here’s an excerpt from an email i got this week from Progressive, my car insurance company:
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Get $50 for participating in a research study.
===================================As a valued Progressive Direct customer, we’re inviting you to participate in an innovative research study. The purpose of this study is to help us reduce the cost of car insurance. And you’ll earn $50 just for participating.
How it works:
– Let us know you’ll participate by visiting us online:
– We’ll send you a TripSensor, a matchbook-sized device that easily plugs in near your vehicle’s steering column. Just plug it in, drive as you normally do, and forget about it. In six months, we’ll ask you to unplug the TripSensor and send it back to us, and we’ll send you $50. It’s that easy.
– The data you provide are for research purposes only, and will not, under any circumstances, have an effect on your current or future car insurance rate.
i happen to have a sister-in-law that works as an attorney at progressive so i emailed her and asked if it was legit and she said it was. so i signed up for it. seems a bit big brother-ish but fifty bucks is fifty bucks. you can earn your fifty bucks too if you are a progressive customer.