Re: Salvage Value

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <D1864BA39C8BD111910500805F0DD19F01171E8C@chicken.ch2m.com> "Finney, Andrew/DEN" writes:

> Well the morons at the other guy's insurance company called and they want to
> total my UrQ. Just to recap, some guy hit my parked car in a snow storm in
> the left rear tailight. They haven't given me a cash value yet but the woman
> was saying something about subtracting the salvage value and you get to keep
> the car. Really, what a rocket scientist she is. What can I do to fight
> this. This is a real injustice that someone can hit your car and leave you
> with a write-off.

I had one _H@LL_ of a fight to get a fair value for my car.  Six weeks
fighting an insurance company valuation of GBP3500 when the cars are
changing hands at GBP13000.  Providing evidence of current price
levels may have helped but it seemed like things really went my way
just after I casually mentioned that I was discussing their attitude
in an Internet forum.

Name 'em and shame 'em.  Let the rest of the enthusiast world know who
these slimeballs are.  Let's be fair - the claims adjuster is on their
side, not yours.  A compelling reason must exist.

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 Phil Payne
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