When our 1999 and 2000 Dog vans have been hit, the offers have been fair. With a MB, they are out to screw you, espacially if it is more than 10 years old.
At 09:27 PM 10/17/2007, you wrote: >ernest breakfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > typical insurance company tactic; the first offer is always a > > fraction of what the thing is actually worth, because some people > > are so eager to be at the end of the trauma associated with the > > crash issue that they'll take anything that's offered just to be > > done with it all,... you can usually end any conversation with the > > agents by challenging them to find you one like yours for what > > they're offering you! > >I hear this a lot, but have to say that when our 2002 F150 was totaled >a couple of years ago, the first offer was quite fair, and in fact was >MORE than what I had paid for it the year prior. So either I got a >great deal initially, or they were just not playing the low-ball game. >With something that new, though, the market value is pretty easy to >determine. When you are talking about a 20 year old car it's a lot >less likely that a "blue book" price is going to apply to a particular >specimen. > >Allan >-- >1983 300D >1966 230 > >_______________________________________ >http://www.okiebenz.com >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://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com Loren Faeth _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com 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://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
