Bamamav
Well-known member
Would you believe I still haven't got this thing painted? GRRRRRR!!!!!!!!! I hate dealing with insurance companies!!!!!
Since Grundy/Philly uses Safelite for all their glass breakage claims, they are the ones paying for it. According to one of the higher ups at Safelite, I was supposedly told wrong that the glass was not available. After being told that, and them OK'ing the used hatch, they came back and said that they had to pay the entire bill plus my expense for the hatch, well OK then, so they wanted an estimate and a receipt on the hatch, no problem, got both, emailed it to them and also to Philly. Said it would take a couple of days, again OK, so I waited. And I waited. And I waited. A week went by, so I contacted Philly to see what the hold up was. Got a response two days later, " We talked to Safelite, they said they talked to you yesterday and you were set up" I blew my top! I sent off a firm email stating I haven't talked to ANYBODY in over two weeks, and I was getting ****ed! The next morning, the guy from Safelite called, and we had a good conversation. He agreed it should have done been paid, said he'd call me back in a few hours. True to his word, he did, said he had it set up with the body shop to direct pay them, and was overnighting a check to me for the hatch. This was Thursday, before noon. Guess what? Friday, no check. Saturday, no check. If it's not here Monday, he's getting another call, and I won't be as nice this time!
On a lighter note, I started stripping off some parts I can use off the parts car. I wanted the headlight motors as one of mine is bad, but they are different, so they won't work. Tried the console lid, it was different and won't work. Did get the upper door panels off, and they will swap, so that's a plus. Still plan on pulling the steering box and column. It has the desirable Formula steering wheel, so I'm keeping that even though I'm going to have to refurbish it, the paint is bad and the foam rim has a hunk out of it, figure I can rebuild it with some silicone and put a wheel skin leather cover on it. Not a whole lot else on it I need or can use. After I get those few things off, I'll probably send it down the road to somebody else that needs stuff off of it.
Since Grundy/Philly uses Safelite for all their glass breakage claims, they are the ones paying for it. According to one of the higher ups at Safelite, I was supposedly told wrong that the glass was not available. After being told that, and them OK'ing the used hatch, they came back and said that they had to pay the entire bill plus my expense for the hatch, well OK then, so they wanted an estimate and a receipt on the hatch, no problem, got both, emailed it to them and also to Philly. Said it would take a couple of days, again OK, so I waited. And I waited. And I waited. A week went by, so I contacted Philly to see what the hold up was. Got a response two days later, " We talked to Safelite, they said they talked to you yesterday and you were set up" I blew my top! I sent off a firm email stating I haven't talked to ANYBODY in over two weeks, and I was getting ****ed! The next morning, the guy from Safelite called, and we had a good conversation. He agreed it should have done been paid, said he'd call me back in a few hours. True to his word, he did, said he had it set up with the body shop to direct pay them, and was overnighting a check to me for the hatch. This was Thursday, before noon. Guess what? Friday, no check. Saturday, no check. If it's not here Monday, he's getting another call, and I won't be as nice this time!
On a lighter note, I started stripping off some parts I can use off the parts car. I wanted the headlight motors as one of mine is bad, but they are different, so they won't work. Tried the console lid, it was different and won't work. Did get the upper door panels off, and they will swap, so that's a plus. Still plan on pulling the steering box and column. It has the desirable Formula steering wheel, so I'm keeping that even though I'm going to have to refurbish it, the paint is bad and the foam rim has a hunk out of it, figure I can rebuild it with some silicone and put a wheel skin leather cover on it. Not a whole lot else on it I need or can use. After I get those few things off, I'll probably send it down the road to somebody else that needs stuff off of it.
I'll probably end up sanding it and repainting that myself. Sure took long enough. Hope I don't have any more dealings with Safelite.
