12-07-13, 07:18 AM
(11-07-13, 04:06 PM)fazer390 link Wrote: [size=1.35em]Fuming is an understatement! Why could they not have ordered the parts and ironed out any foreseeable problems as soon as they knew my bike wasn’t going to be written off? (which was assessed by them only a few weeks after the [/size]
[size=1.35em]I made some parts enquiries myself and managed to source all new parts needed to fix my bike in the UK and I’d have my bike back on the road within 2 weeks. It’s not rocket science! And it wouldn’t cost no where near the £1500 BLD are charging! :deal [/size]
[size=1.35em]I’ve missed out on so many bike meets, rideouts and events already this year and now the whole of July! And there’s nothing more I can do about it… They’ve got me by the short and curlys… :moon [/size]
It's because your bike is sitting there waiting while they deal with paying customers (who do have a choice to go elsewhere) and doing yours bit by bit when they have no other work on. They're getting the money for yours regardless of how long it takes, so it doesn't matter if it gets done this year as far as they're concerned :wall
(12-07-13, 01:32 AM)chaz link Wrote: A friends son got hit from behind on some sort of 125, the insurance company wouldn't write it off but couldn't get the parts, so a bike worth about a grand, took over a year to repair and the hire bike cost them something like 4 grand?Insurance companies must know how long things like this take, it's got to be cheaper to write off a £1k bike and be done with it that cock around with loan bikes etc. When I had a loan bike it was £850 for 10 days, but to make things better I'd phoned them up after 3 saying I didn't need it any more and to come and pick it up.