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05-07-2010, 12:23 AM
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2016 Volvo XC90, BMW 535xiGT
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while my car was parked, someone backed into the front and damaged the lower plastic grill which damaged the distronic. in addition to that that bumper was damaged and the lower part of main grill...i didnt even notice it until i brought the car into mercedes to have the cruise control fixed......total of parts and labor 50k.....insurance will cover it...parts total 24k...labor 25k?...im possible i told him
05-07-2010, 03:46 AM
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2013 650i Coupe, 2010 IS250 AWD, 1999 S500
50K...yeah that is unbelievable. It costs as much as a new E-Class to fix something like that? Someone is getting over.......big time.
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05-07-2010, 07:32 AM
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2004 S55 (SOLD, miss it every day), 2009 GL550
That dealer is scamming your insurance company in a big way. It might cost 25K in labor to build the whole car, but there is no way it's going to cost 25K to repair that front end damage, unless they have Schumacher working on cars as punishment for being beaten so badly by Rosberg 
05-10-2010, 05:18 PM
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Insurance companies don't "get scammed," so consider these most likely realistic prices.
They don't have Chinese copy Rolls Royce parts, either.
They don't have Chinese copy Rolls Royce parts, either.
05-10-2010, 10:58 PM
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From the Texas Dept of Insurance, the first "official" web site that popped up in my 10 second yahoo search:
Nationally, insurance fraud costs consumers an estimated $150 billion annually, an average of nearly $1,000 per family each year in additional insurance premiums and added costs to consumable goods.
Insurance fraud is one of the most costly white collar crimes in America, second only to tax evasion. Some experts estimate the annual cost to be 120 billion dollars nationally. It is estimated that the cost of insurance fraud in New Mexico alone is 280 million dollars per year. The financial impact of insurance fraud affects every citizen of our state in an immediate and substantial way.
