Originally posted by bill erhardt
Last week I received a check from Qualitas for payment in full of the claim for the stolen trailer. A couple of months ago after four or five months
of unreturned email messages and phone calls, requests for superfluous information about the loss, and general foot dragging I contacted Jim Lewis
(Lewis & Lewis Ins.) to see if he could light a fire under Qualitas. Jim sent a two line inquiry on my behalf. It may or may not be a
coincidence, but shortly after Jim's inquiry Qualitas advised me that payment had been approved and six and a half months after the claim was filed
their check has cleared my bank.
In the meantime the beat goes on in Loreto. In two different thefts from my boat while parked in my driveway this summer I lost the batteries, three
radios and a satellite telephone. In a third theft the battery was also stolen from the boat of friends who left it with me while in the States.
Last Sunday the lock was cut off the gate of two other friends who are due back from Idaho next week. The outboard motor was stolen from their boat,
bars were removed from a window of their trailer, and the trailer was rifled.
The night before last the door of my neighbor's palapa was broken in with a makeshift battering ram and his palapa and trailer were tossed. Bolt
cutters were used on a padlock securing his bodega.
Last month my housekeeper's sister, who lives in Colonia Zaragosa, was taking a shower in the middle of the day when her house was burglarized and
appliances and furniture stolen.
It is getting more and more expensive to live in Loreto. Everyone, Mexican and foreign alike, who has anything that might strike the fancy of
bandidos is taking steps to secure it. Many are hiring guards to stay at their property while they are away. |
