Just my $02 for what its worth.

These vanagons that we care for and pour countless hours and $$$ for parts into does *NOT* even remotely represent their value to the insurance companies and the only way to get around that is have it appraised and insured for stated value.

So keep all receipts to prove what was done to your vehicle and get a hold of an reputable appraiser. I pay only a slight premium to have my Syncro covered at what I believe to be fair market value, and that is well worth it for peace of mind.

--Jurgen 

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of dylan friedman
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 2:33 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: need help fighting the Ins.Co. -'88 westy totalled. was Re: Pricing help needed.

I would have an appraiser look at the vehicle.
It may be late for that, but worth a shot.
I have all of my "keeper" vans appraised and than get insurance from that number so there is no monkey business if you file a claim.
VW specific appraisers are out there.
I found mine in Hemming's Motor News.

Clark, 
Very sorry to hear it was totaled.
Others have been in your position and have bought the van back from the insurance company and parted it to recoup some of the lose.

dylan

----- Original Message ----
From: "JordanVw@AOL.COM" <JordanVw@AOL.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 2:10:27 PM
Subject: need help fighting the Ins.Co. -'88 westy totalled. was Re:              Pricing help needed.

folks, i have seen clark's westy and it was in awesome shape with no
 seam 
rust or other body damage prior to being hit.. and he told me their
 payoff 
offer..which was a complete joke.. (ive paid more than their offer for
 complete 
westys that were in worse shape!) so lets all try to help ... my advice
 is to 
collect info from gowesty.com, jdbimports.com, poptopheaven.com, ebay, 
thesamba.com, etc...

personally i cant even believe they totalled it.. but insurance
 companies are 
in the business of taking your money and trying to screw you when it
 comes to 
a claim, so this is par for the course..

good luck with the fight!!

chris

In a message dated 12/10/07 1:09:10 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
clark@CLARKSPLACE.COM writes:

> Hello list,
> 
> 
> 
>                 My parked, 1988 camper was involved in an accident
 with a
> Chevy truck, whose driver happened to be asleep. His insurance
 company has
> totaled my van. Yes, you guessed it, I�m having issues with the
 payoff. I
> have sent them prices from thesamba, autotrader, ebay and anything
 else I
> could find, for full campers from 1988 to 1991. I wasn�t able to
 find much
> for 1988, and it turns out State Farm will only accept comps from the
 exact
> model and year. If anyone out there has links or information for 1988
 VW
> full campers, ether sold or for sale, I would be grateful if you
 could send
> them to me.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> 
>                 Clark
> 
>                 HYPERLINK
> "mailto:clark@clarksplace.com"clark@clarksplace.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

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