In the early 80's, Geico extorted a radar detector from a friend of
mine. A radar detector is a receiver and perfectly legal to have, btw.
While talking with his geico rep on the phone, he let it slip that he
had one. Rep told him he had to surrender the detector to them or he'd
lose his coverage. That alone has kept me from ever considering them
for auto insurance. (Friend turned in an old smashed detector, and kept
the working one.)
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John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane, Huntington NY 11743
631-424-2121 | Olympus OM Service since 1977
http://www.zuiko.com | omtech1 AT verizon.net
Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> I think I would steer well clear of this one. First, there needs to be
> a written estimate by Nikon, not an independent repairer. Second, even
> if such a document exists it's only an estimate. Actual repairs could
> be higher once the body is opened up and inspected. Third, if the body
> is supposedly worth, say, $500 why doesn't the seller get it repaired,
> sell it for %500 if he doesn't want it and pocket the $200 difference?
>
> The first thing that came to mind when I read this was something that
> happened to me about 30 years ago. I had a 1974 Mercury Capri which
> caught fire inside the instrument panel as I was leaving to drive to
> work (fan blower motor). Thick, acrid smoke suddenly started rolling
> out of the defroster vents. I immediately stopped the car at the end of
> the driveway and ran back into the house and called the fire department.
> The fire station was only about 1/2 mile away and thee truck was there
> within a few minutes. They put the fire out by flooding the defroster
> and A/C vents with about 1,000,000 gallons of water which left a small
> lake in the interior. It was suitable for fishing at that point but I
> never stocked it.
>
> Anyhow, when the Geico insurance adjustor showed up a few days later he
> spent about 5 minutes examining the underside of the dash and the
> scorched yellow paint on the engine side of the firewall. He then
> declared that it would take about $50 worth of parts and $100-150 in
> labor to effect the repair. Then he said: "If you're handy, I think you
> can do this pretty easily yourself without too much trouble. How about
> that and we settle on $300 right now. You can even make a few bucks on
> the deal." Sounded pretty far fetched to me and I told him to put away
> his checkbook.
>
> The car ultimately went to the Mercury dealer for repair. A week and
> $1375 later I had the car back. The list of parts used was about 3
> pages long. Geico paid without complaint but I canceled my Geico policy
> over that incident and have never gone back. Don't fall for the same.
>
> ps: I also got rid of the Capri. It was the third time that it had
> attempted to kill either me or my wife. The first time the steering
> failed completely when the splines connecting the steering shaft to the
> rack and pinion box broke. It was just dumb luck that I didn't get
> killed on that one since the car had absolutely no steering... none.
> The second time the brackets holding the drivers seatback in place broke
> while my wife was driving the car. Fortunately she had a good grip on
> the wheel with both hands and didn't fall into the back seat when the
> front seat collapsed. I also got rid of Ford products. Haven't owned
> one since.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
>
> Ali Shah wrote:
>
>>Someone has a broken N*kon dslr for which he/she wants
>>$100.00. Person claims that the camera requires an
>>"electronic card" replacement which was quoted @
>>$200.00. Is it worth getting something like this
>>repaired? Keeping in mind that I would probably hand
>>this over to the kids, my wife, or keep for backup?!?
>
>
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