Originally posted by OuTLaW STaR
Matt dont let the insurance fix your car. Take the check and have someone else fix your car. This way you can get your parts cheaper, and put some dough in your pocket.
Well, a lot of insurance companies are avoiding that. DO it right. Dont steal from the insurance company ( even though they make so much money off you) Thats insurance fraud, and believe it or not, if they want to. They can catch you. Most insurance companys are making the checks out directly to the body shops so you cant cash it. If you get a high estimate somewhere, get the money from the insurance company, they will go back to the shop where you got the estimate and find out if the vehicle was repaired there. If not, they will find out where you took it, if you lie, and say you took it somewhere, and they know you did, you will be forced to pay out of your pocket the difference in estimates. A lot of times they dont catch you, but just recently people 4 people have got busted at my work for taking the checks and running.