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Don't make a claim if you can avoid it.

oldtoolie · 2015-01-08 17:45:23

My old Honda was flooded in the storms at Christmas 2013. It still ran but wouldn't dry out and suffered electrical issues. So I decided to file an insurance claim. My mistake. I thought the car was worth about £1000 but after the insurance adjustor marked down all the parking dings and subtracted the deductable I only…

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in_my_bumble_opinion Posts: 1,386 Forumite

9 January 2015 at 10:39AM

InsideInsurance wrote: »

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The OP says they received £350 which means that is net of their excess, the actual offer could have been many hundreds over that but they'd opted for a large excess to attempt to reduce premiums.

The excess was probably £150-£250 (perhaps the OP can let us know). £350 sounds a bit low but I suppose we don't know all the facts.

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