The men at the scene of the accident said that the price of repair shouldn't be too much. The hydrant Gina struck didn't have to be replaced but did need new bolts and a sealing ring in order to reattach. There was labor involved but couldn't have taken too long. By the time I got down to the car (an hour later) the hydrant was back up on the corner with shiny new bolts showing. Gina got a call a few minutes ago from someone with the city water works. Those are some expensive bolts!Cost of reconnecting a fire hydrant in downtown Gadsden? $1,297.61.
The look on my face when told what the repair cost?
Priceless.
Priceless.
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OOOUUUUUUUUUCCCCHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
It's still adding up. I probably won't even bother to fix the body of that old van. Bill N. said that he would remove the wheel well shield so the tire won't rub against it and try to find a way to beat/pry the body back so we can open the front passenger side door.
Gina had overlooked paying ALFA for that particular vehicle...so we are having to absorb everything. We paid all the other ALFA bills - just don't know where that bill got off to. Really bad timing.
The ALFA rep was kind enough to call the water works guy and let him know that insurance had lapsed and please consider working with us. I get a feeling we aren't going to get any slack on this one.
I concur...OUUUUCH!!!!
We drove over to the water works place today and talked to the manager. At first he was explaining that the cost is what it was. Gina expressed that our insurance wasn't paying for it. After a brief discussion he was nice enough to reduce the price to the materials only and set us up on payments. He was decent enough about it - and gave us a break. I don't mind paying for damage we made, but 12K$$$$!
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