Yeah, unfortunately you do have to pay the salvage costs. But from what I remember they're also supposed to go by Kelly blue book value, which you can find here (though you'll need to narrow down the specifics of your car, since I don't know all of the specifics).
TBH, that may be accurate though. It's shitty and low but that might be it. You could fight her insurance more for extra cash settlement.
(on the by and by, my car, a 2002 chevrolet malibu with 108K miles and no problems whatsoever [i.e. a well maintained vehicle] only comes out to 4600 blue book value :-/)
I figured some things out. They're taking the cost of salvage out because an auction company is going to pay it. So I will get the $532, but not from Mercury.
Also, my car is worth about $4700 according to KBB. I looked it up.
Scratch that, it's closer to $4800. I'm not going to settle for less than $5000 total from Mercury and the auction company combined, since I will need at least that much to find a comparable car (my dad and I have both done research and come to the same conclusion) and I'll need extra for vehicle registration and taxes, as well as carfax reports.
And if they seriously are looking at cars in the Bay Area, and they expect me to do that, they will have to compensate me for time off work and gas, as well as the other things I already mentioned. I'm not sure they'll be thrilled about that idea, so I'm wondering why they decided to find "comparable" cars in the Bay Area. It won't work.
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TBH, that may be accurate though. It's shitty and low but that might be it. You could fight her insurance more for extra cash settlement.
(on the by and by, my car, a 2002 chevrolet malibu with 108K miles and no problems whatsoever [i.e. a well maintained vehicle] only comes out to 4600 blue book value :-/)
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Also, my car is worth about $4700 according to KBB. I looked it up.
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And if they seriously are looking at cars in the Bay Area, and they expect me to do that, they will have to compensate me for time off work and gas, as well as the other things I already mentioned. I'm not sure they'll be thrilled about that idea, so I'm wondering why they decided to find "comparable" cars in the Bay Area. It won't work.
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-Gina
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