Severum- Sorry to hear about your car.
I work for an insurance company and it is better to pay for minor (under $1,000) damages yourself because claims (even 1) will come back to bite you in the butt. They are on your record for 5 years!
We could get into a debate about who're more broke, me or you. HAHA. We only upgrade tanks beause HE has money, not me. I own the 5
gal because I bought it from Wal-Mart and used old decor and gravel. He gave me the 10
gal and then last week he gave me a new 55
gal. If it weren't for him, I'd only have the little 5
gal desk tank. I use the old stuff from his tanks because I don't want to buy new stuff.
I tried to do some barganing at PetCo but I ended up not taking the stand beacuse it was scratched. It was funny because I told the guy that I found one about 10 miles from there for $60 and theirs was listed at $100, so of course he said he'd price match it and when I pointed out the scratch he dropped it to $40. But, who wants a scratch on the front of their stand? I'd rather pay the extra $20 and get one that's in perfect condition