My windscreen went last night, spectacularly. Bird I think - but the screen
has completely shattered, not a single piece larger than my thumbnail,
although its intact and in place. No worries, comp insurance, phone the
insurance company. They put me through to Auto Windscreens, who say they
dont have a screen for a Morris Minor laying about and they can order one,
say two days. Dischuffed, I limp the 20 miles home at like 10 mph in case
the damn thing drops in me lap.
Now this morning I phone my ins.co. and put straight back through to AW and
say *I* have a spare screen, how about I sell them that to fit in my car.
They say yeah okay, we'll fit your windscreen for you for 35 quid plus VAT.
Thats not what I want says I - I dont want you to fit *my* windscreen for
me. I want you to fit *your* windscreen for me, but if you like I'll sell
you a windscreen to use since you dont have one. Yeah okay whatever, they
say, 35 quid plus VAT. My excess is 50 quid for screens. So in essence what
theyre saying is it would cost me fifty quid for them to get a screen and
fit it - eventually, and it would cost 50 quid (35 plus vat) to *give* them
a screen and they fit it! They failed to see teh logic of my argument.
So instead I rang my ins.co. and asked them to lift the car and take it to
my repairer who has a screen and they said no since it isnt broken down. But
its not driveable says I. Eventually they collected it - what a farce

"pork'n'stuffing" wrote in message
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My windscreen went last night, spectacularly. Bird I think - but the
screen
has completely shattered, not a single piece larger than my thumbnail,
although its intact and in place. No worries, comp insurance, phone the
insurance company. They put me through to Auto Windscreens, who say they
dont have a screen for a Morris Minor laying about and they can order one,
say two days. Dischuffed, I limp the 20 miles home at like 10 mph in case
the damn thing drops in me lap.
Now this morning I phone my ins.co. and put straight back through to AW
and
say *I* have a spare screen, how about I sell them that to fit in my car.
They say yeah okay, we'll fit your windscreen for you for 35 quid plus
VAT.
Thats not what I want says I - I dont want you to fit *my* windscreen for
me. I want you to fit *your* windscreen for me, but if you like I'll sell
you a windscreen to use since you dont have one. Yeah okay whatever, they
say, 35 quid plus VAT. My excess is 50 quid for screens. So in essence
what
theyre saying is it would cost me fifty quid for them to get a screen and
fit it - eventually, and it would cost 50 quid (35 plus vat) to *give*
them
a screen and they fit it! They failed to see teh logic of my argument.
So instead I rang my ins.co. and asked them to lift the car and take it to
my repairer who has a screen and they said no since it isnt broken down.
But
its not driveable says I. Eventually they collected it - what a farce


Just goes to prove insurance companies aren't fools, which quite obviously,
you are.

"pork'n'stuffing" wrote in message
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My windscreen went last night, spectacularly.

Unfortunately the insurance / windscreen business does not work to any
normal logic. Insurers do a deal with a provider, say AW windscreens that AW
will supply and fit anything that the Insurer throws at them for one flat
fee - say £100. So be it Lamborghini or Land Rover, Maseratti or Morris
Minor the fee is £100.
It's all geared to volume and streamlined processes - ask them to do
something out of the 'ordinary' then they can't or charge such an
unattractive price that people walk away. They are geared up to volume of
business within a very tight band of services - that's how they survive as
the automotive glass business is very competitive.
By the way, the unit cost to most major insurers is less than £100 per
screen., any screen including modern heated!

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"ribbed condom" wrote in message
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Just goes to prove insurance companies aren't fools, which quite
obviously,
you are.

Bwahahahha. *Plonk*