[s-cars] Insurance company ammo

[Lee]

Good advice...but eBay prices are not 
representative of local retail. They're anywhere from 10-30% low.

Cars.com listings and local listings are your 
best bet. They'll show the highest prices, but 
since they're only asking prices, they can only 
set a rough idea of what the car is/was worth.

Lee

At 08:36 PM 1/9/2008, Vincent Frégeac wrote:
>IME, the best tool is actual sale prices. When they receive more than 50 ads
>with the amount you ask for or more, they drop the ball because they know
>they would loose in front of anyone with so many evidences of your point
>(price point).
>
>Out of my head, in random order, sources would be:
>- Completed sales on eBay
>- Local or not so local papers (List help required here)
>- Audifans Marketplace
>- Audiworld Ads
>- Any audi site with ads
>Note that insurrance take into account regional variation of prices so the
>more local prices you find the better.
>
>In my case, it worked very well to send 10 of them every week, then call
>them and ask "Not convinced yet? Another batch is coming". They dropped the
>ball after the 5th week with me asking 3 times their first estimate and
>twice the price I paid on a CQ20V (I was luckier than your wife, I owned it
>for 19 days). Audiwise it was a sad event, but financially speaking it has
>been my best investment yet (100% in 19 days!)
>
>HTH
>
>
>
>Vincent
>
>-----Message d'origine-----
>De : s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
>[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] De la part de Young, Steve
>Envoyé : 8 janvier 2008 19:18
>À : s-car-list at audifans.com
>Objet : [s-cars] Insurance company ammo
>
>
>Well, after 14 days (yes, you read that right) of blissful ownership, my
>wife and her 89K mile '97 A6Q was rear ended.  With $7100 in repair cost due
>to minor damage to the rear frame tails, I expect the other parties
>insurance company to total the car.  I plan to do a buy back and repair, but
>need any ammo from recent sales and/or insurance claims that will help me
>make the best case for market value.  Just getting prepared for the lowball
>value from the insurance company.  Any help is appreciated.
>
>Regards,
>
>Steven Young
>Local Operations Manager - Albany
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Lee Levitt
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