Hmmmm.... .  Not my experience with State Farm at all, though I have only
dealt with them as a not at fault party with their customer at fault.  They
sent an adjuster to me, not me to a body shop.  The adjuster said the
damage is X amount, and "I'll cut you a check now."  I said, "No, I'll take
it to 3 shops and let you know what the cost of repair is."  He said,
essentially, "Here is the check, take or don't, we will not pay based on
any other estimates."  I said, for him to just keep his check, and I'd get
back with them as to what it would cost and where I wanted the work done.
It took over 3 months to get it straight, but eventually I got my car fixed
at the shop I chose, and reimbursed for the rental I had to get for the 3
months.  It seemed like the company thought I'd give up.  Maybe a lot of
people do. I have no use for State Farm.  mcneely

On Sun, Jul 23, 2023 at 4:45 PM OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote:

>         I’ve had StFarm for many many Years & pay $772.58/Yr for My
> 90Westy &
>
> have never been disappointed when I needed them ~ Several Years ago a car
> in
>
> front hit a tree branch in the road & flipped it into My Van taking out
> the DriveSide
>
> HeadLight, puting a thumbnail sized dent in the body edge left of the
> light& another
>
> small dent in the DriveSide Groove a couple of feet behind the door,,,
> Body shop
>
> StFarm sent Me to said it would be $1200 to fix,,, StFarm handed Me a
> Check &
>
> said fix it or don’t, We don’t care,,, I asked, If I cash the check will
> My rates go up
>
> & answer was, If You had hit the branch Your rates would go but since the
> branch
>
> hit You there will be no increase ~
>
>                                                         ORR ~ DeanB
>
> > On 23 Jul , 2023, at 4:40 AM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for the info. Very helpful.
> >
> > On Sun, Jul 23, 2023 at 12:42 AM David McNeely <davmcneely40@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> I don't remember the cost off the top of my head, but it is considerably
> >> less than that including both my camper and my Prius.  I am in Spokane,
> >> Washington, and my insurance is from Safeco through AAA.  Formerly I had
> >> Progressive, cost was less, but Progressive dropped out of the
> homeowner's
> >> insurance market here because of wildfire danger, and raised my auto
> policy
> >> price also, so I ditched them.  With the combined homeowner's and auto
> the
> >> price was good, but with only auto it wasn't.
> >>
> >> On Sat, Jul 22, 2023 at 4:05 PM John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> My van insurer just went over the line by raising my insurance another
> $25
> >>> a month. USAA just raised my insurance another $25/MO. UP to  $148.00 a
> >>> month. I'm looking for another source. I drive about 7000 miles a year.
> >>> $148/mo is too much. Any suggestions?
> >>>
> >>
>