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helo guys, some doubts to clear.. i rented a car last yr june and got into an accident.. lorry driver was unhurt and claimed to settle this privately and after which he went to car workshop and some fellow sent him to get medical certificate and ask told him how to claim gao gao.. and after a month i got a call from the rental company saying this fellow went to claim physical damages + medical claims which amounted to 20 over thousands... i koe this i have to lan lan suck thumb.. i paid the rental excess of $8000 for them to claim over the insurance frm AXA.. tht lorry driver get law firms to send claims to AXA.. i ytd found this insurance fraud online

 

http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/S...ory_632799.html

 

i was wondering if my case was in there too. i called the rental company but they ignored me.. is there any ways to solve this prob in hoping to get bak some of my money if it's a fraud to my case? thanks in advance

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helo guys, some doubts to clear.. i rented a car last yr june and got into an accident.. lorry driver was unhurt and claimed to settle this privately and after which he went to car workshop and some fellow sent him to get medical certificate and ask told him how to claim gao gao.. and after a month i got a call from the rental company saying this fellow went to claim physical damages + medical claims which amounted to 20 over thousands... i koe this i have to lan lan suck thumb.. i paid the rental excess of $8000 for them to claim over the insurance frm AXA.. tht lorry driver get law firms to send claims to AXA.. i ytd found this insurance fraud online

 

http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/S...ory_632799.html

 

i was wondering if my case was in there too. i called the rental company but they ignored me.. is there any ways to solve this prob in hoping to get bak some of my money if it's a fraud to my case? thanks in advance

 

Excess 8000? So high? So it's your fault? You paid 8000 to the car rental company?

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helo guys, some doubts to clear.. i rented a car last yr june and got into an accident.. lorry driver was unhurt and claimed to settle this privately and after which he went to car workshop and some fellow sent him to get medical certificate and ask told him how to claim gao gao.. and after a month i got a call from the rental company saying this fellow went to claim physical damages + medical claims which amounted to 20 over thousands... i koe this i have to lan lan suck thumb.. i paid the rental excess of $8000 for them to claim over the insurance frm AXA.. tht lorry driver get law firms to send claims to AXA.. i ytd found this insurance fraud online

 

http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/S...ory_632799.html

 

i was wondering if my case was in there too. i called the rental company but they ignored me.. is there any ways to solve this prob in hoping to get bak some of my money if it's a fraud to my case? thanks in advance

 

Btw Bro, What car did you rent? Why is the excess so high? Normal Car rental coy only charge excess between $500 to $4000.

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Excess 8000? So high? So it's your fault? You paid 8000 to the car rental company?

 

 

yup it's my fault but tht lorry wasnt even damage.. jus some dented side. i rented a honda jazz. the front right headlamp was smashed. yes i paid them. P plate @ tht time.

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yup it's my fault but tht lorry wasnt even damage.. jus some dented side. i rented a honda jazz. the front right headlamp was smashed. yes i paid them. P plate @ tht time.

 

Did you report to the rental company once you got into the accident? Have you check the "fine prints" at the back of your rental agreement???

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Btw Bro, What car did you rent? Why is the excess so high? Normal Car rental coy only charge excess between $500 to $4000.

 

It was a honda jazz, i was a p'plate then. in the end i found out the excess was way too high cuz i rented a slk 200 after my p'plate the excess was 5k. yea..

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It was a honda jazz, i was a p'plate then. in the end i found out the excess was way too high cuz i rented a slk 200 after my p'plate the excess was 5k. yea..

 

Bro, Did you check the "Fine Print" at the back of the agreement??? Does it state Excess of $8K?

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Did you report to the rental company once you got into the accident? Have you check the "fine prints" at the back of your rental agreement???

 

 

yes. i've reported to the rental company and the i signed the paper with the 8k excess thingy. what im concerned now is tht the lorry driver can claim all he wants according to the rental company and he claimed over 20k as i was told for his medical cost. some 2nd degree injuries etc.. i just wanna koe if tht fraud in the news has got to do with mine case which i called the rental company and sms. they ignored me.

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Bro, Did you check the "Fine Print" at the back of the agreement??? Does it state Excess of $8K?

 

back of agreement i dun tink it states 8k. but the front where i signed was hand written 8k excess and was told to sign beside.

 

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Bro...you kenna con by both the rental company and the lorry driver....no use now trying to get your money back. Take it as a very expensive lesson learned! [:(]

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last time rent from H and A.. the excess was info up front when completing the rental arrangement..

 

ur this 8K was like info to u after the accident right?

 

 

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Bro...you kenna con by both the rental company and the lorry driver....no use now trying to get your money back. Take it as a very expensive lesson learned! [:(]

 

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Bro...you kenna con by both the rental company and the lorry driver....no use now trying to get your money back. Take it as a very expensive lesson learned! [:(]

 

Bro, there might be chances you were conned. Any receipt for the 8K? If yes, you can choose to get lawyer's advice. You were not told of the 8K excess right? Did you see the hospital bills? Also no right? The rental company can also make up story that the lorry driver is claiming 20K in damages. BTW, what's the rental company name? Don't have to give exact name? Use something like wheel of fortune. Missing alphabets. :D

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by my understanding. once you paid the excess, the rest not your problem already, no need to entertain any claims from lorry driver or rental company.

 

but $8k excess for Honda Jazz... [crazy] NTUC car club carsharing excess at most $2K if i remember correctly. Taxi driver excess also $1000 :P

 

Take as expensive lesson learnt.

 

That being said, better look at the rental agreement fine print to quantify your liability, dunno if the agreement got problem or not... your lawyer might be able to fight for you.

 

Ask the lawyer to send letter to them, maybe they will kuai kuai return some of that money. but you need to pay the lawyer.

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Bro, there might be chances you were conned. Any receipt for the 8K? If yes, you can choose to get lawyer's advice. You were not told of the 8K excess right? Did you see the hospital bills? Also no right? The rental company can also make up story that the lorry driver is claiming 20K in damages. BTW, what's the rental company name? Don't have to give exact name? Use something like wheel of fortune. Missing alphabets. :D

 

i was told of the 8k. first time renting car tht time. so lol. no receipt.. i issued a cheque to them. i wanted to get a lawyer but they told me if i were to choose to fight and if i lose.i'll bare all the expenses including tht lorry's driver medical bills. rental company > a_v_n_ce car rental. :angry:

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