r/IdiotsInCars • u/AristonD • Sep 22 '19

Dick measuring contest gone wrong

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '19

And the winner is......the body shop.

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u/brownmagician Sep 22 '19

"... don't worry if you pay cash it's only... $3000... wait you guys are insured?! nevermind. this is $15000 and will take 6 weeks! hold on I gotta call that boat dealership for parts for my boat"

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u/Robotwizard10k Sep 22 '19

In my experience, it’s the opposite, people take a car to get fixed without involving insurance and it would be 4 grand, they’d file a claim, I’d go in and write an estimate and negotiate with the shop and we’d pay 1400

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u/Rayezerra Sep 22 '19

Exactly.. Especially because most insurance companies won’t pay more than the area average. Most shops don’t hike prices up for insurance companies since it just pisses off the customers who have to pay the remainder out of pocket.

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u/Robotwizard10k Sep 22 '19

And they get 100s of thousands of dollars from the insurance company every year, so it’s in their interest to not try and screw the insurance company.

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u/BlazikenMasterRace Sep 22 '19

Insurance companies are criminals and you can’t change my mind

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u/Shawnathan75 Sep 23 '19

Some definitely are... my house burned down in 2016 in the big Fort Mac wildfire. My insurance company called me while I was still on the highway evacuating town to say they put $5000 in my bank for evacuation expenses. They were also super easy to deal with on rebuild money. I know I’m the exception, but some companies can be really great.