good pure thoughts and actions are shown in ads.
How about a couple comes home from a party. Leroy was drunk again and hitting on all the good looking gals making a real pig of himself, while embarrassing Lulubell, his wife. Big fat Lulubell had to much to drink also. Lulubell comes in and sees that new $500,000.00 term policy finally arrived in the mail. Lulubell waits till Leroy passes out on the bathroom floor. KABOOM! You figure out the rest. Bad taste just like Toyota. Might sell a few life policies and help get another agent to qualify for their trip.
Sometimes we in the industry take ourselves too seriously. I thought the ads were pretty funny. Guess I just have bad taste!