WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF THIS HAPPENS TO YOU

[clone101]

Good day tuners I am seeking advice on an accident I was involved in on November 11th 2009 with an Econo Car Rental vehicle. On the said day I stopped at license office on Wrightson Road to drop off a friend.

I pulled at the side as to not stop the flow of the traffic when the Econo Car tried to over take me and broad sided the bumper and back fender of my car. I came out of my car to see what happened, the rental car was pined to my car so I told the guy to back up which he did and proceeded to get out of his vehicle to see what had happened.

I did the usual ask for the usual documents to realize it was a rental car and he was an American I informed him we need to go to the nearest police station and make to make a report which we did and he should report the accident to Econo Car.

I made a report to my insurance and they said once Econo Car has reported the accident to their insurance the process would start from their. I went an got an estimate for the damages to my car which came up to $3300.00 labour and parts and submitted it to my insurance. My insurance informed me that an easy way out of this is to go to Econo Car with my estimate and see if they would fix my car without having to go through insurance.

I went to Econo Car and spoke to one of their agents and he said that he was aware of the incident and their client was willing to pay for the damages this was on December 4th 2009. I went back to Econo Car on December 9th 2009 with the estimate I spoke to the same agent and gave him the estimate to take to his client which he said is the American Embassy and would take some time to pay for the damages, I asked how long this would take and he replied no more than two weeks.

I returned on January 4th 2010 to Econo Car to enquire about the delay in payment and his response was I will call the client now. In my presence he called and the client said he is only willing to replace the taillight and not for the rest of damages to the car. At this point the agent called the owner of Econo Car daughter Ms. Ella Carter to speak to me about the incident.

I carried Ms. Carter to my vehicle and showed her the damages she agreed that the estimate was within reason an she would call the client to reason with him and she would contact me with the outcome of the discussion.

On January 5th 2010 Ms. Carter called me and said she made contact with the client who agreed to pay for the damages and it would take no more than two weeks and I said I would return to collect the amount owed on January 18th 2010.

I returned on January 19th 2010 and asked for Ms. Carter who was out of the country. Then asked for the agent I previously dealt with and informed him of the arrangement that was worked out with Ms. Carter and their client and informed him that I was yet to be compensated for the damages to my car he then proceeded to call the client. Who replied yet again that he was not paying for the damages.
At this point another agent gave me a copy of the certified copy of the vehicle and report it to their insurance if I wanted to get my car fix. Can any give me some legal advice or a solution to this problem.

[devrat]

You did the right thing by posting on tuner...everything will work out after this.

[Mr. Red Sleeper]

Try to bone Ms. Carter...Youll have more chances of getting it fixed than posting it on Tuner....

[noshownogo]

devrat,

Your insurance company should have dealt with the issue on your behalf. You understandably frustrated now because you basically doing the work your insurance company should be doing for you. Take it back to your insurance company and state you will take legal action against the owner of the car and or go to the press if this isn't resolved speedily.

[Mr. Red Sleeper]

clone101,

dude. take their sertified copy, a copy of the police report and the vehicly to his insurance company.

they'll put the wheels in motion. However, due to the unfortunate Trini culture, you will have to live in their asses until you become a pest until its done

[devrat]

^^^^He mentioned that the car was rented to the Embassy...wont the driver have diplomatic status and thus immune from prosecution...just asking. His best bet is to recover the money from econo car and let them deal with their "client" after all it is their vehicle and they have a security deposit and credit card number.

[Damien]

Hoss you made the biggest mistake by not beating the honkey mc

[Zeriam]

send the "cracker" a e-thug e-mail that does work

[clone101]

THE DRIVER TRIED TO GIVE ME AH $100 us to pay for 2003 tail light for my FIELDER WAGON

[foss]

You did the right thing by posting on tuner...everything will work out after this.

[crazybalhead]

Your insurance should deal with this. Take the police report to your insurer and they will bill Econo's insurer accordingly. You did report this accident to the police didn't you???

[rollingstock]

Get a copy of the Police Report and go to the Insurance Ombudsman located in the Twin Towers and make a complaint, things should move from there.

[Mr. Red Sleeper]

taht Ombudsman is a joke...Dont even waste your time..

[foss]

good luck yes

[2 d Max Auto]

devrat,

Your insurance company should have dealt with the issue on your behalf. You understandably frustrated now because you basically doing the work your insurance company should be doing for you. Take it back to your insurance company and state you will take legal action against the owner of the car and or go to the press if this isn't resolved speedily.

