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08/07/06

Beware of Free WindShield Chip Repair offered at Danny's Car Wash by asfaf f. at InsiderPages

Contributor at Insider Pages

Last week I brought my car at Danny's Carousel Car Wash (Bell Rd, just east of 7th Ave) for an oil change. Attendant told me that Danny's Car Wash business can repair the glass chips on my windshield free of charge. I was told that in order to have that done, my car insurance company would have to be contacted, so that Danny's business would inform my insurance company that the chips would be repaired and that it would avert a crack from happening. I asked the Danny attendant whether my insurance premium would go up because of the repair; the attendant told me no. The attendant asked to see my insurance card, which I did. The attendant called my insurance company. The attendant asked me to speak to the insurance rep on the phone. I then realized that Danny's Car Wash is trying to have my insurance company pay for the repair via my making an insurance claim. I put an end from having such a claim to be made. Danny's Car Wash is involved in scamming the insurance companies - who pays? The insurance policy holders, that's who. And it was a lie that the chip repair would cost me nothing. The insurance rep. over the phone told me, that according to my policy, there is a deductible for such claim under the comprehensive part of my policy. So if I authorized Danny's Car Wash to use my insurance company to pay for the repair (via a claim), I would end up paying for the repair and possibly jacking up my insurance premium due to a claim. This is trickery! Bad boy Danny boy!

Danny's Car Wash (or Carousel) should stop doing this. If enough people (customers) get suckered into this, then the shareholders/proprietors of Danny's Car Wash are so setting themselves up for a civil law suit. I hope the prez./CEO of Danny's Car Wash reads this and puts an end to this scam.

PROS: Oil change and basic car wash was done to my satisfaction

CONS: Attempted auto insurance scam

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