James Woods

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The adjuster told me on the phone that the place they have asses values goes off of ads in my area, he said they had found 2 for around $2800, one has 230,000 miles on it and since my truck has 293,000 miles on it, they deducted $1000 and the other $300 was for the windshield, so since I forgot that my mileage is lower, does that mean he is automatically going to add $500 the price? I found lots on autotrader for $5000 from dealerships, I know my truck is not going to be that high but still that shows that my value is more than $1500 and also hopefully the pics that I sent him of the truck actually show the shape it was in compared to the "rusty bumper mystery" pictures that they have.

James Woods

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Just got a call back from the insurance adjuster and he told me that they looked at my emails and pics of the truck and his manager gave him the approval for $2700 offered or $1685 if I keep the truck, I agreed and said that was fine and then he emailed me right after we got off the phone and said he got his math wrong and it is $1985 if I keep the truck.

I am happy with that and will fax the title over to him in the morning and get the check within the week.

bobby_duce

im glad it worked out.

peow130

Congratulations.
Time to start stripping the front end.

James Woods

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Thanks guys but I'm not holding my breath until I have the money in my account.

Still don't know what direction I will be going with the truck yet, I have been thinking of just chopping the radiator support where it is bent by the headlight bucket and dove nose the front. Still thinking, not sure yet.

DetroitStyle

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That's the game they play. Hopefully everybody is reading this. They will lowball you severely on the first offer.

Many years ago, I had a 91 Dakota pickup. Bought it with 60k on it for $5000. Totalled it 3 years later with 120k on it. It was just a basic 2WD V6 longbed that I used for taking my motorcycle to the racetrack. The first offer I got was $2200. After 3 weeks of back and forth and "checking with my manager" etc... they offered me $3900 which I took.

James Woods

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Yep, dealing with insurance sucks, I never thought that they would call me back within the hour and get offered $1000 more. All day Monday dealing with them was stressing me out big time.

Buck87

This is typical of most insurance experiences that I have had. Last month I dealt with Allstate and they were awsome, very fair with their first offer.