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Originally Posted by evomike
how is it obviously a total loss, looking at the pics you posted i don't see it as a total loss. You chose your own shop correct? that could be where the problem lies it all could be on the shop and not geico. The only reason it is taking 70 plus days is the shop is incompetent the car needed a quarter panel and inner wheelhouse its really not that bad.
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Lets say hypothetically that the job was quoted at 100 hours.
If it's ~70 days later and the job still isn't really even that close to done.. Wasn't the original estimate way off?
i.e. the job should really require 200 hours rather than 100, therefore increasing labor costs by double.
if labor is $50/hour and there is an additional 100 hours needed, that’s an extra $5K. Thus pushing it into total loss territory.
Basically, it seems like Geico or the body shop messed up this estimate completely.
The extent of body work that needs to be done is off the charts.
To me, it seems like there is a clear misalignment with the estimate and the actual work that needs to be done.