Better World Club - The Greener Alternative to AAA

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Better World Club is the nation’s only socially responsible, environmentally friendly roadside assistance and travel club. It strives to balance its members’ transportation needs with their desire to protect the environment. The Club has a unique policy agenda among auto clubs, supporting the attempts of states to better regulate automobiles to reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses.

BWC further distinguishes itself from other auto clubs in many ways, including but not limited to devoting 1% of revenues to environmental cleanup and advocacy, offering the nation’s only bicycle roadside assistance program, and offering eco-travel and hybrid car rental discounts.

For more information about Better World Club, visit www.betterworldclub.com.



Jeff Schultz
Re: Better World Club - The Greener Alternative to AAA

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If I joined and needed your services could I request a tow by a team of Percherons? If not, a personal tow by Mariusz Pudzianowski.

That'd be green.



mcbridem
Shame on you Better World
I was a member at BWC and loved the fact that I could support a club that actually cared about the environment... I was telling everyone I knew - I thought it was such a great thing! So I bought the premium service and cancelled my AAA, which I'd had for years... and a long time went by with me just loving and touting the benefits of BWC. Then one day I needed to use my service - no problem, then a few months later I had to use it again, and then shortly after, I had to use it again... so it was a string of bad luck for me, but imagine my surprise when, during my last call, a supervisor came on the line and told me he was exercising his right to cancel my membership because I had used too many services in too short a period of time. Never mind that I had something like 5 services left, or that I didn’t use any service calls for a long time before that… I was cancelled, no ifs ands or buts. Now this was completely out of the blue... I had paid all my bills on time; I wasn't having a difficult time with anyone... I was in the middle of a nice pleasant experience with customer service when this guy picked up the line and told me I was cancelled. I was stunned, and all I could do was ask why, after all the time and money I had spent, and given my current bank of services, they would cancel my account. This young guy simply and arrogantly explained that if I continued to use all my services each year they could not remain profitable. Unbelievable. Now since this happened I've gone back to AAA and have not used a single service and don’t plan to, but at least I know that if I need to use the services I'm actually paying for, I won't have to worry about losing my roadside assistance. Shame on you Better World. You turned an ardent and vocal fan into a very unhappy (and still vocal) supporter of your competition. Supporting the environment is supposed to be a bonus in addition to good, reliable service, not a substitute for them.


silverfox
Re: Better World Club - The Greener Alternative to AAA

I became a Better World member this last month. I researched the heck out of them, bugged them w/ a lot of questions, ("I don't want to wait hours for help. How many tow companies are affiliated with you in this very rural area?" ) and they had all the right answers.( "3." I was happily surprised.) They were extremely polite and helpful with my inquiries.

I am soooooo glad not to be w/ AAA any more. NEVER liked their lobbying postions but...needed to be sure I wouldn't be stuck somewhere.

Great alternative and I am recommending to all my friends..."green" or otherwise.



Billy345
I love it!

It is amazing that people can get so creative with how to help the cause that we're all intersted in. I've not been a fan of AAA either but in the past felt that I had no alternative - I love that not only is Better World Club an alternative but it one that provides some benifit rather than just taking our money! I will check out what you're doing and will plan on signing up - thanks for doing your part Better World Club!!!

Billy



bworld
Thanks for the kudos

Thanks for the kudos Billy!

Though we've never met before, Billy, we love you too. And you know what, we're even willing to jump up and down on Oprah's couch and shout it out to the world!

Now that we've the "mushy" stuff out of the way, let's talk business. The creative idea to start BWC came from founders Mitch Rofsky and Todd Silberman, two Ohio boys who first met in cub scouts many, many, many, many, many years ago. Check out this link to learn the whole sordid tale: www.betterworldclub.com/about/index.htm#history

Please do check us out and if you have questions, please feel free to call us at 866-238-1137, or send us an email: www.betterworldclub.com/contact/contact.htm

Sincerely,
Better World Club



Sehija
Better World Club

This sounds like a good idea. I personally am not a big fan of AAA - aside from being rude, they definitely could care less about the environment. I definitely will consider your firm as soon as my AAA membership expires. One question, are you thinking about branching out into the insurance world as well. That would be a great compliment to your product.

-S



bworld
Better World Club does

Better World Club does indeed offer insurance, as well as travel services, and carbon offsets. Here's the link to our insurance page: www.betterworldclub.com/insurance/index.htm

Just for kicks, here are some links to our travel and carbon offset pages, as well as the link to our eNewsletter, 'Kicking Asphalt':

www.betterworldclub.com/travel/index.htm
www.betterworldclub.com/links/offsets.htm
www.betterworldclub.com/news/ka.htm

Please let us know if you have any other questions.

Thanks!
Better World Club