Less than three weeks ago I replaced the battery in my car. Yesterday, I leave the mall and it won't start! It was the starter. As I wrote in a previous post, I have mechanical breakdown insurance through Geico. My repairs no matter how large, will not cost me more than a $250 deductible. Well, the battery was $200 (dealer rip off in my opinion) and the starter was $280 (probably too much as well, but I literally broke down across the street from the dealer). It wasn't worth making a long, drawn out call to Geico for the $30. However, the dealer said the two are related and encouraged me to see if Geico will reimburse me anything. They said they will back me up however necessary.

So, if all goes as planned I should get a refund of $230. Keep your fingers crossed for me! My sad looking savings account could use that refund, but I am so grateful I had it!