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Offline omg its aj

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Re: Did I pay over the odds?
« Reply #10 on: 22 December 2005, 13:49 »
Defenitly contest their assesment of what its worth.... Its worth atleast £500 in the state its in now!.
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Offline monkeyalan

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Re: Did I pay over the odds?
« Reply #11 on: 22 December 2005, 14:19 »
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Offline Neaty

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Re: Did I pay over the odds?
« Reply #12 on: 22 December 2005, 14:23 »
Yea i'll contest it definately!
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Offline gibby

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Re: Did I pay over the odds?
« Reply #13 on: 22 December 2005, 14:33 »
The cheeky feckers always try it on at first, but dig your heels in if you're in no rush and see what they say.
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Offline Neaty

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Re: Did I pay over the odds?
« Reply #14 on: 22 December 2005, 14:38 »
oh i will, but bear in mind i am keeping the car, what would u say a fair amoutn would be?
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Re: Did I pay over the odds?
« Reply #15 on: 22 December 2005, 14:41 »
I dunno, try for 750 and the car and see what they say, they may meet you halfway.  :wink: Give them all the b'locks about getting a valver for £900 blah blah and see what they say.  :wink:
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Offline martinb

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Re: Did I pay over the odds?
« Reply #16 on: 22 December 2005, 14:42 »
£950 looks like a bargain it looked sweet, trouble is most insurers just go by the book price not what enthusiasts pay so to them its just a 15yr old golf  :angry: . You really need to go with a specialist insurer (like me  :grin: ) and get an agreed value policy. Definatly dispute the offer and send back examples of similar cars for sale at higher prices in the back of mags etc and if you make enough fuss you are almost certain to get a better offer.

only problem now is that if the vehicle is now registered as an insurance write off if anything alse happens to the payout is likely to be even lower....
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Offline Neaty

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Re: Did I pay over the odds?
« Reply #17 on: 22 December 2005, 14:44 »
sounds fair!

well this is how useless these people are, when the first bloke came round for an initial assesment, he got half of the details wrong! he thought it was an 8valve and missed half the spec off. He even got the wheel and tyre size wrong, if you cant even read the tyre size on a wheel then you shouldnt be an inurance assesor!!
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Re: Did I pay over the odds?
« Reply #18 on: 22 December 2005, 17:08 »
^^yeah unfortunatly not all insurance bods are enthusiasts like me!!! i'd ave given ya loads for it!! :grin:  :grin:
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Re: Did I pay over the odds?
« Reply #19 on: 22 December 2005, 18:48 »
for comparison my 4door Freg GTI 8valve was nicked and burnt out also in pretty good nick no P/S manual windows 135000 miles and they paid me £1200 so i think they are taking the pee  :angry:
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