Date:         Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:18:49 -0500
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From:         The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
Subject:      Re: got hit by a front end loader
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> A word of advice (and I know that every single list member
> who's been in an accident will agree - since they're the ones
> who gave ME the advice):
> DO NOT TAKE THEIR FIRST OFFER!!!!
>
> In my case the adjuster initially valued my Vanagon at less
> than $2,700...
>
> Didn't sound right to me though, so I chose to do a little
> research and put up a fight - and it paid off!



Sorry to hear about your loss. Having lost my Westy to a falling tree last
winter, I feel your pain. I will second Matt's comments. My insurance
company's first offer was $3500, gradually increasing to $6000 "and not a
penny more."   We eventually settled at nearly $12,000.

As hard as it is right now, you never know what good luck might come of it.
I was devastated when my Westy was totalled. So many treasured memories were
wrapped up in that camper!  But a few months later, I found a garage-kept
replacement with 40k original miles, for less than the insurance company
paid me for my '89 that had 160k miles.  In the end I can say that as
upsetting as it was at the time, it worked out in my favor. Hopefully you'll
find that Syncro and feel the same way a year from now.

- Ron Salmon
  The Bus Depot, Inc.
  www.busdepot.com
  (215)  234-VWVW

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