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A week ago Tues night someone thru a red brick through my front 6 x 5 dual glaze window.
Next day at 2-2:30 pm the construction co. that my insurance sent out to clean up glass ( vacuum up glass) and make sure that the house was secure (take 1/2 inch plywood and drill over the remaining glass in window) came out.
It must have taken them 2 hours of work. But would have been shorter, if they did not have to go to Home Depot to get another sheet of wood.
Insurance co, is sending them a check for $508.xx for the less than 2 hours of work.
And still big pieces of "guillotine sp?) glass hanging on the window.
That is way to expensive.
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Face it, we're in the wrong business. Scamming insurance companies is totally the way to go.
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Insurance co, is sending them a check for $508.xx for the less than 2 hours of work.
2x Full Sheets half-inch plywood: $80
2 workers x 2 hrs x $50hr each: $200
1 super/inspector 2hrs X $100: $200
Misc Materials + Sales Tax: $28
Getting over on insurance co.: PRICELESS
Then again, they will be lucky to see the insurance co. check within 6 weeks
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[quote Microman]A week ago Tues night someone thru a red brick through my front 6 x 5 dual glaze window.
Next day at 2-2:30 pm the construction co. that my insurance sent out to clean up glass ( vacuum up glass) and make sure that the house was secure (take 1/2 inch plywood and drill over the remaining glass in window) came out.
It must have taken them 2 hours of work. But would have been shorter, if they did not have to go to Home Depot to get another sheet of wood.
Insurance co, is sending them a check for $508.xx for the less than 2 hours of work.
And still big pieces of "guillotine sp?) glass hanging on the window.
That is way to expensive.
I watched a crew come in and clean up a room one night and stripped the ceiling, walls, and some flooring clean off. Bagged everything, cleaned up the bare room. Took about a day and a half. I think they charged like $30,000.
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You might take a few pictures of the remaining glass and send it toomthe insurance company asking "Is this what I'm Paying you for?"
Many years ago, somebody I knew had a Chevy LUV truck that was hit by a '59 Mercury station wagon. Crunched the truck, shoved it into a telephone pole, blew up the transformer, and burst the car battery.
AAA covered the repair of the truck (I would have thought it totaled) and came out to inspect the quality of the work. That doesn't sound typical, so I don't know if the body shop was suspect, but they were happy with the results.
Your insurance company might not be.
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Yeah, I think a nice picture of the remaining glass sent to your insurance agent might get the ball rolling a little bit!
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If you send a picture of the "work" they paid for, I'm sure the insurance company will take some action. They don't like parting with "their" money.
