In my case the other company paid for it all, and they sent someone to take pictures and send in an estimate and then I called a body shop my mechanic recommended. They took care of all the insurance stuff after that. I called a rental place too, and they contacted the insurance company to arrange for them to pay the bill. Was pretty low stress, considering.
It's not like she blew me off. She just left with another guy, that's all.
Riley ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Burrell - May 21, 2015 8:10:26 pm PDT #26903 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
meara - May 21, 2015 8:25:35 pm PDT #26904 of 30000
Yeah, luckily I'm home all next week, but still don't want to waste lots of time having to deal with this! And I don't know a body shop (or have a mechanic, really). And I've been thinking about a new car, but really don't need one now and don't really want to spend the money, but...getting this one fixed seems like it might be silly...
brenda m - May 21, 2015 9:05:29 pm PDT #26905 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Burrell's experience is mine.
My concern given the age of the car would be that if the repair is more than the value they may declare it totalled. Which would take the choice out of your hands. (When that happened to me I knew there was no way I could get a car as reliable for the amount the car was officially worth. To avoid having it classified as totaled I had to take a much lower settlement.)
JZ - May 22, 2015 2:29:53 am PDT #26906 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Least delightful insomnia variant ever: dreamed it was 6:30 and the alarm had gone off, David had hit the snooze button, and I knew we only had a couple of minutes until it went off again for real so I had to drag myself up into consciousness to avoid the jolt of the alarm. So I did... and it was, in fact, 3:57 AM, and here I am. Oh, my brain, you evil genius, how I hate you.
Jesse - May 22, 2015 2:38:14 am PDT #26907 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ugh, I hate that, JZ!
meara, someone I know just had her car totalled by the insurance company, but their first offer was half of what it was worth, so she went back with arguments and evidence, and they doubled the settlement. So definitely negotiate.
hippocampus - May 22, 2015 2:38:58 am PDT #26908 of 30000
not your mom's socks.
Oh, JZ I have so many times been visited by Evil Brain, Inc., Insomnia Subsidiary. I wish you a calm uncomplicated day. Or coffee. Whichever comes first.
Sue - May 22, 2015 2:43:41 am PDT #26909 of 30000
hip deep in pie
Insomnia is a big jerk.
As is my cat Oz. I bent down to put on my boots this AM only to discover a puddle on the floor under one of my running shoes. The hardwood underneath was well-soaked with pee. I hope Nature's Miracle is up to the job.
lcat - May 22, 2015 2:55:00 am PDT #26910 of 30000
I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
I think my instance may have been complicated by the fact that I was working with a commercial insurance company with several layers of bureaucracy in a different time zone. It sounds like consumer agencies are much less hassle which is good.
JZ - May 22, 2015 2:57:05 am PDT #26911 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Oh, Oz, no. Bad little man.
It'll be a quiet day of database updating, so there's that. I can easily huddle in silence nursing coffee after coffee. Sorry to hear the Evil Brain has attacked you before, Sox. Doing it by way of a dream just seems so underhanded.
-t - May 22, 2015 3:42:00 am PDT #26912 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Kitten!
Last time my car was in an accident our insurance company recommended a garage to take it to who billed them directly. And the car was going to be totaled at first but we had replaced the engine not long before which brought the value up. I hope your insurance company works with you to make this easy, meara.
Ugh, JZ, that is the worst.
Go Nature's Miracle! Stop that Oz!