Replacement glass shortage adding to woes of San Francisco car break-in victims

(CBS LOCAL) – Yen Phan, a San Francisco food blogger, found her car windshield violently smashed while she was parked on Mission Street near 22nd Street – a busy, heavily trafficked part of town.

“I thought it was bird poop or some kind of stain, but no it looked like it was smashed with a baseball bat, and there were about four marks, and then the roof was also dented,” said Phan.

After calling about half a dozen glass repair shops, she found they all faced a glass shortage. “Normal glass repair is about 2 to $300,” said Phan. “And then when I talked to the guy I was like why is it $900, does it really cost that much, and can you not get it done any sooner, and he was like yeah, ‘No.'”

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