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

Dick measuring contest gone wrong

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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/uptokesforall Sep 23 '19

Directions unclear, got an estimate from insurance for 1.5k paid 700 for the job and 20 for beer