Insurance Arguments over E500 Value - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

Jim B. · #12 10-21-2007, 07:12 AM

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Originally Posted by remotemark

"However, when it is a special interest car, or a rare one, -- and I know EXACTLY what the E500 is!!!---by the way,--- you should SERIOUSLY consider hiring a professional automobile appraiser. Yes, it may actually cost you a few hundreds of dollars to have that done, but the results are usually inarguable, it is like an investment to do that sometimes, that will pay you back far higher than what the appraiser's fee cost."

Where do you find a professional auto appraiser? Is that the same thing as an independent adjuster?

It's funny, I'm a lawyer and I work for an insurance company and just when you think you know a little bit about something, you find yourself in a situation which you proves you don't know much at all. I actually work in surety bonds, not car insurance, but after a while you think you know the business a bit.

An independent appraiser is TOTALLY different from an indpendent adjuster.

Independent adjusters are like independent contractors, hired by very small Insurance companies to adjust property, vehicle or casualty Insurance claims,
and sometimes by large insurance companies to cope with an overload of claims that need to be adjusted.

An independent appraiser is also an independent contractor, but think of them like Real Estate Appraisers. Their job is simply to assess the condition of something and arrive at a fair market value.

They are not hard to find. Some even do it online. Google is your friend.

Here are a few

maybe in Philadelphia to start

others, elsewhere.....

http://www.autoappraisal.com/locneast.htm

http://www.usaautoappraisers.com/appraiserfaqs.htm

http://www.automotiveappraisals.com/id10.html

http://www.accuratevalue.com/faq.html