Yeah, probably no interest on their part. Now you are screwed, and have to deal with the offender’s bunch
clay monroe redgh...@comcast.net > On Sep 1, 2018, at 6:12 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I only have liability on my car so USAA would not get involved I would not > think. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Aug 31, 2018, at 11:53 PM, clay monroe via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> The first thing you do is completely ignore the offending parties insurer. >> GO forthwith to a personal injury lawyer and chat them up about where to get >> medical help for the pain and suffering. If you were not in the car at the >> moment of impact, I am sure you have suffered medical troubles when you came >> into contact with the damaged vehicle. >> >> I would think that you have a car wreck lawyer on retainer owing to the >> actions of Regina and the continued demise of silver star automobiles. The >> longer the damn adjusters have to deal with legal counsel and not resolve >> the claim, the more likely they are to become desperate and agree to a >> settlement to your benefit. >> >> USAA will put the good of the members first and find a body shop that may >> perform work enough to make the car functional. Then they would subrogate >> the claim to the evil Slave Farm folks for full payment. Or, they will tell >> you that CoParts will be the most likely place it ends up, and you get a >> check cut, and strip it at your leisure. >> >> >> >> clay monroe >> redgh...@comcast.net >> >> >> >>> On Aug 31, 2018, at 3:35 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes >>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> I am sorry if some of this is a duplicate of previous posts. I just wanted >>> to give an update of my claim adventure with State Farm on the 95 E300. >>> >>> So I talked to them today and they finally got a hold of their insured and >>> established liability. I said I could send them photos etc on an app so I >>> did that. Within an hour I had an estimate back. It was $2190. Since I >>> was in Tulsa I decided to get an estimate at the local body shop that is MB >>> certified. their estimate came in at $6089. Quite a big difference. I call >>> State Farm and inform them of the much different amount and ask them if >>> they would like a copy of it. They said they did not, I would just need to >>> take the car to the shop and the shop would send them a supplemental report >>> once they took the car apart. I told them that made no sense because I >>> highly doubted the car would be fixed. They said the body shop would know >>> what do to so call them. >>> >>> So I called the body shop and told them this. They said that is not >>> correct, they would only send that to State Farm if they authorized them to >>> start the repair and they take car apart and send them info on any >>> additional cost or damage not in the initial estimate. This was in line >>> with what I figured. >>> >>> I called State Farm back, informed them of this and it was just an endless >>> circle of getting the run around from them. They say all they can do is go >>> by the estimate their app says. I inform them that their insured hit my >>> vehicle and they needed to make me whole. They kept saying that if the >>> body shop gave an estimate then the vehicle could be repaired. I tell them >>> fine, so you are saying you will repair it, send me the check. Nope, can't >>> do that because it was not a State Farm approved estimate. I tell them it >>> does not matter to me if it is or not, if they are going to repair it, then >>> that is where the car is going and the price will just go up from there. I >>> say it makes no sense to take the car in and have them tear it down when >>> the repair will exceed the value. So they can either figure out how much >>> the car is worth and send me a check, or send me a check for the estimate. >>> I said if they did not agree with my estimate they could send an adjuster >>> out. They did not want to do that. >>> >>> This went on for a good 30 minutes just going back and forth with the guy >>> saying they had to go by their estimate and would fix the car, and me >>> telling them that if I am repairing it, it will be done by my shop and that >>> is their estimate. I finally told the guy I needed to speak to somebody >>> else. He puts his manager on the phone who seemed to have half a brain. I >>> explained that I understand that my estimate was probably going to be >>> higher but their estimate from their app was not going to cut it. She >>> talked about other body shops they use that charge a different rate that >>> might be lower than the rate my shop quoted. I told her I understand all >>> that and do you want to send an adjuster or would you like me to take the >>> car to one of your shops. Bingo, finally we are getting somewhere. She >>> said yea that is what we need to do. >>> >>> They gave me some shops I could go to and one that was on the list was one >>> I took the GL too when we had a claim with USAA on the GL. With USAA, we >>> took it by this shop, they did their estimate but we ended up using the >>> same shop I took this car too, and USAA paid their much higher price >>> without issue. >>> >>> So what will happen at this point I would imagine is I take the car to >>> their shop, we get a much more realistic estimate that will be higher than >>> the initial app estimate, but probably a little lower than my estimate. I >>> will say it probably will not be a whole lot less than the estimate I got >>> from the MB certified shop because when I got the estimate at the USAA >>> shop, then went and got estimate and the MB shop, it was really not that >>> much more than the USAA estimate. The big difference came after they took >>> the car apart and found more damage. So anyway, I figure we will get their >>> estimate, then State Farm will total the vehicle then we can argue with >>> value and buy back. >>> >>> Bottom line to this story, never agree to submit claim info and photos via >>> an app, especially if its the other guys insurance company. >>> >>> Rant over. >>> >>> >>> --- >>> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. >>> https://www.avg.com >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
