Patience Roger, that's what you're going to need.  Patience and
perseverance...

Good luck!

Merry Christmas, Jake

On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 9:18 PM, Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@gmail.com>wrote:

> dear vanagoniters
> finally got to talk to insurance today
> they were very excited that i should call the recovery company and tell
> them
> to release the vehicle
> when i called the owner of ddTowing and recovery of Wamsutter wy was
> explicitly on side with me
> he knew i wanted first refusal rights and would not release the wreck to
> the
> insurance co until i said it was ok ...
> thanks john ...
> but alas the insurance co can not have their adjuster /appraiser look at it
> until it was located in brighton colorado (no "h") ;)
> so i called john at dd towing and recovery ... told him what was going on
> he
> says once i release it to them it will end up in auction only ... my
> insurance co had already told me that //// sigh
>
> then i asked the insurance rep if my declared value had any relevance ...
> she said just a minute i will look that up ...
> "oh" --silence  "you had declared 30K$" " i will tell the appraiser that"
> then i says ... i have been reading your web site on how this process works
> and i understand you are to have a comparable vehicle ..
> i know there are none in north america ... pretty sure you will not find
> one
> ...
> this is an unusual vehicle on this side of the pond ...
> but i have the web address of several in europe that are comparable ...
> she says if the appraiser has trouble locating simaliar vehicles .. she
> will
> put me in touch with him ...
> he is bob of Property Damage appraisals ...
> then i called the office that wrote the original paper work (which i lost
> in
> the wreck)
>
> and it says right in the top lines 30K declared value
> so we shall see ..
> also i have registered a sa motor home and motor homes automatically get
> 2000 insurance on contents
> so we shall see what is what in the coming weeks ...
>
> i also sent along the links ot the news stories of the cat ...
> wavey seems to be the star and she sent back a note o fthanks for that good
> news story
> all is well ..
> you have all been wonderful in your personal comments ... thank you
> now begins the business portion of the event
> yours
>
> --
> roger w
> From Proverbs:
> Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up: a
> servant who becomes king ...
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--
Jake

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