Huge confusion
In Feb of 2024 (!) my gf and I flew to another city and I rented a car through Turo for 3 days, and I paid for the Premier protection plan. Someone dinged the back corner in the parking lot while we were inside eating dinner with a friend at a restaurant. I took photos of the whole car, informed the host, reported the damage to Turo. We returned the vehicle to the host early + I let Turo handle it. Months went by. Host pressured me into paying his 500$ deductible + I did. That was fine with me at the time. End of story. Fast forward 2.5 years. A claim was filed against my auto insurance policy this week from Turo. Turo initially told me (on audio recording) that they did not file a claim against my insurance, but they did. They sent me an email stating that they didn't file a claim + that I was responsible for $0 out of pocket since I had paid for premier protection. But now they say that premier protection is "secondary to my personal insurance". My policy says it's my fault + wants to charge me a $500 collision deductible 2.5 years after the incident
Also: In 2024 I initally did some research and found the auto body shop who wrote the quote for the host / Turo. The shop sent me the write up with full photos of the vehicle. The initial damage was assessed at 534$ and no other parts of the vehicle were damaged. I reached out to that same shop this week. The manager looked into it and told me that the host brought that same vehicle back in this past month (2.5 years later) and got a new damage quote for 3,850$ and filed a supplement 2.5 years after the initial damage quote back in 2024. The manager sent me the new supplement write up with the new quote and pictures which show extensive new damage to the front of the vehicle and a cracked windshield. So I have the before + after quote but Turo doesn't know this. This is a scam.
I told Turo that the supplement was filed illegally but they won't take my side on this. My insurance isn't battling it. Not sure what to do, as I live 2,000 miles away from the city where this is going down.
Thoughts?