Date: Tue, 01 Dec 1998 14:29:28 -0800 From: Justin VanAbrahams <jvanabranopsamnet> Subject: Re: 88 Turbo Pricing
John wrote: > > Good luck!!! been going around with State Farm for 6 months on my 85. I'm > just not going to take a beating on a wreck that wasn't my fault. The thing > that kills me is the car is derivable and fixable. I just can't come close > to replacing it for what they want to give me. Also what has made me mad > was the fact that they have come up about $700. from the first quote. It > pisses me off because they tried to low ball me with some ridiculous price. > I don't own an 85 saab because thats all I can afford, and on my way to the > poor house. I own it because I still love my car. Seems like we could start a club... In '97 my '90 900T was wrecked through no fault of my own. The car was *mint* and had several upgrades in both interior and performance (mostly performance ;). They (AAA) offered me $7000 for it. I laughed. I faxed them ads from classifieds all over the country showing them that *no where* could a '90 900T be found for $7000. Their next offer was $8500. I laughed again, and fax more ads and receipts and wrote three letters. Their final offer was $10.5k and they told me if I wasn't happy they'd bring in an outside arbitrator, whose appraisal was final word, short of a lawsuit. I took the $10.5k. And I bought the salvage of the car back for $650, which they utterly forgot to charge me for. I didn't say anything; I didn't feel obligated to. -Justin
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