Insurance offer puzzle

Mrs Eddie has *finally* been informed by her insurance company that her
S4R is going to be written off. Quelle surprise.

More surprising is that they've offered her an amount that's in excess
of the insured value, the valuation on Parker's, or the dealer prices of
similar models with lower mileage.

I know the usual advice is "never accept the first offer", but I don't
think we can find any evidence that would support an increase.

WTF are they up to?

 

Only one way to find out.

 

I suspect it's not worth the hassle. IIRC, it's considerably more than
she paid for it, so it's not like she'd be losing out.

 

Had similar with my Speed Triple, though at the time I figured it was
because they didn't want to fight the point that it was their agents
that lost the damned thing.

I took the money.

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Sorry, that's not what I meant. I'd accept the offer and see if it's
good.

 

who cares? Take the money and STFU.

 

Ah, right. I can't see why it wouldn't be.

Apparently the engineer suggested that value because the bike was in
such good condition (apart from the crash damage, obviously). I'm
wondering if our friendly local mechanic put something in the engineer's
coffee...

 

Are you trying to reclaim your Voice of Reason title?

 

I never really relinquished it.

Various soi-disant VoRs have paraded the title around like a velcro-ed
on badge, but it's still mine in actuality.

 

They were all pale imitations of the real thing.

 

If he did, find out what, so I can lob some in the insurance assessors drink
next time he comes here.

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Are you going back to the Orange Meme?

 

Tango comes in "pale" these days too, you know.

 

You can take it whichever you want it. Fnaar.

 

Nothing unusual. it's just that they are using everybody else's
increased premiums to pay Mrs Eddie.

65% increase in home insurance, 30% on car and approx. 2quid on bike!!!

and I've had no claims again this year

so when you get the payment note how much you have to give to me (and
the others of course) who have funded it.

 

<looks at calendar>

Oi! Your annual post isn't due until next month.