Is this amount fair?

Shrimping_Shelly

What has a name that I did not choose or know the meaning of have anything to do with my question GET OFF MY THREAD NOW

Outpost

Shrimping_Shelly wrote: »

What has a name that I did not choose or know the meaning of have anything to do with my question GET OFF MY THREAD NOW

Because the forum automatically doesn't chose names at registration. That's not how it works.

skiddlydiddly

I'm not suggesting anyone is making stuff up, I am just gutted I wasted a bottle of Johnson's finest.

OT though, how about ringing another accident helpline and ask them what they would expect to get for you to give a comparison?

NeverAgain_2

Not sure why the OP - who is still a newbie - is getting so much stick over nothing.

But buried amongst the guff there is one helpful answer.

There is a 'going rate' for injuries and it looks like in the OP's case it's around £5,000 plus incidental losses.

Try Googling 'Criminal Injuries Compensation Board' or 'CICB'.

It should give an idea of what you might expect if you'd received the same injuries in an assault.

I'd have a look myself, but I'm on a slow dongle connection.

Outpost

NeverAgain wrote: »

Not sure why the OP - who is still a newbie - is getting so much stick over nothing.

Merely curious as to the purpose that such a blatant lie involving the forum automatically generating usernames at registration serves.

Seems like a bit of a silly and pointless lie.

NiallB

NeverAgain wrote: »

... slow dongle connection.

Now THERE'S a Username

NeverAgain_2

...Merely curious as to the purpose that such a blatant lie involving the forum automatically generating usernames at registration serves...

I recall the forum did offer to autogenerate something when I registered, although it probably wasn't the user name.

To be fair to the OP, it was over a year ago and it's hardly the sort of thing that's worth remembering exactly.

I think there are far more interesting points to her post - like how a road accident always seems to end up costing the innocent party in one way or another.

bigjl

Shrimping_Shelly wrote: »

Right I have edited it as you so requested. Now can someone answer the actual question I asked?

The sum they have offered is £4000 odd?

That is a decent amount for a minor RTC.

The normal industry figure is around £1500/1800.

As far as the value of your car i am surprised you even got that for a 7 yr old Meriva with high miles. It would go for £1000 less at auction and is not the most popular on the used market, possibly unfairly as it is a decent family runaround, but used car values are fickle things, you do realise that your car was worth under £6000 when it was three years old don't you?

bigjl

Shrimping_Shelly wrote: »

What has a name that I did not choose or know the meaning of have anything to do with my question GET OFF MY THREAD NOW

Not overly pleasent are you?

What did you join up for and post, did you expe t everybody to say you should get a million quid and a brand new X5?

bigjl

Shrimping_Shelly wrote: »

Seriously if SKIDDLYDIDDLY & OUTPOST have nothing constructive to say can you please get off my thread. I asked a valid question that I would like help in coming to a decision as by monday I have to send a load of forms back to the solicitor.

Wish i had read all the OPs post before offering advice.

What a ****.