69MyWay
Well-known member
Sorry to hear about your loss. It sounds like you are now on the right track. I am an insurance professional and see this happen all the time. I would like to believe that I have never "low balled" or attempted to pay anybody less than what I owe. However, value is in the eye of the beholder.
I was going to share some suggestions with you if the car was considered a total loss. No sense though, since they are going to fix it.
I was in a bad car accident in May of this year. Being in the business has not made things any smoother for me. My car was totalled out (not a Vette). I have the same old neck/back - whiplash pain. My real concern is my right shoulder. It looks like there is some kind of rip or tear in there.
Just remember, claim adjusters are people too. If you take an aggressive angle, or threaten legal intervention-chances are you will simply delay your own claim. There is a time and place for legal assistance. Usually when you have hit a brick wall and have exhausted all means of reasonably resolving the issue.
Don't ask for anything out of the claim that you would not be willing to pay somebody else if it was your fault---ie, all over paint job, new tires, repairs of unrelated damage. The adjusters are bound by law to only pay you what was damaged, nothing more, nothing less. This often appears as if you are being cheated-especially if your paint has some fade to it already.
Good luck. Let us know how it all comes out.
I was going to share some suggestions with you if the car was considered a total loss. No sense though, since they are going to fix it.
I was in a bad car accident in May of this year. Being in the business has not made things any smoother for me. My car was totalled out (not a Vette). I have the same old neck/back - whiplash pain. My real concern is my right shoulder. It looks like there is some kind of rip or tear in there.
Just remember, claim adjusters are people too. If you take an aggressive angle, or threaten legal intervention-chances are you will simply delay your own claim. There is a time and place for legal assistance. Usually when you have hit a brick wall and have exhausted all means of reasonably resolving the issue.
Don't ask for anything out of the claim that you would not be willing to pay somebody else if it was your fault---ie, all over paint job, new tires, repairs of unrelated damage. The adjusters are bound by law to only pay you what was damaged, nothing more, nothing less. This often appears as if you are being cheated-especially if your paint has some fade to it already.
Good luck. Let us know how it all comes out.