Re: Help with insurance appraisal

["Brian M. Potter" <tonedeaf@earthlink.net>]

TCame86712@aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 97-05-30 20:30:00 EDT, you write:
> 
> >
> >  I may have told this story before but here it goes again.  My roommate
> > bought
> >  a 8716V just like mine because he liked mine so much.  It was from
> Maryland
> >  so it was not too rusty and really was much better than most daily drivers
> 
> > in
> >  Upstate NY(Buffalo).  He picked it up for $3500 with only 70,000 miles.
>  He
> >  had it for less than 2 months before he wrecked it bad with 2 trees and
> very
> >  high speed.   So anywho, we had spent the entire weekend cleaning,
> buffing,
> >  degreasing etc....before he wrecked it.  The insurance appraiser came and
> >  noticed how good it looked and actually said "Wow, where did you find
> this?"
> >   The moral of my story..... My roommate got a lot of extra money for the
> >  smashed beast for things such as well maintained engine compartment, "low"
> >  miles, and well maintained exterior/interior.  He paid off his loan,
> bought
> >  the car back for around $600, and put a grand in the bank that he didn't
> > have
> >  before.  My advice.....as was said before....be honest, nice, and helpful
> to
> >  the appraiser.  That is the only way you will win  Hopefully your car is
> not
> >  wrecked as bad as my freinds was.....the bumper met the block.
> >
> Excellent!!!! Here's proof that the system really can work. A little effort
> can really pay off, and in this case it looks like it did. I'm glad to hear
> it! See? us insurance guys aren't necessarily so bad :-)
> 
> Todd
> --
> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send email to scirocco-L-request@privateI.com,
> with your request (subscribe, unsubscribe) in the BODY of the message.

Yeah, I'm an appraiser also and It really does make a difference when
people are honest with you.  I will definately try to give people the
benefit of the doubt and be more likely to help them if they are honest.
I can can smell a lie a mile away.  The majority of owners that we deal
with are lying about something or trying to pull a scam.  "They" say 85%
of all insurance claims(in New Jersey at least) are fraudulent.  So we
have to stay on our toes and retrain all the time in fraud seminars.
So, the moral of the story is that you should try to be honest.  Its
always best.

Later,

Brian
88 Scirocco 16V
91 GTI 8V
--
To subscribe or unsubscribe, send email to scirocco-L-request@privateI.com,
with your request (subscribe, unsubscribe) in the BODY of the message.