On 27 Jul 2003 10:25:09 -0700, (mike) wrote:

Giving you a contribution towards the chainsaw would be the rational,
reasonable (and lowest-cost) thing to do but for this to happen, it
would require that you were dealing with rational, reasonable people
and not arrogant, paranoid, ill-educated morons.

The only possible "issue" with this arrangement might be if the
insurance company coughed up for a chainsaw, and the recipient then
managed to chop off a vital part of their own anatomy, or worse.

That could potentially put the insurance company in harms way in terms
of being held responsible.

There is also the issue of guarantee - if a 3rd party does the work
and it is defective then they can be called back in to make amends.
Whereas if our DIYer made a mess of the job then he'd be liable to
himself.

I gave up trying to educate "the system" a long time ago. They have
their procedures and will follow those regardless of what the outcome
will be.

Andrew

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