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Confused about difference Cat S or damage repaired
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If it's been categorised, it's been written off.
She's then bought the salvage back from the insurer, for a proportion of the payout.
It's possible that they've paid out a sum in lieu of writing it off, but then it wouldn't be categorised.
Has all of this been done over the phone, or is there anything in writing?0 -
If she is paying to get it repaired and it's mechanically sound it might be cheaper than paying £2000 for some random on autotrader which needs work as it's not been looked after. Say she spent £1000 last year on 4 new tyres and the replacement has 3mm of tread on all of them; or it flew through the MOT and the replacement has a recommend repair list an arm long…
Sam Vimes' Boots Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness:
People are rich because they spend less money. A poor man buys $10 boots that last a season or two before he's walking in wet shoes and has to buy another pair. A rich man buys $50 boots that are made better and give him 10 years of dry feet. The poor man has spent $100 over those 10 years and still has wet feet.
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