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From time-to-time all body
shop operators are faced with requests from car owners to "bury the
deductible" where automobile damage is covered by collision
insurance.
At this point, the car
owner should be advised that before he takes his car around the corner
"to a guy who will," he should consider the following points:
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Conspiring to "bury
the deductible" is committing a fraud upon an insurance company
and it's against the law.
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Insurance company
appraisers know the cost of repairs, as well as body shops, and
cannot be fooled by inflated estimates.
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If a shop agrees to
"bury the deductible," it has to take short cuts in making
the repairs, and the owner will get a second-rate job, which
depreciates the value of the car at trade-in time.
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A body shop willing to
cheat and insurance company will be equally willing to cheat the car
owner. A body shop never really absorbs the deductible. The value is
taken right out of the job, and it is the car owner who still takes
the loss.
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If the body shop decides
to cut corners on the job and it ends up second-rate, the owner has
no one to complain to if he conspired to "bury the
deductible."
The smart thing for an
owner to do is protect his investment by getting a first-class job from
a first-class shop and to be glad that all he has to pay is the
deductible.
IT IS THE ONLY WAY HE CAN WIN.
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Roadrunner Paint and Body Shop is located in NW Houston at 12402 Ann Ln, Suite A
Hours of Operation
Monday - Friday: 8:30 am - 6 pm
Saturday: 9 am - 1 pm