AIG followup, the story is getting buried

AIG Headquarters
70 Pine St.
New York, NY 10270
Phone: 212-770-7000
Fax: 212-509-9705
Toll Free: 877-638-4244

Lisa Crocker 217-541-7791

I called the direct 212 number, told the call screener I was a concerned customer that needed an explanation and some type of justification on the "Getaway" in Orange County. I was first told... get this, IT WAS ONLY A FOUR DAY TRIP??? Not the eight days reported in the story. Sep. 24th to the 28th. The great part is that she was trying to say that it wasn't that bad because it was only four days but the point I was making was that they spent 25 grand on spa treatments in only eight days. I said,

"In eight days of the retreat.." here she cut me off and told me it was only 4 days, "that just makes it even worse? In only 4 days your company spent 25 grand on spa treatments alone." She paused for a while and it ended up somewhere around, "was this the right time to do this sir......(very long pause).....probably not."

It went on for awhile but nothing could be said really because we both know what this really was. She said it was planned a year prior, I asked was there are least any discussion of scaling it back to the bare bones of the conference or maybe not holding it in one of the most expensive hotels in Orange County? She said she could not really speak to any of that. She did say only 10 of the atendees were actually AIG employees and the rest were independant contractors that sell the insurance. No doubt those 10 were a good chunk of the executive committee.

Please use this resource. She gave me a Direct Phone number

Lisa Crocker 1(217) 541-7791

call her, question this, get angry.

I had to be calm to get some info. and the number but you don't have to. Yell! Question! Get Angry! We are all being taken on a ride to the bottom and we are paying for the tickets, gas, maintenance, and swedish massages for the conductor.

HELP YOURSELVES, HELP ME, HELP.

Above is a copy of the actual hotel bill, this is real people, DO SOMETHING!!!

you can find some good coverage of this on Nancy Pelosi's blog.

http://speaker.house.gov/blog

update: CNN just announced that AIG is getting an additional 38 billion dollars to their bailout. I really have nothing left.

update 2: Oct. 8 (Bloomberg) -- American International Group Inc., castigated by the White House, Congress and Barack Obama for hosting a $440,000 conference days after an $85 billion federal bailout, plans to hold another gathering for brokers next week at the Ritz Carlton in Half Moon Bay, CA