More money for a 'Total-Loss' claim? 7607

From : just getting square

Q: apparently insurance company repairs as well as total loss claims are lowballed as a general practice. i just read an article at www.claimsreporter.com that says that you can get on average the $2k difference needed to get a replacement ride vs. trade-in... for sure if it was not your fault. anyone got any experience with using a local 3rd party appraisal to get more $$ back m@yw-i/ .

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From : Annonymous

on mar 30 632 am just getting square auto.fanatic...@gmail.com wrote apparently insurance company repairs as well as total loss claims are lowballed as a general practice. i just read an article atwww.claimsreporter.comthat says that you can get on average the $2k difference needed to get a replacement ride vs. trade-in... for sure if it was not your fault. anyone got any experience with using a local 3rd party appraisal to get more $$ back m@yw-i/ this is typically true when you go to the cut rate insurers. i have friends with state farm and have had claims in my family where we got back more than we thought. you pay a little more up front and then it pays off like buying a better vehicle. you can call the insurance commissioners office in your state to make a complaint. be sure your adjuster is aware you are going to do that if not satisfied. you can also write the atty general in your state insurance companies dont like that kind of heat. .