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Beastie said in February 27th, 2010 at 6:41 pm

Yeah, they pulled that crap on me too. Except in my case they actually had it removed from the garage before paying out or even telling me it was being written off, and without my knowledge; technically theft.

It was a similar situation, in that it was a multiple vehicle accident which they’re probably still arguing about and I wasn’t even involved. The bike was parked on the street, van pulls out without looking, taxi swerves, hits the van door, crumps into a line of bikes and knocks mine and three others over.
The only thing I bothered arguing about with my insurer (Bennetts; don’t touch them with a shitty stick) was when the paid out they actually had the neck to deduct my excess from the payment; when I wasn’t even involved in the crash. After a rather blunt phonecall I got it.

Difference is, though, I actually got the money.

I’m sorry, I’ve got nothing better for you than find your local CAB, or, and this is a guess, really, look for help from MCN newspaper or any other biker publication. They tend to be staffed by bikers who have all had runs in with insurance and coppers so they won’t be slow to help if they can.
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