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From: jcp@osiris.UUCP (Jody Patilla)
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Subject: Re: what to do after auto accident?
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Date: Thu, 25-Apr-85 09:00:26 EST
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> Be absolutely certain that you check the insurance company's calculation
> of "book value."  When my car was totalled about two years ago, the company
> (Aetna) sent me an absurdly low figure. 

	I couldn't agree more. When our Fiat was totalled by some jerk
who didn't think he had to yield on a left turn, his insurance company
used both the book value and got estimates from 3 dealers of used foreign
cars as to the value of the car. They came back to us with a surprisingly
low figure. I did some screaming, and discovered they were getting estimates
on an older make and smaller model Fiat. We got an extra $350 out of it.
The point is, don't sit back. Be obnoxious if you have to. After all,
you didn't ASK to have you car wrecked and your life interrupted.
-- 
  

jcpatilla

"'Get stuffed !', the Harlequin replied ..."