Thread: insurance claim on my crossfire need help
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Old Jun 16, 2009 | 09:28 AM
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Default Re: insurance claim on my crossfire need help
Originally Posted by James1549
...will the body shop work with your idea so they can write it up in a way to make sound like its from the same event?
Throwing in an extra repair for no extra charge it fantastic - kudos to the body shops that do that for their customers. That is a great sign that the shops put customer satisfaction first. However, adjusting the covered repair price upward to take care of an uncovered repair, or making an unrelated repair look like it came from a covered repair sounds a lot like insurance fraud to me...I hope that they are good enough at it to not ever be investigated.

I understand that the insurance companies can make it difficult - I've been through my share of fights over the years to get them to pay for covered repairs. But I refuse to sink to their level just to squeeze a few hundred bucks out. Two separate incidents = two separate claims. Talk to the insurance company – the worst that could happen is that you will have to pay 2 deductibles. You may get lucky and get an adjuster that will work with you and the body shop to come up with a deal that is fair and above all legal.

OK, this is me climbing down from my soap box now...
 
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