Joe Knight wrote: > Next morning came another > call from Farmers informing me they'd decided to fix the wagon after > all when the appraisal came in at $11500. Today's call pretty much > set that in stone so far as I can tell.
If you'd been the average idiot who signed the $3800 check, they'd have gotten off basically for free, if they could sell the wreck for $3800. It costs them nothing to make a ridiculous offer to open with, and then up it 10% if you squawk. Giving them a written pre-appraisal let them know you were not going to fall for the usual routine. Mitch
