Dent on the car
Aug 21, 2001, 8:37 pm
#1
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Join Date: May 2001
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Dent on the car
Hi all,
my hertz rental got hit by another car while my car was parked in a supermarket parking lot. I've got the offender's driver's license #, insurance company, policy number, her name, and even her home phone.
It's golf ball size dent, and my company's policy includes the LDW. I haven't called hertz to report this incident yet. my peers told me the LDW will kick in later and I don't need to report anything....I doubt it though....any ideas on what are the official procedures for filing a minor accident like this?
thanks
my hertz rental got hit by another car while my car was parked in a supermarket parking lot. I've got the offender's driver's license #, insurance company, policy number, her name, and even her home phone.
It's golf ball size dent, and my company's policy includes the LDW. I haven't called hertz to report this incident yet. my peers told me the LDW will kick in later and I don't need to report anything....I doubt it though....any ideas on what are the official procedures for filing a minor accident like this?
thanks
Aug 22, 2001, 8:13 am
#2
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Wait until you return the car and then give them all the information (be sure to keep a copy yourself). If you want to be super safe (probably not needed in this case) take a picture of the car showing the damage.
Good luck,
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Sagy
Good luck,
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Sagy
Oct 2, 2001, 1:02 pm
#3
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In my previous experience with two relatively minor "incidents" with rental cars similar to yours, you will file the report with Hertz when you return it and never hear anything about it again, likely because I don't think the rental car companies bother with such things really and they are just taken care of during the regular process when the car is disposed of by the rental car company.
Oct 2, 2001, 2:22 pm
#4
Join Date: Jul 1999
Posts: 462
I had a one car accident in Switerzland last year. Hertz hit me with every conceivalbe thing, including loss of use of the car. It was about $1,200.
I sent the bill to Diners and I never heard about it again. I'm a true believer in their primary collision coverage. If they only provided secondary coverage, I would have paid the thing myself. My insurance company would have amortized the claim in higher payments in no time.
I sent the bill to Diners and I never heard about it again. I'm a true believer in their primary collision coverage. If they only provided secondary coverage, I would have paid the thing myself. My insurance company would have amortized the claim in higher payments in no time.