Had round one a couple of weeks ago.
Here is round two.
Someone pulled out in front of Subject A and it damanged my car. Everyone was OK and such but it bugered it up pretty good.
So, of course they did the whole insurance thing. It goes to the person at fault, which was not Subject A.
We have a loaner car for a couple of weeks and last night subject A goes to pick it up at the body shop.
It was dark so I turned on the porch light to go check out the repair.
It was not acceptable. Not at all. I get pissed and asked who did the work. It was a place that always does very good work in town and I was very surprised. When I ask Subject A I get the response of "to get it fixed as new we would have to pay 500-700 out of our own pocket to do it and I decided we didnt want to spend that money". It is an older car, been very reliable, been paid off and hoped to keep it for years until it does.
I listen to the reasoning. It does not pass the smell test.
I notice in my bank account a deposit of X amount of money. Subject A says it was from the insurance for the repair. I said OK.
I call the body shop to ask why the repair was done like it was, meaning it wasnt really repaired much at all and quite honestly looks like shit.
Their response was....'we did exactly what Subject A told us to do. We gave Subject A the option of fixing it totally with the money from the insurance company or just make it good enough to drive. Subject A was adament to just do the minimun.
So I ask about why woudl the insurance not pay for the full amount and why would we have had to pay 500-700 dollars for it to be up to snuff.
His answer , 'the insurance would have paid for the full repair and NOTHING would have come out of your pocket. The adjuster came out, gave an estimate, we agreed to it and Subject A decided to do the mininmum.
So, when I ask what the check amount was we got from the insurance and it was a thousand bucks MORE than what subject A deposited into the account. Subject A says there was a written estimate for 500 more than what the insurance was going to pay. The body shop says that is not so, that the only estimate was from teh adjuster for what they were gonna pay.
When asked about the grand to Subject A it was fumbled around that it was paid to pay bills, etc etc etc.
So...........what the fuck is going on?
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Fri, Aug 12, 2011 12:51 PM
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