Brianna Wu / John Walker Flynt - "Biggest Victim of Gamergate," Failed Game Developer, Failed Congressional Candidate

LordKaT said:
I don't even understand how that's more than $50 in damages ($200 if you need to buy the equipment). Pull the bumper, pound it out, bondo, sand, clean, prime, paint, clear coat, done.
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A busted Cayman tail light replaced new with (((installation fees))) alone is probably going to run triple that or higher at the dealer. I know my (considerably cheaper) vehicle was going to run $140 when the bulb melted part of the housing. The cheapest I see an OEM 981 cayman tail light going for on eBay is $500 new, and if John's filing it under insurance, he's not going to get away with tossing in used parts.

Looking at a bumper (And I'm going to assume Wu had a rear bumper WITHOUT parking assist) brings up between $700 and $1,000 from third parties, before painting, if they just replace the whole bumper. There might be some other damage behind the bumper, too. Then there's shop markup, which I can only imagine is pretty high at a Porshe Jeep dealership that will just outsource it to a certified Porsche mechanic shop and effectively mark it up twice unless Wu's insurance cuts the middle man.

For some reason, people think that dealerships and auto shops make the bulk of their money on oil changes and the like, when that's not really true. Oil change margins run so thin that it's essentially negative money for shop employees: Flag pay means that oil changes pay you typically 10 or so minutes at your hourly rate. They do, however, get feet through the door to sell more expensive repairs and the like. Typically, the bigger the job, the higher the flag rate, the more likely you are to finish in less time than you're being paid for. At least to a point.
 
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ForgottenAcct said:
A busted Cayman tail light replaced new with (((installation fees))) alone is probably going to run triple that or higher at the dealer. I know my (considerably cheaper) vehicle was going to run $140 when the bulb melted part of the housing. The cheapest I see an OEM 981 cayman tail light going for on eBay is $500 new, and if John's filing it under insurance, he's not going to get away with tossing in used parts.
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Thanks, I forgot about the tail light and the fact that Wu has no ability to do anything mechanical. God forbid you find a tai light in a junkyard, clean it up, and install it yourself. It's not like these things just pop into place.
 
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Butta Face Lopez said:
Ten fucking thousand dollars in damage?

Again: man of the people.
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Hoping for big bux from the insurance company probably, 10k is suddenly something to shrug over. Remember how a couple of days ago Brianna was sweating the "non-trivial cost" of a couple of hundred bucks per year to change the tires. That one gave me the feeling that Frank paid for the car on the condition that Brianna promised to take care of it using his Patreon bux.
 
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Norvic said:
It's like Emma Clarkson said about Wu, you should never expect her to do work on deadline. It's not like she's busy or anything, she literally has nothing else to do but organise this event.
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How dare you! I'm sure playing Peggle, crashing expensive cars, and sperging 24/7 on Twitter is very exhausting and time consuming!
 
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Assuming American insurance works like UK insurance, that settles it for me that this was Wu's doing.

In the UK, once the other parties insurance company contacts you everything gets handed over to them. They get the police report , they arrange for an inspection of the damage and get a quote for fixing it, because they want to keep all that shit in house.

Strangely in the UK, its actually so they can do an underhand deal to write off your barely damaged car, and sell it to the mechanic who has just said its not economic to fix, who than fixes it and sells it to someone else ker-ching! You get most of your original outlay back but get shafted for the next 4-5 years with higher insurance premiums. Its often best in fender benders to have a gentleman's agreement sorted out and fuck off before the popo arrive.

Given how high Wu's premiums are going to be already (the written off accord from 2 years ago), she might be best sucking up the repair bill herself.
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Which tells me how fucking dodgy your insurance company is mate. I'm with directline and once crashed the front end of my car in the snow a few years back. Pretty much the whole front was replaced in a few days by my insurer at their preferred dealer, including a cracked radiator. Most companies I know don't push that kind of madness. Especially after the DVLA's become much much harsher on companies trying to sell cars that have been written off.

