I’ve always prefered an anonymous buying experience to an in person one. It seems I feel guilty if the sales person is helpful and I don’t buy anything. I know that really they’re just giving me the hard sell and I need to make a rational decision but I HATE feeling guilty.
Now, online I don’t have that problem so I like to do my shopping there if I feel there’s a chance I’m going to get a guilty trip (even if it is only self imposed) for whatever product I’m buying which is just about whenever I know the person is working on commission. This happens with car salesmen, insurance agents, the pizza guy (not really commission, but I tip on a per pizza basis).
Online insurance quotes are a great way for me to avoid at least this one attack of nervousness. There’s more than one but at truelowquotes.com you can get 5 quotes in as little as 5 minutes. It usually takes more time if you don’t now your info, so have your current policy ready when you go looking.