Be-valued, laptop repair

k-swiss85

hello

ive been put in touch with them through my contents insurance company, they are saying the only way they can process my claim is if ive send my hard drive in with my laptop which i am unwilling to do.

ive read reports on here that they will sell any parts that work hen a laptop is inspected and classed as 'beyond economical repair', ive got bck in touch with my insurance company and they agree with be-valued.

any ideas on what to do next, apart from sending them my harddrive

cheers

Just_Some_Guy

Insurers are allowed to keep written off goods to sell for scrap or to refurbishers (they do it with cars all the time).

What kind of hard drive and what kind of claim are we talking about here?

k-swiss85

thanks for the reply.

i spilt tea on my apple macbook last week and now it wont switch on. ive told them i wont be sending them my hard drive and they are refusing to inspect my laptop.

its looking like im going to have to buy a new one .

cheers

DCFC79

Do you not know anyone who has a macbook or another Mac machine to move over your personal stuff.

k-swiss85

aye but they are not to keen about putting my HDD in their laptop when i spilt tea all over my machine.

plus there is ways people can access what is on my HDD, if it still works and they sell it on.

cheers

DCFC79

k-swiss85 wrote: »

aye but they are not to keen about putting my HDD in their laptop when i spilt tea all over my machine.

plus there is ways people can access what is on my HDD, if it still works and they sell it on.

cheers

Yes I'm aware of that,

k-swiss85

so would you transfer all your data over then send your HDD off to an insurance company knowing if it still worked they would sell it on?

forgotmyname

Buy a 2nd hand drive and fit that?

But a great big electric magnet to erase your drive. Nothing is recoverable after that.

TSx

The reason our supplier insists on the hard drive being present is so they can check the last used time to make sure it's not a laptop that's been dead for 10 months.

They never ever sell on hard drives either.

longtimelurkersam

TSx wrote: »

The reason our supplier insists on the hard drive being present is so they can check the last used time to make sure it's not a laptop that's been dead for 10 months.

They never ever sell on hard drives either.

And what if they find it has been "dead" for 10months?

forgotmyname

Then they will query the incident with the thought of fraud on their mind.