so my home insurance called with an offer to replace my pc..

Jamie1984 · 9 Mar 2006 at 20:38

ok not gonna go into the specifics but after making a claim on my parents house insurance for a broken pc the firm dealing with our claim got back to my mother while i was out saying the pc aint economical to repair. So from what i gather from her relaying their phonecall to her they are gonna offer me something of similar specification. So anyone had any experience with legal and general and their contractor 'the source'? they are gonna get back tomorrow and the thing im fearing is being offered some 'where in the world' jobby complete with printer, scanner and integrated graphics lol

If anything Id like to get a credit note to rebuy a system from ocuk as before the accident with my pc I was pretty pleased with the OCuk price and service, but not sure what my options are...

so... legal and general, any good with paying out for home insurance claims?

Jamie1984 · 9 Mar 2006 at 21:10

well the pc i bought in bits from ocuk and made myself, costing £874 total (in late october 2005), with a £50 excess... so can i insist to use ocuk to replace as the purpose of the replacement is for gaming and ocuk is about the cheapest around?

Jamie1984 · 9 Mar 2006 at 21:14

CocoPops said:
You will have to provide 2 quotes for each part.... you choose the two places

They then send a chq for the amount, it's up to you where you spend it.

You can also buy back your "salvage" for £50

but whos to say someone at the source decides to make my pc a box of electronic crumbs? hehe

ah dont mind providing quotes

cool if i get that option

Jamie1984 · 10 Mar 2006 at 15:06

ok well the replies so far are encouraging, they are gonna ring within the next few hours and ill try apply whats been said here. thanks for the replies guys

Jamie1984 · 10 Mar 2006 at 15:20

ho ho this sounds more promising with each post, wish they would ring me tho!

Jamie1984 · 10 Mar 2006 at 16:43

ok so the lady phoned back and said they'd made a mistake yesterday, the pc is worth repairing it only needs...

CPU
Mobo
Gfx
dvd combi
case

thats most of my bloody pc! kinda gutted really

just waiting for another call for me to say whether im happy with what they're speccing me. but im not happy at the thought of them taking random 'same part' and putting it together as im kinda picky with my brands.

Jamie1984 · 10 Mar 2006 at 16:50

its at the walsall office and im dealing with someone. well insider info may be a bit late as shes only got 40mins left to call back...if its gonna be a faff on i guess ill let them repair it but i know if i get to buy the bits myself ill get better value for money :S

edit: basically the way things are now my expensive athy 400 i could replace with an opteron for less cost and better value for money aswell as switching out the 7800gt for an ati 1800 256mb, just wanted to be clear

Jamie1984 · 10 Mar 2006 at 17:02

£30/hr bloody hell... gonna try get a cash payout for this, in the end its gonna be better value for money for the ins company too...bah what a headache!