That's the answer right there, if your car is fully comp, then your ins. company is obligated to pay you and recover the monies from Econo Ins.

If it's 3rd party, your ins. will give you a letter to take to Econo ins. Co. instructing them to deal with you directly.

Given the fact that you both made your report all should work out well and in good time, the ins. Co. only needs to get a copy of the police report (again their job not yours) which from it's contents should allow the ins. Co. to establish liability and pay you your claim.

This will mean that Econo will be liable to their ins. (there should be no issue of any excess to be paid cause Econo will be required to keep their cars fully comp.).

Econo can then go after their client for compensation if they so choose, that's their headache not yours.

PM me if you need further info, I'll be happy to assist.

[clone101]

THANKS FOR ALL THE GOOD ADVICE FROM TUNER MEN AND THE BAD ADVICE FROM TUNER BOYS

[eliteauto]

just deal with your insurance sir, the accident was reported by you to the Police so you should have no issue

[Chemical]

Do your best & bone OLD MAN MR. CARTER & ensure you broadside his back bumper & rear fender !!!

[- Rovin's car audio -]

but a lil $3300 they giving u so much horrors for ....

[bluesteel29]

clone101,

dude. take their sertified copy, a copy of the police report and the vehicly to his insurance company.

they'll put the wheels in motion. However, due to the unfortunate Trini culture,you will have to live in their asses until you become a pest until its done

Correct.....

[- Rovin's car audio -]

man if was me who bounce somebody car i wud sign a paper stating we both agree that d amt of $3300 wud cover all d damages , pay d $ cash & we both go about we bisnis ...

[Aaron 2NR]

your insurance supposed to be doing all that run around....

[sMASH]

^^ not all ah we like dat.

[SmokeyGTi]

devrat,

Your insurance company should have dealt with the issue on your behalf. You understandably frustrated now because you basically doing the work your insurance company should be doing for you. Take it back to your insurance company and state you will take legal action against the owner of the car and or go to the press if this isn't resolved speedily.

That's the answer right there, if your car is fully comp, then your ins. company is obligated to pay you and recover the monies from Econo Ins.

If it's 3rd party, your ins. will give you a letter to take to Econo ins. Co. instructing them to deal with you directly.

Given the fact that you both made your report all should work out well and in good time, the ins. Co. only needs to get a copy of the police report (again their job not yours) which from it's contents should allow the ins. Co. to establish liability and pay you your claim.

This will mean that Econo will be liable to their ins. (there should be no issue of any excess to be paid cause Econo will be required to keep their cars fully comp.).

Econo can then go after their client for compensation if they so choose, that's their headache not yours.

PM me if you need further info, I'll be happy to assist.

taht it right there.

[Rooki3]

THE DRIVER TRIED TO GIVE ME AH $100 us to pay for 2003 tail light for my FIELDER WAGON

[JoKeR1980]

man if was me who bounce somebody car i wud sign a paper stating we both agree that d amt of $3300 wud cover all d damages , pay d $ cash & we both go about we bisnis ...

been dere done dat!

drive straight to ATM and sort out bizness...shake hand and walk away...ah still ha de paper in meh wallet after 4 years! I eh throwing that away nah

[clone101]

As I said before they were Americans and only willing to pay $100.00USD on the spot for all the damages

[rodfarva]

sounds like your insurance company is very lazy

one of the main purposes of having insurance is to save you from having to go through all that bullsh1t


oh yeah, and from what I read above, you still stopped at the side of one of trinidad's busiest roads. even if you pulled aside, obviously some part of your car still had to be on the road in order for someone to broadside it

the other day, a flatbed truck nearly ran into my car, because he was avoiding a car that had pulled aside on wrightson road

[clone101]

I f you are familiar with Wrightson Rd , I pulled alongside Gatacre St after the NP gas station, the American guy said because they are left-hand drivers he wasn't too acustomed to the right-hand driving off our culture and didn't pull sufficiently to avoid hitting me.

[bigga514]

As I said before they were Americans and only willing to pay $100.00USD on the spot for all the damages

you mus be a light as a matchstick if you let forrinah punk you so lol


extort they mc jus talk bout kidnappin they mc till payment.
one of 2 things go happen yuh either make a jail or reach the nearest republic atm and pull out some US dollars