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Norm
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Registered: 9-2-2006
Location: AUBURN CA
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FLOOD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LONGLEGSINLAPAZ
We can not thank you for all your help !!!!!!!
You help all of us that have thinks at the storage + our house..
Can you tell us if the new wall is started yet ????
Just hope Jim will build a very good wall this time !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you see ogla , ask here to email us here in auburn, we will be on our way by the 20 of oct !!!!! If she or Gloria needs anything that they lost ,
we can bring the thinkings with us .... Take care & will sea you after the tunajackpot !!!!!
Norm & Sue
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longlegsinlapaz
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Registered: 11-18-2005
Location: La Paz
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Nope....no wall started yet & there won't be until the insurance company reimburses them! Still a LOT of clean-up to do in the
yard getting rid of debris.
Norm, you can contact Jim or Olga direct at the yards e-mail address of: storagemx.yahoo.com I have passed your messages on to
them & they've said they appreciate your offers, but they're still sorting through things to see what's lost & what can be salvaged.
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oldlady
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Registered: 10-31-2005
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| Quote: | Originally posted by longlegsinlapaz
PS...In other words....I totally agree with oldlady (who I wish would change her on-line name!)
[Edited on 9-19-2007 by longlegsinlapaz] |
Say What??????Not to hijack here...but why change my moniker....I have worked hard for it, hair is getting whiter by the moment, and no younglady, YOU
can't have it.
p.s. Fridge works, AC works, I work, soon as CCC restocks Squirt I'll lay in a supply for you...gotta roof yet?
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todostim
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Registered: 9-13-2007
Location: Leucadia, CA
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Does anyone know the mechanic "Manuel" who is working on cars with water damage. Is he a good mechanic? and how to get a hold of him (telephone #). I
just found out from Janet in the office, Jim has gone to Oregon, and Olga is out. I'm trying to get to the bottom of how bad my car is and can it be
fixed. Thanks for any info.
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longlegsinlapaz
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Registered: 11-18-2005
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| Quote: | Originally posted by todostim
Does anyone know the mechanic "Manuel" who is working on cars with water damage. Is he a good mechanic? and how to get a hold of him (telephone #). I
just found out from Janet in the office, Jim has gone to Oregon, and Olga is out. I'm trying to get to the bottom of how bad my car is and can it be
fixed. Thanks for any info. |
IMHO.....he's not a good mechanic, he's a damn good mechanic & he's been performing miracles with the cars, trucks, & motor homes he's
worked on!! He's extremely conscientious! His name is Manuel Ojeda & I do have his phone number, but he'd have to have your name &
vehicle & find it in the storage yard & he's up to his eyeballs in work...plus he doesn't speak English. U2U me your name; or the name the
storage is contracted under; the make, model, color & license plate number or at minimum, the state licensed in, and I'll see if I know of it
(somehow I've developed an almost personal relationship with a lot of cars & rigs over the past 3 weeks!) or I'll find it & take pics of the vehicle & e-mail them to you, along with a verbal description of where
it was parked in the lot, if it's accessible to tow out to be worked on, levels of water & mud inside, etc. ....so also include your e-mail
address in the U2U.
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Alan
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Registered: 4-6-2005
Location: Yucaipa, CA/La Paz
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LLIP
I'm flying in on Oct 20 to pay up on all of those Margaritas I owe you and BajaBruno!! You were both lifesavers and I'll be forever grateful.
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twogringos
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Posts: 182
Registered: 1-7-2007
Location: Bahia Asuncion/Color-Country
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Mood: I feel more like I do now than I ever have before
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Flooded car fixed?
Does anyone know of a flood damaged car that has been returned in good condition?
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longlegsinlapaz
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Yes....I'm currently driving one on a temporary basis. Why do you ask? Did you have a vehicle there which
received....Uhhhhhhhhh....less than satisfactory work? Or are you of the belief that flood damaged vehicles can't be salvaged successfully?
Actually, I've been working with the mechanic who has been working temporarily there in the yard for the past 7 weeks. I've worked with them for
interior & exterior cleaning, engine, gas tanks, brakes & wheel bearing work on 7 trucks or SUV's, a large motor home & 4 trailers. Work
is completed on all but 2 of the vehicles I've been overseeing. We're waiting on an on-board computer for a Canadian manufactured vehicle & one
transmission which had to be pulled & cleaned of mud, which should be back together Monday-Tuesday.
Different vehicles in different parts of the yard had varying degrees of damage, most of the smaller vehicles had mud & water over the seats &
part way up the seat backs & to varying levels in the engine compartment. One vehicle I'm overseeing repairs on for the owner literally had water
to the top inside the engine block....it's running now.
The only thing sadder than having to tell someone their trailer is a total loss is how many owners couldn't be contacted or who were contacted &
chose to wait & deal with the situation when they come down in Nov-Dec; by which time many of those rigs will be a a total loss due to waiting so
long to make any attempt to try to salvage them.
I'm curious as to what prompted your question.
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twogringos
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We have friends who had a car flooded there and are handling things for them. We called Olga last Monday to see if the car had been returned yet and
she replied that the cars were taken to several different places and that none had been returned. Her (good) advice was to contact the
insurance company. Thank you for reporting that some progress is being made.
