Date:         Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:16:40 -0800
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: My Westy is totaled!
Comments: To: BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <ccafde090712181203j42586e29g4bc57e8e9ec907a8@mail.gmail.com>
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That's really a bummer Ron - talk about flattened!   A good thing nobody was
in it at the time.  Good luck with your insurance company; I hope its easier
for you than it was for BenT

On Dec 18, 2007 12:03 PM, BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 12/18/07, The Bus Depot <vanagon@busdepot.com> wrote:
> >
> > A 60 foot tree squashed my Westy like a bug early yesterday morning.
>  I've
> > never seen a Vanagon so totally demolished.  Not a single body panel is
> > intact and it literally split at the seams. The curious can see some
> pics
>
>
>
> Wow! Sorry to see your Westy go. But hey, the fiberglass bumpers look
> pristine.
>
> Just had a fight with Allstate insurance when my 84 diesel got hit by
> their
> insured. They kept giving me comps from two of their "used car dealer"
> desk
> appraisers. They even use a service to cross check my tel# if the van was
> recently for sale. I'm guessing their plan would be to offer only the
> asking
> price. In the end I got the value that I wanted not by getting them to
> change their comps. The adjuster has some discretionary monies she can add
> to settlement amount. They sometimes call them "customer appreciation"
> funds. In my case, the adjuster worked it out with a combination of that
> plus reduction of my salvage value to practically nothing. BTW, they
> refused
> to accept NADA figures. After 2 months of delays, I had to advise them
> that
> I no longer wished to negotiate with them and will sue their insured
> instead. They settled within 10 minutes.
>
> Best of luck,
>
> BenT
>



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Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
Crescent Beach, BC
www.crescentbeachguitar.com
http://subyjake.googlepages.com/