Insurance people ....rant

[wolf_walker69 at yahoo.com (Rex Johnston)]

It's been done before, the older Mercedes crowd has
this problem a LOT.  You can spend a damn fortune on
something like an 83 300SD and it's still valued at
$1500 or soemthing silly.  What you must do is gather
evidence that supports the value of your car in it's
location and condition, adds for car sales,
testimonials from people that have bought like models,
receipts for work you have done to it, etc, etc.  Have
the proof, make them aware you have it and will use
it, and do NOT back down.

Insurance companys are absolutly completly trashing
the automotive industry, from parts sales, especialy
salvage, to body shops and up and down.  I deal with
em every day.  I wish they'd all die.

:)

--- Jean-Claude Desinor <desinor@sympatico.ca> wrote:

>    From now on, only communicate with them in
> writing. Do not argue over 
> the phone, you want everything spelled out in
> writing. And write down 
> immediately any occasional conversation you have
> with them, including 
> time, date, name and status of the person you talk
> to ... and ask them 
> to confirm everything in writing.
>    Keep all those letters, and make them understand
> they will be used as 
> evidence in court.
>    Don't forget to specify "Without Prejudice". That
> means that your 
> claims are now to the best of your knowledge, but
> you reserve the right 
> to add new findings when you find them.
> 
> 	Jean-Claude
> 
> Neptuno a ?crit :
> > So just got off the phone with the ajuster and
> they are giving me the run around. The first ajuster
> stoped his estimate of the car at what he considered
> was 70% value of the car $1007 That covered a new
> fenderf and according to him reparing the door and
> side 1/4 panel too....I would say sure, but I dont
> see anyone doing the work and getting right for that
> money      Lets go back to the 70% that mean that
> another 30% is $300.....   I'll be damn if my car is
> worth only $1300 for an 82 with prestine history.
> Never been hit and 128K Original miles for a car
> that is 24 years old. NADA marks that car at $2300,
> but they dont use that they use CCC and that means
> that they use a company that last year was involved
> on a out of court settlement for millions of $$$$
> dollars for underpaying people for their vehicles.  
> That car has original red interior in perfect
> condition and is a monowiper car 2 things that for
> the S2 can only be found in the 82-83 models not to
> mention the Cirrus
> >  gray used only until 84.5 IIRC....    
> >   Screw me!!!!.....I like to see them getting me a
> car in the condition that it was in before the hit
> for $1300. A car that will take me across the
> country without living me stranded on the way!!!!!
> >    
> >   Fookers....Im so tired of getting screwed by the
> powers that be. ThOSE SOB's want to either gime me
> th $1000 for a half ass job or Total my car. I told
> hom to do a fair market research on the car. By wich
> it mean that they will do not much of anything. I
> wonder how exactly will he do that.
> >    
> >   I am pissed and this shit just eats at my
> stomach!!!!!!
> 
> 
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