Re: Insurance Woes

[Cheapass Ron <rapieper@yahoo.com>]

DON'T CASH THE CHECK.  Send it back, get more estimates and send them.
Get what YOU need out of them...*they* are responsible for fixing your
car.  The easiest way out of it for them is to get you to cash a check
(of the lowest value they can get away with) indicating your
acceptance.  

Also...get ahold of a lawyer, use friends or whatever, or post to a
legal newsgroup for additional advice.

Good Luck...don't take their crap!  Remember they are in business to
TAKE money, not send it out to the likes of you!

Ron
--- Brad Sayer <vwrocco85@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Some may recall that I was rear ended a couple of weeks ago.  So I
> got an 
> estimate, sent it to the other drivers insurance company along with
> the 
> police report indicating her 100% fault.  They just sent me a revised
> 
> estimate cutting the original in half.  It seems they called up the
> shop 
> that I got the estimate at (even though I never said anything to the
> shop 
> about insurance, or ever planned to have it repaired there) and
> negotiated a 
> lower estimate based on a lower labor rate, used parts instead of
> new, and 
> reduced hours on pulling/squaring.
> 
> So my question is, can they do this?  Oh, they sent me the check
> also!  
> Never told me, it just showed up in the mail yesterday!  It seems to
> me that 
> an estimate based on a negotiated/bargained deal with one body shop
> using 
> lower rates and used parts is not an accurate valuation of the car. 
> I can't 
> walk into any body shop and negiate a deal like they did.
> 
> Am I wrong about feeling cheated by all this, or are they screwing me
> big 
> time?  Do I have a valid complaint, and grounds for legal recourse or
> what?
> 
> Hopefully someone out there can help me with some advise.
> 
> Brad
> 
> 
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