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Braden Bjella is a culture writer. His work can be found in Mixmag, Electronic Beats, Schon! magazine, and more.

Braden Bjella

2 image split. Woman in car on left. Geico on right.

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Woman sells 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe, purchases 2014 Chevrolet Traverse. Then she gets an insurance claim from GEICO—they’re not her insurance carrier

Tiffanie Drayton is a geek culture and lifestyle reporter whose work covers everything from gender and race to anime and Xbox. Her work has appeared in Complex, Salon, Marie Claire, Playboy, and elsewhere.

Tiffanie Drayton

Three panel design with panel one featuring two people reviewing paper work for some kind of maintenance, panel two features the woman from the viral TikTok, she is wearing glasses, a white sweatshirt with a big smile, last panel shows a vehicle on a lift in a shop.

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‘It literally added $1,000-2,000 to my insurance payout’: Geico customer shares secret to big savings after a car accident

Natasha Dubash is a freelance writer and editor based in Los Angeles. She loves reporting on entertainment, television, and pop culture.

Natasha Dubash

3 panel image: the Geico logo, the Root logo, and the face of a woman explaining something in her car with her finger raised.

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‘They tried to raise their policy rate by over $400. For one day’: Woman warns stay away from Geico, get Root instead. Is she onto something?

Marlon Ettinger writes about politics, crime, and culture.

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Geico Logo Sign(l) Tesla Cyber Truck(c) Female hands holding a 'canceled' stamp(r)

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Geico says Cybertruck’s ‘gross weight’ to blame after owners got notices canceling insurance policies

Woman talking(l+r), Phone with uber app(c)

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‘I will be saving money’: Woman says it’s cheaper to Uber or Lyft everywhere than to pay her Honda, Geico bills

Beau Paul is a freelance writer from Austin, Texas. Beau also wrote narrative and dialog for the gaming industry for several years before becoming an entertainment journalist.

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Honda driver considers canceling Geico car insurance after monthly rate goes up without her knowledge

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‘That is more than the car payment’: Honda driver considers canceling Geico car insurance after monthly rate goes up without her knowledge, she gets charged $520

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‘We will be taking legal action’: Geico customer says she got bamboozled after her car was stolen—all over a form

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