So someone's house burns down and your immediate reaction is "they must be trying to scam their insurance!" Someone's vehicle goes up in flames..."look at them trying to cash in!" Really??? I'm glad I don't share your world views.
Maybe we missed the part where I said "I'm not saying for sure every case is a fraud" You're making it seem like it would be impossible that someone is crazy enough to try and do fraud. I'm just simply pointing out that it's not such a crazy idea. Like FoxKat said it could be the desperate parent trying to better their family's life, or the actual piece of trash just doing trash things. I like that you would rather see the honest person, but you have to also acknowledge it could very well be the opposite.
My point is: assuming someone is doing something shady with no proof is just irresponsible. Why even bring up that kind of talk when nothing is pointing to it?
You may be right that the individuals have faced a great loss and if so we all would feel for them.
I leave mine at home sometimes BUT because I have a smartwatch that makes calls and other pda stuff. I agree for the non Gear S owners it's pointless to have a smartphone and not use it, especially since you're paying both line charge and data plan charge. I'm a cheap somebody so I'm looking at it from that perspective but those with more dollars than sense might look at it differently.
Nobody said this was definitely an insurance fraud case. Nobody said this was deliberately used as a way to "cash in". What they did say was that these things DO happen and for anyone to say they don't is to ignore history, which time and time again proves that there are people who will take this "opportunity" to "cash in" as you put it.
And I think we ALL agree with you here. The issue wasn't raised by the OP so much as it was interpreted from information provided in the news report cited. If the jury is out, there remains suspicion. Until the investigation is over and a decision or determination has been made, we can be curious and look at all the possibilities in a debate, but I saw nobody here saying unequivocally that the person whose Jeep burned up was committing fraud.
This is the original post I responded to earlier. I'm quoting again just to be clear. Of course I understand that there are some people out there looking to capitalize on things like this. However, really look at the above post. pc747 posts a link and underneath alludes to the victim, and others, "looking for a payday", questioning the validity of their claims, with no proof to back up his theory. I'm sorry, but that's wrong. Some guy lost his car. A family lost their house. Until something suspicious turns up, there is no reason to post what he did.
Guess that's already been taken care of...
