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Old 08-07-2020, 05:39 PM #16
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So much wrong information in this thread (except the last one).

If your state allows for diminished value then yes, you have to ask for it, but you can't just make up a number and negotiate from there.

In most states, you have to hire an appraiser to determine the pre-accident and post accident value. That difference, plus the cost of the appraisal, is the diminished value that the insurance company must pay. That amount isn't negotiable. If the appraiser says "the DimVal is $500 and my appraisal costs are $200", then the insurance company must pay the $700 - they can't say "we'll give you $2.50"

Whenever there is paintwork, then there is diminished value as the paint thickness will never be the same (the repaint will be thicker) and on trade-in, the dealer will most likely use a paint thickness meter on each panel to test for a respray.

It should either not show up at all on CARFAX or as "damage", but you never know how the bodyshop will report the incident.

The OP should keep pictures and copies of the bodyshop bill to show any buyers in the future to show that the incident was trivial.

The diminished value won't be a lot. The OP can ask an appraiser for a ballpark figure (the bodyshop may know as well) and the appraiser can tell the OP if it makes sense to get an appraisal.

The OP can always ask the insurance company for diminished value without going through the appraisal process - as in "I spoke with an appraiser and they though that the DV would be in the $6-700 range plus their costs. Do you want to skip their costs and just pay me $650?"

Much of this depends on state insurance laws and which insurance companies you are working with.

Finally, just for information - most paint damage on a bumper (requiring a repair and respray only - not a replacement) will not have any DV and shouldn't show up on CARFAX at all - that is considered normal wear and tear.

To do it right they may need to sand and spray the whole side of the truck.
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you get to "ask" for diminished value? insurance is just gonna assess you a value and you get to argue what it's actually worth/cost to repair

or atleast that's what they did for me when someone did the same thing
Its a toss up with diminished value. Not all insurances support or believe it.
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So much wrong information in this thread (except the last one).

If your state allows for diminished value then yes, you have to ask for it, but you can't just make up a number and negotiate from there.

In most states, you have to hire an appraiser to determine the pre-accident and post accident value. That difference, plus the cost of the appraisal, is the diminished value that the insurance company must pay. That amount isn't negotiable. If the appraiser says "the DimVal is $500 and my appraisal costs are $200", then the insurance company must pay the $700 - they can't say "we'll give you $2.50"

Whenever there is paintwork, then there is diminished value as the paint thickness will never be the same (the repaint will be thicker) and on trade-in, the dealer will most likely use a paint thickness meter on each panel to test for a respray.

It should either not show up at all on CARFAX or as "damage", but you never know how the bodyshop will report the incident.

The OP should keep pictures and copies of the bodyshop bill to show any buyers in the future to show that the incident was trivial.

The diminished value won't be a lot. The OP can ask an appraiser for a ballpark figure (the bodyshop may know as well) and the appraiser can tell the OP if it makes sense to get an appraisal.

The OP can always ask the insurance company for diminished value without going through the appraisal process - as in "I spoke with an appraiser and they though that the DV would be in the $6-700 range plus their costs. Do you want to skip their costs and just pay me $650?"

Much of this depends on state insurance laws and which insurance companies you are working with.

Finally, just for information - most paint damage on a bumper (requiring a repair and respray only - not a replacement) will not have any DV and shouldn't show up on CARFAX at all - that is considered normal wear and tear.
idk about all that but in Georgia, the offender's insurance just sent me a check for the diminished value amount that they came up with. there was no voluntary action on my part necessary besides reporting the claim

and for the case where my car was keyed and i claimed it on my own insurance, they just sent a check with the amount they decided was diminished value
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