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Ever have one of those days?

#1 Post by Sir_Galahad » Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:39 pm

Yesterday, Lady G's new car gets dinged in a parking lot while she is shopping. Fortunately, the guy that dinged her car was honest enough to leave his name and number on the windshield. But it is such a hassle doing the insurance / repair stuff.

Last night, my computer's power supply went south. Fortunately, I keep a spare handy just in case as I have had my share of power supply failures.

Then, this morning, my router blows up. Unfortunately, I don't keep a spare router on hand so I had to run down to Best Buy to get a replacement.

They say things happen in threes.
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#2 Post by kayrharris » Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:43 pm

Maybe that will be the end of it. Very few people admit to dinging someone else's car. You were fortunate there.
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#3 Post by peacock2121 » Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:44 pm

I am having one of those great days.

Things are smooth and easy.

May you have one of those days tomorrow.

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#4 Post by Sir_Galahad » Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:52 pm

I like your avatar, Pea. Did you find that someplace or do that yourself at a farm stand?
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#5 Post by peacock2121 » Fri Sep 19, 2008 2:02 pm

Sir_Galahad wrote:I like your avatar, Pea. Did you find that someplace or do that yourself at a farm stand?
I found it on line.

The deer broke into our garden this year - so I am buying all our vegies this year. We had great cherry tomatoes plants. We did get to harvest some broccoli before they broke in.

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#6 Post by Estonut » Fri Sep 19, 2008 2:12 pm

Sir_Galahad wrote:Yesterday, Lady G's new car gets dinged in a parking lot while she is shopping. Fortunately, the guy that dinged her car was honest enough to leave his name and number on the windshield. But it is such a hassle doing the insurance / repair stuff.
Sirge, you will get the best result if you can get a paintless ding removal person to repair this. I had a nasty dent along an edge of my car's hood (where the sheet metal was 3 layers thick) and I found a magician who removed it such that you could only see a slight ripple in the paint if you knew exactly where to look. He charged only $100 to $150 and did an amazing job. This, of course, all depends on the size and location of the ding, and whether or not the paint itself was damaged. It may be a better result at a rate less than the guy's insurance deductible, so he may want to do it outside of his policy.

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#7 Post by Sir_Galahad » Fri Sep 19, 2008 2:15 pm

Estonut wrote:
Sir_Galahad wrote:Yesterday, Lady G's new car gets dinged in a parking lot while she is shopping. Fortunately, the guy that dinged her car was honest enough to leave his name and number on the windshield. But it is such a hassle doing the insurance / repair stuff.
Sirge, you will get the best result if you can get a paintless ding removal person to repair this. I had a nasty dent along an edge of my car's hood (where the sheet metal was 3 layers thick) and I found a magician who removed it such that you could only see a slight ripple in the paint if you knew exactly where to look. He charged only $100 to $150 and did an amazing job. This, of course, all depends on the size and location of the ding, and whether or not the paint itself was damaged. It may be a better result at a rate less than the guy's insurance deductible, so he may want to do it outside of his policy.
When I spoke to the guy I offered this option. He wanted me to go through the insurance company. The ding / scratch is on the fiberglas front fenders so I don't know if they can patch this satisfactorily or will have to replace the bumper. Lady G is extremely fussy when it comes to these things so I suspect they will have to replace it.
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#8 Post by Sir_Galahad » Fri Sep 19, 2008 2:20 pm

peacock2121 wrote:
Sir_Galahad wrote:I like your avatar, Pea. Did you find that someplace or do that yourself at a farm stand?
I found it on line.

The deer broke into our garden this year - so I am buying all our vegies this year. We had great cherry tomatoes plants. We did get to harvest some broccoli before they broke in.
We are still waiting to see our first deer of the season. Neighbors have told us that they have seen them in past seasons.

We will probably start our garden next year. We had a huge crop of tomatoes, green beans and green onions last year. This year we planted watermelons and they were doing really well but we sold the house and moved before they had matured. I'm sure the buyers of our place had an extra treat.
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#9 Post by Estonut » Fri Sep 19, 2008 2:39 pm

Sir_Galahad wrote:
Estonut wrote:
Sir_Galahad wrote:Yesterday, Lady G's new car gets dinged in a parking lot while she is shopping. Fortunately, the guy that dinged her car was honest enough to leave his name and number on the windshield. But it is such a hassle doing the insurance / repair stuff.
Sirge, you will get the best result if you can get a paintless ding removal person to repair this. I had a nasty dent along an edge of my car's hood (where the sheet metal was 3 layers thick) and I found a magician who removed it such that you could only see a slight ripple in the paint if you knew exactly where to look. He charged only $100 to $150 and did an amazing job. This, of course, all depends on the size and location of the ding, and whether or not the paint itself was damaged. It may be a better result at a rate less than the guy's insurance deductible, so he may want to do it outside of his policy.
When I spoke to the guy I offered this option. He wanted me to go through the insurance company. The ding / scratch is on the fiberglas front fenders so I don't know if they can patch this satisfactorily or will have to replace the bumper. Lady G is extremely fussy when it comes to these things so I suspect they will have to replace it.
Oops. I didn't realize it was scratched nor a fiberglas surface. In the words of Emily Litella, "Oh, that's very different ... Never mind.""

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#10 Post by PlacentiaSoccerMom » Fri Sep 19, 2008 2:40 pm

I had that kind of day last Friday.

I am still waiting to get my $2,000 back.

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#11 Post by Bob Juch » Fri Sep 19, 2008 2:57 pm

Sir_Galahad wrote:Yesterday, Lady G's new car gets dinged in a parking lot while she is shopping. Fortunately, the guy that dinged her car was honest enough to leave his name and number on the windshield. But it is such a hassle doing the insurance / repair stuff.

Last night, my computer's power supply went south. Fortunately, I keep a spare handy just in case as I have had my share of power supply failures.

Then, this morning, my router blows up. Unfortunately, I don't keep a spare router on hand so I had to run down to Best Buy to get a replacement.

They say things happen in threes.
Are you having power fluctuations? I hope your hard drive survives.
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#12 Post by Sir_Galahad » Fri Sep 19, 2008 4:27 pm

Bob Juch wrote:
Sir_Galahad wrote:Yesterday, Lady G's new car gets dinged in a parking lot while she is shopping. Fortunately, the guy that dinged her car was honest enough to leave his name and number on the windshield. But it is such a hassle doing the insurance / repair stuff.

Last night, my computer's power supply went south. Fortunately, I keep a spare handy just in case as I have had my share of power supply failures.

Then, this morning, my router blows up. Unfortunately, I don't keep a spare router on hand so I had to run down to Best Buy to get a replacement.

They say things happen in threes.
Are you having power fluctuations? I hope your hard drive survives.
Not sure. But I have everything running off an APC backup which is supposed to smoothe those out. The computer is running fine otherwise.
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#13 Post by peacock2121 » Fri Sep 19, 2008 4:41 pm

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:I had that kind of day last Friday.

I am still waiting to get my $2,000 back.
bastards

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