On Oct 13, 2006, at 6:11 AM, Tom Salicos wrote:

> I broke my van.  Got in a hurry leaving the gas station and one of
> the white posts that protect the pumps jumped out into my path.
> Guess how much this little scrape will cost to fix:

$3000+-!  ????  I had the similar repair on my 84 Westy a couple of
years ago.  If the insurance co. is paying for it, that's about the
book rate-if you are paying for it directly & the body shop knows
that, the price is about 1/2 that!

Tom B.-the scam is on