View Single Post
Old 12-26-2006, 07:54 AM   #19
CJ_Boxster
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Where the Sewer Meets the Sea, CA. USA
Posts: 2,695
Send a message via MSN to CJ_Boxster
Quote:
Originally Posted by z12358
I can see how this type of argument can have some traction. But whenever I find myself in a similar quandry I place myself into the other side's shoes. If I was the entity offering the insurance I would have plenty of trouble if everybody just took the cash and didn't properly fix their cars after an accident -- or didn't fix them at all. One problem I could think right off the top of my head is this: What happens when someone doesn't fix the car up to snuff and that causes an even bigger accident and damage later? Who's responsible for that damage now? Also, if someone got the cash for a brand new door and they decided to keep the cash and only bang the old door with a hammer to straighten it out, when that door gets hit again, what's the damage and who pays for it (Cash for another new door, perhaps?). It's easy to see where this would lead.

And, yes, whether the entity I'm dealing with is a person or a corporation, rich or poor, profitable or not, shouldn't matter one bit. We are lucky to live in a society of laws and rules where those things don't and shouldn't enter the decision process.

Z.
Yes i agree with you on that. But in my case we are talking about a bumper replacment, not major structural damage or something that nearly totaled the car.
__________________
--Proud Boxster Owner/Tech,

Carlos J Cazares

FastForward Performance
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...er/newsig1.jpg
CJ_Boxster is offline   Reply With Quote