Re: [MBZ] wrecked 300 value vs. insurance offer
TOL is traderonline. Its the same price regardless of year if you are doing a magazine/internet combo ad. Tony Wirtel wrote: actually, you will want to go to traderonline.com and go to the collector car section. All of our ads for cars 20 years and older go there. There might be a few on autotrader.com but most will be a TOL. Kaleb- Good point; I'd forgotten the 20 year thing. Got hit w/that when selling my 85 300sd. Funny thing was that to sell it through the "20 year" service it was much more $$$, but as an "1986 300sd" (but 1985 clearly in the body) it was fine for autotrader! Sold through craigslist in the end... What's a TOL??? Tony Wirtel ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 92 250D Turbo, 92 300E 4Matic, (2x) 91 300D 2.5 Turbo, 90 420SEL, 89 560SEL, 89 260E, 87 300SDL, 87 300TD, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 81 240D, 81 380SLC, 80 240D, 76 240D, 76 300D, 72 250C, 69 250 http://www.okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] wrecked 300 value vs. insurance offer
actually, you will want to go to traderonline.com and go to the collector car section. All of our ads for cars 20 years and older go there. There might be a few on autotrader.com but most will be a TOL. Kaleb- Good point; I'd forgotten the 20 year thing. Got hit w/that when selling my 85 300sd. Funny thing was that to sell it through the "20 year" service it was much more $$$, but as an "1986 300sd" (but 1985 clearly in the body) it was fine for autotrader! Sold through craigslist in the end... What's a TOL??? Tony Wirtel
Re: [MBZ] wrecked 300 value vs. insurance offer
actually, you will want to go to traderonline.com and go to the collector car section. All of our ads for cars 20 years and older go there. There might be a few on autotrader.com but most will be a TOL. Tony Wirtel wrote: A friend of my daughter has an '85 300 Turbo Diesel as described below. I suspect the insurance company is low-balling her, but don't know what questions to ask to figure a more favorable value. Can anyone suggest a procedure to follow from this point? They sent pictures but only of the damage and I can't really tell what vehicle I am looking at. Thanks - BillR Jacksonville FL 1981 300SD 290k miles I am Dania's friend and she had called me and mentioned your love for the Mercedes Benz Diesel. Dania will send picture of my wrecked car shortly. I was offered $2,168.00 from the insurance company. They first offered me $2042.70 and then my attorney faxed all of the maintenance receipts to them and they came back with the second price. Go look on AutoTrader, Ebay and the like to get similar cars. You might ask that they find you a car in like condition that would sell for the amount they are offering. Ebay will allow you to see completed sales; get some color images from those cars and compare them objectively with yours. Its best if the average price is say $3k but based on images of these cars x, y, and z compared to pics of your car yours is nicer you've got more ammo. Factual data is your friend and if you have time to wait them out, better still. If it works, it takes the numbers almost completely out of the equation. To write you a check is the easiest path, to lowball makes it better for them. Tony Wirtel ___ 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 -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 92 250D Turbo, 92 300E 4Matic, (2x) 91 300D 2.5 Turbo, 90 420SEL, 89 560SEL, 89 260E, 87 300SDL, 87 300TD, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 81 240D, 81 380SLC, 80 240D, 76 240D, 76 300D, 72 250C, 69 250 http://www.okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] wrecked 300 value vs. insurance offer
A friend of my daughter has an '85 300 Turbo Diesel as described below. I suspect the insurance company is low-balling her, but don't know what questions to ask to figure a more favorable value. Can anyone suggest a procedure to follow from this point? They sent pictures but only of the damage and I can't really tell what vehicle I am looking at. Thanks - BillR Jacksonville FL 1981 300SD 290k miles I am Dania's friend and she had called me and mentioned your love for the Mercedes Benz Diesel. Dania will send picture of my wrecked car shortly. I was offered $2,168.00 from the insurance company. They first offered me $2042.70 and then my attorney faxed all of the maintenance receipts to them and they came back with the second price. Go look on AutoTrader, Ebay and the like to get similar cars. You might ask that they find you a car in like condition that would sell for the amount they are offering. Ebay will allow you to see completed sales; get some color images from those cars and compare them objectively with yours. Its best if the average price is say $3k but based on images of these cars x, y, and z compared to pics of your car yours is nicer you've got more ammo. Factual data is your friend and if you have time to wait them out, better still. If it works, it takes the numbers almost completely out of the equation. To write you a check is the easiest path, to lowball makes it better for them. Tony Wirtel
Re: [MBZ] wrecked 300 value vs. insurance offer
Try NADA values. You'll have to go with the collector book. My daughter got t-boned a couple yrs back in an 85 SD with about 240K well maintained but still showing the miles a bit. She got $4500 and we still kept the car. Eric 85 300CD 112K --- BillR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A friend of my daughter has an '85 300 Turbo Diesel > as described below. I > suspect the insurance company is low-balling her, > but don't know what > questions to ask to figure a more favorable value. > Can anyone suggest a > procedure to follow from this point? They sent > pictures but only of the > damage and I can't really tell what vehicle I am > looking at. > > Thanks - > > BillR > > Jacksonville FL > > 1981 300SD 290k miles > > > > I am Dania's friend and she had called me and > mentioned your love for the > Mercedes Benz Diesel. Dania will send picture of my > wrecked car shortly. > > I was offered $2,168.00 from the insurance company. > They first offered me > $2042.70 and then my attorney faxed all of the > maintenance receipts to them > and they came back with the second price. > > Merz > > 300 Turbo Diesel > > 1985 > > 4 door > > Miles 211,000 > > My parents bought the car used from the German > mechanic that they continued > to use used for repairs. They had maintained it > extremely well (they had > intended to keep this as their last car that they > would ever need) and when > I got the car they still took it for me to the same > mechanic to keep it > maintained. > > I appreciate your time and any thoughts that you > might have on the value of > the car. > > > > > > > > ___ > 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 > Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting
Re: [MBZ] wrecked 300 value vs. insurance offer
"BillR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > A friend of my daughter has an '85 300 Turbo Diesel as described below. I > suspect the insurance company is low-balling her, but don't know what > questions to ask to figure a more favorable value. Can anyone suggest a > procedure to follow from this point? They sent pictures but only of the > damage and I can't really tell what vehicle I am looking at. Their offer might be a bit low for a nice one, but certainly in the ballpark of what they sell for. Might try to find some comparable eBay sales history, those always seem to go for astronomical prices. -- 1983 300D 1966 230
[MBZ] wrecked 300 value vs. insurance offer
A friend of my daughter has an '85 300 Turbo Diesel as described below. I suspect the insurance company is low-balling her, but don't know what questions to ask to figure a more favorable value. Can anyone suggest a procedure to follow from this point? They sent pictures but only of the damage and I can't really tell what vehicle I am looking at. Thanks - BillR Jacksonville FL 1981 300SD 290k miles I am Dania's friend and she had called me and mentioned your love for the Mercedes Benz Diesel. Dania will send picture of my wrecked car shortly. I was offered $2,168.00 from the insurance company. They first offered me $2042.70 and then my attorney faxed all of the maintenance receipts to them and they came back with the second price. Merz 300 Turbo Diesel 1985 4 door Miles 211,000 My parents bought the car used from the German mechanic that they continued to use used for repairs. They had maintained it extremely well (they had intended to keep this as their last car that they would ever need) and when I got the car they still took it for me to the same mechanic to keep it maintained. I appreciate your time and any thoughts that you might have on the value of the car.
