A month ago we were burgled whilst we slept. The thieves stole our car, amongst other things. Amazingly the police recovered it the next day and impounded it for forensic testing. The thieves have done minimal damage to the car - slight scuffs on 2 alloy wheels and a cigarette burn to the gear stick gaiter and it needs new locks because they have the keys. All brilliant so far.
Insurance company have just informed us that they will be writing the car off because the cost of repairing the damage caused by the burglars is about £1400 but it will cost £600 to clean up the mess caused by the police forensic team and this tips the balance meaning that they consider the car uneconomical to repair.
So in essence, the police have caused my car which is undamaged, to be written off.
How can this possibly be fair?
By the way, we could have refused the forensic testing and simply collected the car but we thought we were doing the right thing by assisting the police with their enquiries!
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SweetieBaby · 09/02/2017 07:40
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