Date:         Sun, 20 Dec 2009 05:54:19 -0600
Reply-To:     Mike South <msouth@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Mike South <msouth@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Insurance Frustration
Comments: To: Stephen Cebula <sfcebula@yahoo.com>
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I just noticed this on GoWesty's site:

http://www.gowesty.com/library_article.php?id=1247

(To briefly summarize, they offer to help you (at no charge) get a better
settlement, asking (but not requiring) that you let them do the work that
needs to be done on the vehicle.  I am guessing this would apply to
"technically, totaled, but realistically, fixable" vehicles, but read it
yourself and form your own conclusions.  I just saw it while looking for
something else and figured I would pass it along.)

mike

On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 3:55 PM, Stephen Cebula <sfcebula@yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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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