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Making an Insurance claim ~ How do I?

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neverdoneitb4 · 18/08/2006 20:45

Hi all, I'm filling out a claims form for our laptop, it fell off the table on Tuesday night and I called my insurers on Wednesday who said it would be covered in the contents insurance.
Here on the form it asks where I bought it at.. I bought it from a company on Ebay, in February, and it has been going great guns, so It's deffo not a problem with the company, it deffo was the fall off the table. Now my query is, do I put Ebay or the "place of purchase" , or do I put the company I bought it from, even though I think they may just trade through Ebay. When I spoke to the Insurance companies secretary on the 'phone on Wednesday she told me I didn't need a receipt to claim for the expense of the laptop but just to go out and get 2 quotes for a new one that we would need to buy to replace the one that broke. So today I did that. One is for £499 and the other is for £549. The original laptop was bought for far less than these prices so shall I go out and get 2 more quotes for less (more like £250/£300) seeing as that is what the original one cost us... and it was second hand and we are claiming for a new one.. I am unsure how to do this as I have never had to claim in all my years with house/contents insurance. I read the other day about people claiming for make-up under their contents insurance, but I don't want it to look like I am trying to get a lot of money back from a claim, as we're not really like that, it was an accident and that is what we pay our contents insurance for.

Anyone with any advice for me? I'd be really greatful.

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neverdoneitb4 · 18/08/2006 21:05

Anyone?

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80sMum · 18/08/2006 21:13

Do you have a 'new for old' policy? i.e. where you can get new replacements for goods that you may have had for some time? If you do, then your quotes for new laptops are fine, providing they're not a vastly superior spec from the one that got damaged. (Mind you, technology changes so fast, they're bound to have more bells & whistles than an older one, so they sound OK to me).

neverdoneitb4 · 18/08/2006 21:33

I'm not sure if we have a new for old policy, I wonder if I should call the company in the morning and find out?

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neverdoneitb4 · 19/08/2006 11:23

Sorry to be persistent, but does anyone else have any idea what I should do? It's just I'd quite like to get this claim sent away today

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LIZS · 19/08/2006 11:31

If there is a huge difference between the model you are claiming for and the replacement value then they might query it and subsequently ask for receipts and photos to prove you owned it. If you don't have new for old cover they may well adjust the amount they pay out downwards of your replacement value to reflect its age and usage. If you have new for old then they may porvide a replacement item or a cheque to the value fo one.

As to where you bought it you could put " Ebay (vendor's name) ", or vice versa, if you want to cover yourself.

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