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longlegsinlapaz
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In the first few days after the flood, there were some cars taken into town to be worked on, then a mechanic & cleaning crew came to the yard
& has been working there 7-days a week ever since. I'd be concerned over the fact that Olga said "none have been returned yet"!!!! WHO is
overseeing the repairs? WHO is keeping the mechanic it was taken to honest? WHERE was it taken? On WHOSE authorization? Did the owner authorize it
to be removed from the storage yard? Did the insurance company? If the owner didn't wire any $$ down to take care of the repairs, then I can
guarantee you that no work has been started on it, regardless of where it is!
Where are you? If you're here in La Paz, I'd recommend trying to get answers to those questions & physically finding the car to see what the
present situation is. I've got more than enough on my plate right now between the time I've donated to owners of vehicles at the storage yard &
simultaneously overseeing my new casa construction....BUT....if you aren't here or near, U2U me with the owner's name, make of the
car & where it's licensed & I'll see what I can find out the first of the week.
What scares me is that I'll bet nobody has a clue as to WHERE the car was taken. It could have been "parted out" long ago!! Or if the owner didn't make any specific arrangements, it could very well still be
sitting there in the yard untouched!
edit: Even IF the vehicle was insured, the $500 (standard for Qualitas Ins.) deductible has to be taken care of by the owner before
the insurance company will make a claim determination. And of all the owners I've been working with, NONE have heard final claim status, in fact, few
have been able to get Qualitas to return other than the initial phone call or e-mail!
[Edited on 10-27-2007 by longlegsinlapaz]
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twogringos
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Registered: 1-7-2007
Location: Bahia Asuncion/Color-Country
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The insurance company said the car was at "Taller Azteca", no address. Have any of you in La Paz seen this repair shop?
Thanks
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Hook
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Registered: 3-13-2004
Location: Sonora
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| Quote: | Originally posted by longlegsinlapaz
And of all the owners I've been working with, NONE have heard final claim status, in fact, few have been able to get Qualitas to return other than the
initial phone call or e-mail!
[Edited on 10-27-2007 by longlegsinlapaz] |
WOW, that is significant news, given how long its been.
So, what brokers are issuing Qualitas Insurance at this time, Nomads?
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longlegsinlapaz
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| Quote: | Originally posted by twogringos
The insurance company said the car was at "Taller Azteca", no address. Have any of you in La Paz seen this repair shop?
Thanks |
I haven't a clue WHY, but that name sounds familiar! I'll ask the mechanic working at the yard on Monday if he knows who/where it
is. Since it sounds like the insurance company was who authorized the vehicle to be removed from the storage yard, personally, I'd hold their feet to
the fire to backtrack & FIND the vehicle! At minimum, the insurance company should have the phone number they called to have the
vehicle towed or a work order for the repairs!!
I know of one other instance where an insurance company (not Qualitas in this instance) had a vehicle towed into town, without the owner's approval or
knowledge. They only had them submit a repair estimate....did NOT authorize any work to be done & had the vehicle returned to
the yard. The estimate included applying new undercoating on the vehicle & came in over $1,500!!! There was also an exclusion for doing any
electrical work whatsoever! Along with a $60 tow charge....each way! I arranged for the mechanic in the yard to clean the interior/exterior, change
all the fluids, filters, belts, pull the wheels, clean the brakes & wheel bearings & grease the bearings....for $500!
If the insurance company still can't find the vehicle, I'd suggest that the owner ask them to change the claim to a stolen vehicle
& see if that gets them off their burros!
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longlegsinlapaz
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| Quote: | WOW, that is significant news, given how long its been.
So, what brokers are issuing Qualitas Insurance at this time, Nomads? |
I know that Lewis & Lewis writes a lot of Qualitas policies & would suspect most brokers do.
One of the guys I oversaw repairs for finally got a payoff amount for his totaled trailer....yesterday....but Qualitas won't proceed with processing
the claim until they get his claim form...which they promised to e-mail to him over a month ago & have failed to do so, despite numerous phone
calls & e-mails requesting that they honor their commitment to e-mail him one!!! I gave him the URL for their on-line claim form....which the
Qualitas adjuster had also failed to share with him! 
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roamingthroughbaja
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Qualitas, Lewis and Lewis
Well, we finally got our payoff from Qualitas, 2 1/2 months after the flood. It was very difficult dealing with this company. After the initial
contact to make the claim, they never once met a deadline, returned a phone call, or did what they said they would do. Calls to the main office in
Mexico City provoked action, but only for a day or two. Emails to Lewis and Lewis for help, (and many phone calls too) were simply forwarded to
Qualitas along with a request to help us. Like we weren't already emailing them ourselves every day?
We were in the situation that our trailer was damaged beyond the amount it was insured for. It is our only home, and so we needed the $ to buy
another one before our summer housesitting gig was over. That didn't make any difference to Qualitas, they did,'t believe that we didn't have a house
somewhere to go live in. When we finally settled on an amount, another story altogether, it took another three weeks to get the cheque. If anyone
out there could recommend another insurer that behaves more professionally, we would love to hear about it. Bottom line is, qualitas may be OK for
car accidents, etc., (- have no experience with that) but they don't have it together to fix or assess the value of trailers.
For us personally, everything has worked out for the best. Thanks so much to all our friends who helped us cope, invited us for dinners, provided
accommodation, moved boxes, cleaned endless amounts of gooey mud off our stuff....we can't say enough to express our gratitude for your support.
(You know who you are...).
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Hook
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Roamin', that you for your story about Qualitas and trailers.
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