Auto Insurance Companies finding loop holes. Customers loosing rights. What Happened?
Auto insurance companies are getting too big! That is what happened and is keeping customers from their rights. Did I miss a new law or is their a new loop hole allowing insurance companies to use junk yard parts, have their own repair centers and many other similar second hand repairs?
There are many areas in which the big insurance companies have set up repair centers and provide estimates, search for second hand parts from junk yards, salvages and anywhere else they can get discounts and even have the customer repair the vehicles there if possible. It didn’t seem that long ago when a customer could get the estimates on his or her own and choose which company to do the repairs with brand new top of the line parts, labor and paint.
The best way to get an exact match of the vehicle prior to the damage has to be using the best parts, paint, equipment and help. Heck, I had damage to a vehicle just a few years ago that allowed me to do as I pleased. It was nice to get the estimates on my own, talk with the service centers and pick the place to have my vehicle repaired by brand new parts.
It is nice being able to get the best work done from the best and most well know auto repair center in the area, even if it is a dealership. This is the kick back that the driver should have for being inconvenienced for the accident caused by another driver. I know that this is the practice and rights still to date if you are hit by another driver, so why does the insurance company try to cut their own customers short? If given the option, not a single customer would pick one of these repairs centers over their own. Second hand is just not the same, no matter what the item.
I am just a frustrated driver fighting for the rights of other fellow drivers and trying to keep auto insurance cost down. If we was able to save money by using these companies I would be all for it, trying to use second hand parts and etc. However, I have learned that any savings goes to the insurance company from the past experiences I have seen. I would be shocked if a company passed the savings on to their drivers. Companies seem to always be seeking a way to do their own estimates, repairs and on their own time. This use to be the customers convinces and now it seems to be vanishing little by little.