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Ten fucking thousand dollars in damage?

Again: man of the people.
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ForgottenAcct said:
A busted Cayman tail light replaced new with (((installation fees))) alone is probably going to run triple that or higher at the dealer. I know my (considerably cheaper) vehicle was going to run $140 when the bulb melted part of the housing. The cheapest I see an OEM 981 cayman tail light going for on eBay is $500 new, and if John's filing it under insurance, he's not going to get away with tossing in used parts.

Looking at a bumper (And I'm going to assume Wu had a rear bumper WITHOUT parking assist) brings up between $700 and $1,000 from third parties, before painting, if they just replace the whole bumper. There might be some other damage behind the bumper, too. Then there's shop markup, which I can only imagine is pretty high at a Porshe Jeep dealership that will just outsource it to a certified Porsche mechanic shop and effectively mark it up twice unless Wu's insurance cuts the middle man.

For some reason, people think that dealerships and auto shops make the bulk of their money on oil changes and the like, when that's not really true. Oil change margins run so thin that it's essentially negative money for shop employees: Flag pay means that oil changes pay you typically 10 or so minutes at your hourly rate. They do, however, get feet through the door to sell more expensive repairs and the like. Typically, the bigger the job, the higher the flag rate, the more likely you are to finish in less time than you're being paid for. At least to a point.
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From new a Cayman bumper is about $750. I don't think a relatively low impact like Wu's managed might not do too much under the bumper itself. Whatever insurer Wu has (which she's clearly not going through if she's getting quotes on the work) are obviously scalping her hard for her own stupidity.

My local garage found the margins on oil changes and filters so low they don't charge you any more and just do it during a service and MOT as a courtesy.
 
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LordKaT said:
I don't even understand how that's more than $50 in damages ($200 if you need to buy the equipment). Pull the bumper, pound it out, bondo, sand, clean, prime, paint, clear coat, done.
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I think Brianna's estimate is probably 3 or 4 times too high.

Your estimate is Brianna Wu levels of stupid.
 
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A busted Cayman tail light replaced new with (((installation fees))) alone is probably going to run triple that or higher at the dealer. I know my (considerably cheaper) vehicle was going to run $140 when the bulb melted part of the housing. The cheapest I see an OEM 981 cayman tail light going for on eBay is $500 new, and if John's filing it under insurance, he's not going to get away with tossing in used parts.

Looking at a bumper (And I'm going to assume Wu had a rear bumper WITHOUT parking assist) brings up between $700 and $1,000 from third parties, before painting, if they just replace the whole bumper. There might be some other damage behind the bumper, too. Then there's shop markup, which I can only imagine is pretty high at a Porshe Jeep dealership that will just outsource it to a certified Porsche mechanic shop and effectively mark it up twice unless Wu's insurance cuts the middle man.

For some reason, people think that dealerships and auto shops make the bulk of their money on oil changes and the like, when that's not really true. Oil change margins run so thin that it's essentially negative money for shop employees: Flag pay means that oil changes pay you typically 10 or so minutes at your hourly rate. They do, however, get feet through the door to sell more expensive repairs and the like. Typically, the bigger the job, the higher the flag rate, the more likely you are to finish in less time than you're being paid for. At least to a point.
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So, if we see more fundraising activity then usual in the next days, we know why Wu needs that money.
 
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LordKaT said:
I don't even understand how that's more than $50 in damages ($200 if you need to buy the equipment). Pull the bumper, pound it out, bondo, sand, clean, prime, paint, clear coat, done.
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With a lot of these sports cars, it can't be done. They just replace the entire rear quarter panel.

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For some reason, people think that dealerships and auto shops make the bulk of their money on oil changes and the like, when that's not really true.
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Oil changes and doing them quickly, cheaply and politely is how they get you familiar with the fact they exist so that when you actually need something big done, they're the first name that comes to mind.
 
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