Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:23:39 -0500
Reply-To: craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
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From: craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Insurance Frustration
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I don't know what kind of time frame you have to argue with them, but i'd
say patience is key. They have the car, they have to pay to continue to
store the car..... they want to get rid of the car, but can't do that untill
you're happy.
I'd start sending them links to cars for sale in the same condition as yours
and try to meet them in the middle somewhere.
When it's all said and done, you might not get all you have invested into
it..... but that's the cost of owning and operating a vehicle.
I think the offer they've given you is reasonable, but i think you have some
room to barter a bit.
-Craig
'85GL Turned WESTY
BOSTIG in the back
On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 5:15 PM, Mister Tom <TomsGroups@salicos.com> wrote:
> My daughter went through this. The comp her company used started at
> $11,000
> ('87 GL Westy). They started deducting for everything they could, since
> she
> had a lot of previous damage and looked generally tired. When they got her
> claim down to near $5000 it was really fair, considering the state of her
> van.
>
> I have posted this link before. It's the (heavily redacted) evaluation
> with
> her van vs the comparable van.
> http://mysite.verizon.net/respxpf0/
>
>
> Good luck with this.
>
> Tom Salicos
> '87 Syncro Westy EG-33
>
>
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of
> > Stephen Cebula
> > Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 1:55 PM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Insurance Frustration
> >
> > Okay,
> > The insurance company of the person who totalled my Westy wants to give
> me
> > $4100 including the salvage cost of my van. I know there are some
> > bargains out there, but mine was in great running shape. I finaly got to
> > where I had nothing left to fix. I had no worries about taking it on
> 500+
> > mile camping trips. Can I really spend only $4k on a replacement and not
> > expect to turn around a sink another $2K on it? The insurance company
> > refuses to budge. They have some report that they are faxing me with
> only
> > 9 comps on it. I threatened with the state insurance commissioner and
> the
> > agent said that all he needs to prove is that he didn't arbitrarily
> > produce that number. Any advice? Man...I just want what I had. Is that
> > so much to ask? I know I didn't have collision insurance, but it wasn't
> > my fault.
> >
> > Thanks Y'all
> > Steve
> >
> >
> >
>
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