note: I have been too depressed to actually take pictures of my poor car but when I do I promise I will post them.
When I got home last night I called my insurance company (USAA...they are fab by the way) and talked to a very nice guy named Albert who walked me through the whole process of filing a claim (I have never had to do that before) and how everything would work. Then today I scheduled an appointment to bring the car into the body shop on the 27th and pick up a rental car. I opted to not do it next week since I am going to Boston and didn't want to deal with it all when I was out of town.
Everyone I have talked to has been very nice, it just is going to suck paying the deductible. What I have decided to do is pay with money from my (small) savings instead of putting it on my credit card or something. I don't have any credit card debt and I hate having it, thus pay off credit cards right away whenever possible. So instead of paying a credit card I am going to myself pay my savings back and hopefully this will encourage me to try and save more in the future. And then something good might come out of all this.
I guess this is life and I should feel lucky that I wasn't in a car accident or hurt at all. In the grand scheme of things it isn't a big deal...just annoying. Hopefully whoever did it gets what they are due at some point...karma is a bitch!
Showing posts with label my car got keyed. Show all posts
Showing posts with label my car got keyed. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Monday, July 13, 2009
Help :(
I just took the time to compose this email to my GATED apartment complex so this should sum up the sitution for you:
Hello,
I know there is probably nothing you can do in this situation, however I wanted to let you all know in case there were other reports of this happening to other residents. I was away for the weekend and left my car in the parking lot, since we didn't get home until yesterday evening and I have no clue when this happened I didn't notice the damage until this morning when I was on my way to work. My car has been keyed very badly, it's a bright red car and now there is a huge white scratch running down the entire length of the drivers side. I have no idea of how much this is going to cost me to fix or what this is going to do to the value of my car (it is just over a year old, has under 10k miles on it, and is in perfect condition) so obviously I am very angry. I was under the impression that this was a very safe complex and while I am by no means blaming you, as I said, I just wanted to make you aware.
Thanks,
Cee
I'll try to post pictures later, but do you have any advice? I havn't called my insurance or the car dealership yet to see what they think but my deductible is $500 which is really more then I would want to pay right now. I will keep you all updated but please let me know if you have any ideas or if this has ever happened to you/what you did. I am beyond pissed off.
UPDATED: After talking to all the boys at work they seem to think that it could be buffed out...I am going to my car dealership's body shop during lunch to get an estimate then I will go from there to see if it makes sense to call my insurance company, have them do it without involving insurance or attempt to fix it myself. I'll give you another update later.
UPDATED AGAIN: So I went to the body shop during lunch and it looks like my whole driver's side needs to be repainted. The total...$1600. And it will take 4 days to fix. Obviously I am going to call my insurance company tonight but it looks like I will be paying the deductible. It's just annoying because it's not like I had parked in a bad area or was driving poorly. Yuck.
Hello,
I know there is probably nothing you can do in this situation, however I wanted to let you all know in case there were other reports of this happening to other residents. I was away for the weekend and left my car in the parking lot, since we didn't get home until yesterday evening and I have no clue when this happened I didn't notice the damage until this morning when I was on my way to work. My car has been keyed very badly, it's a bright red car and now there is a huge white scratch running down the entire length of the drivers side. I have no idea of how much this is going to cost me to fix or what this is going to do to the value of my car (it is just over a year old, has under 10k miles on it, and is in perfect condition) so obviously I am very angry. I was under the impression that this was a very safe complex and while I am by no means blaming you, as I said, I just wanted to make you aware.
Thanks,
Cee
I'll try to post pictures later, but do you have any advice? I havn't called my insurance or the car dealership yet to see what they think but my deductible is $500 which is really more then I would want to pay right now. I will keep you all updated but please let me know if you have any ideas or if this has ever happened to you/what you did. I am beyond pissed off.
UPDATED: After talking to all the boys at work they seem to think that it could be buffed out...I am going to my car dealership's body shop during lunch to get an estimate then I will go from there to see if it makes sense to call my insurance company, have them do it without involving insurance or attempt to fix it myself. I'll give you another update later.
UPDATED AGAIN: So I went to the body shop during lunch and it looks like my whole driver's side needs to be repainted. The total...$1600. And it will take 4 days to fix. Obviously I am going to call my insurance company tonight but it looks like I will be paying the deductible. It's just annoying because it's not like I had parked in a bad area or was driving poorly. Yuck.
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