My wife works for an attorney and deals with insurance companies daily. This is how they operate. Their job is to spend as little money as possible. Find an attorney (that deal with car accidents [usually a personal injury firm]) explain the situation to them and hope you find a sympathetic paralegal to take up your cause. Your success will be determined largely by who your insurance carrier is and what their internal policy is. Some companies refuse to pay by default and have to be threatened to pay up.
Good Luck Doug Miller 77 240D 83 300DT -----Original Message----- From: redghost [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 8:49 PM To: Mercedes mailing list Subject: Re: [MBZ] [EMAIL PROTECTED]><[EMAIL PROTECTED] insurance companies & my Crushed 300CD Call the fellow and tell him you are talking to attorney and any further communication will be with him. Then go get said attorney. Usually the offer increases when attorney is mentioned On Friday, December 2, 2005, at 04:37 PM, eric peterson wrote: > Well just heard from the insurance company and they > are going to total my 85 300CD 87K mi and are offering > $5000. NADA clasic book is $8850 and all I can find > that is low mileage is in the $12000 to 17000 range. > All I really want is for them to fix my car but they > are being well .....cheap and lazy. What irks me most > is they say since we have determined it's totaled we > will not pay for storage at the body shop and we won't > pay for your rental car after Wed. So all they have > to do is say its totaled give you a low ball offer and > then you are stuck to suck it up until you get a > legitimate offer and foot the bill for transportation > in the mean time??? anybody got any ideas on how to > handle this?? I have asked for their offer in writing > along with the comparable cars they are using to > deterimne value. I know some of you will think $5K is > about right but try and find a low mileage one thats > not been neglected or needs alot I can't. Anybody who > knows of a prticularly nice turbo 300CD let me know. > > Thanks > eric > > 85 300CD 87K > > > > __________________________________ > Start your day with Yahoo! - Make it your home page! > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > _______________________________________ > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > > -- Clay Seattle Bioburner 1972 220D - Gump 1995 E300D - Cleo 1987 300SDL - POS - DOA The FSM would drive a Diesel Benz
