Nice people thread part 3- Nice as pie

inspector_monkfish

PasturesNew wrote: »

Maybe Monkfish could look into this - when you "only take Paypal" on a site, what needs to be spelt out to people is that they don't need a Paypal account to use their cards.

https://www.paypal.com/uk/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=xpt/cps/general/OptionalAccount-outside

ah, there you go!
thanks PN !

lostinrates

Inspector, is there any chance moving might be cheaper/long term better? If, for example, you could get a big bungalow, would the LA help make other adaptations there?

inspector_monkfish

lostinrates wrote: »

Inspector, is there any chance moving might be cheaper/long term better? If, for example, you could get a big bungalow, would the LA help make other adaptations there?

trust me, we have thought of everything.....
moving would work out more expensive
and then probably still need some form of further house adaption

this way, with an extension, we can get things exactly how we would like them for Daisy's needs

lostinrates

Pastures New...(and anyone else but PN knows EVERYTHING or how to find the answer to everything anyway)....can you help? One of my best best possesions are a pair of vintage plastic lamps. You'd hate 'em but I adore them. My mother bought them as a moving in gift when she found put my father was going to get them for us (separation leads to outbidding for childrens' affection) because DH and I wouldn't buy them because they were too expensive.....they were REALLY too expensive....anyway...to day big dog knocked one running to the front door to protect me from the dangerous door knocker and inevitably it broke.

Luckily the damage is mainly at the back and low down. where do I take this sort of thing for a quality repair?

n.b. never get a dog.

LydiaJ

Sorry I've no idea, lir. Hope someone else can help, and that it's possible to get it repaired so it doesn't show.

Just wanted to let the nice people know I've heard from the insurance people that my car, with its apparently minor dent in the rear bumper and tailgate, is beyond economic repair. Repairs would cost about £3000, they say, and the value of the car is only about £1800.

I found it difficult and stressful finding this car when my previous one died. I am not looking forward to trying to choose a new one in a hurry. The one mitigating feature of this is that at least it's the school holidays so I have more time than I would normally. Oh, and the insurance company are giving me £1800 towards the new car, of course.

PS lir and viva, you say the nicest things. Thank you. :)

michaels

Lydia - don't forget 1800 is the insurance company's 'opening offer' in the negotiation - you then respond saying you won't accept less than top dollar and eventually settle somewhere in the middle.

Meanwhile you ask the garage how much a private repair would cost or even whether it needs fixing at all. Assuming there are no safety implications you then (having already agreed the value) ask the insurance company if you can buy the 'salvage' which they will agree to for about 15%. Then you spend a couple of hundred (if that) on repairs, pocket £2125 (2500-15%) from the insurance co and still have the car you know.

LydiaJ

This is the sort of thing I ought to know but don't. Thanks michaels. I'll tell the repair people I want to get a second opinion and take it to my nice bloke who fitted my new engine for me in the autumn.

lostinrates

Lydia, advice from here, and a person a Nice Person very wonderfully had me talk to made negotiation easier than I expected. I felt they were waiting for me to go back.

Personally, if it were just me, negotiation done I would have walked away from the car and taken the money. but its not just me...:) We now have a LR with no roof/doors etc and no nearer being fixed, and my loan car goes back next week or near then. I think I'm going to have to buy a car and I don't mind telling you I'm havig nightmares about it. HATE buying cars.

Davesnave

Michaels got there first, but I'm driving around in a car that was written off just over two years ago. To repair, it would have cost £1500, and the car was valued at less than that, so I took the cash (about £950, I think) and purchased the car for £145. My garage man then fixed it for around £350.:)

As a run-out model, that car cost the previous owner a bargain price of £12 500. I've done more miles than her now, and allowing for the write off money, it's cost me £1600.

'Tis a wee bit ropey now though. Six years with us is a long time in car years!

Davesnave

lostinrates wrote: »

Pastures New...(and anyone else but PN knows EVERYTHING
Luckily the damage is mainly at the back and low down. where do I take this sort of thing for a quality repair?

n.b. never get a dog.

Araldite Rapid?

Early in our (now calm!) relationship, a heated exchange led to a horrible, yet precious plate, losing a chunk from its rim. Threatened with a very expensive 'invisible' repair, I did what any other red-blooded MSEer would do and delivered a pre-emptive strike, using a teeensy weeensy bit of the magic glue.

About 28 years later, the plate is just as hideous, and to the casual observer, in one piece. You can hardly see the join.