Would you buy a repaired writeoff?

[Tripper]

Hes married... He read the thread guys, that cars still for sale.

Whats his rights to get the deposit back .. and what would the minimum deposit be for a car, ive done $50 before.

If he left the deposit and pulled out of the sale its nil, as for deposit thats up to the seller as how much they want, ive taken a $10 deposit before

[Southo]

Yeah, unless he gave the deposit "subject to....." and that ...... has happened, then he isn't *really* entitled to it back.

With ANY Repairable Write off (RWO) there are a heap of things to consider before leaping in and buying it.. - as per my post above, you really need to know the FULL history of everything along the way or you could find that the po-po come along in a few (days/weeks/months/years) and take your car.
They don't like taking cars from innocent buyers, but they have to in order to be able to take them into evidence for criminal trials (sometimes YEARS later) to help stop the rebirthers.

I can't say too much on a public forum, but expect some major noise soon about RWO's and the Insurance industry.

Before yesterday, I would have said I was fairly confident of buying a RWO - by checking what I have learned over time, but after yesterdays meeting, No way in fucking hell would I touch ANYTHING unless I was 110% of all the stuff in my first post, and even then, the price would have to be well and truley worth it...

As for if an insurance company will touch a RWO, - it's a funny subject. If you KNOW that you are buying a RWO, then do you have a duty to disclose it ?? I would say yes, but others no.

Personally, The ONLY time I have considered insuring a RWO would be if the person requesting the insurance was the owner of the car originally and the car was previously insured with us. That way we know what has been damaged. There are some other factors that come into play, and I would request ALL the receipts of the work done (as they would have had to provide to the RTA to re-regiter it, a copy of the Inspection report from the RTA) and finally I would commission the original assessor who wrote the car off to re-inspect the car to make sure the repairs have all been carried out correctly and safely. They would only be allowed Market value also.

So, as you can see, a bit of fucking around, so if the client is not a valuable / long term client of ours, then I'd probably just decline it as it's all too expensive and time consuming to administer...

[ITS60S]

yep, write it off as a life lesson and tax for future headfuck reduction.

If he left the deposit and pulled out of the sale its nil

[TJ]

Ive purchased a repairable write off before, thou i knew the person who repaired it. Mates dad who was a panel beater and spray painter by trade, it was his personal car for 6 months. He has since retired and still does some work from home.

You need to write a story about your life.

You have one to suit every single possible scenario bought up on this forum.