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currymu
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Hi,
My car was stolen from outside my house Sept 03..It was found by the guards and they contacted a North Dublin recovery centre to pick it up.
I went down to see it with my friend and appearance wise it looked fine. They guy in the recovery centre said the chassis was out of sync and would not be on the road again as it could not be NCT'd. They were waiting on the insurance assessor to assess it.
I rang 2 days later to go and view it again but was told it was scrapped. I told them I wanted to see the car but they said it was physical scrapped, gone. I argued that:-
1) it was scrapped without my knowledge
2) I was not given the choice if i wanted to keep car
3) My personal belongings were removed without my consent (most of the stuff was stolen in the car)
They told me to contact insurance company which I did. The assessor assessed it in miles eventhough it should have been kilometres. Again they offered no help here.
Scrap company offered me €50 for the car but I managed to get €200...
Insurance company offered me €500 but I got an extra €500 for the incorrect assessment so €1000 in total.
I originally bought the car for £5000.
Aug 04 nearly a year later I see a girl driving the car. I get talking to her and she said she bought the car privately last Jan 04...
I rang the insurance company and they said there is nothing they can do...but did say I should investigate the recovery company!
I rang the recovery company for certificate of scrappage - they could not give me one.
I rang the Motor Tax Office in Shannon and they were very helpful - they faxed me the Vehicle Licensing Cert. My signature was forged on the form by the recovery company..
I rang Consumer Affairs - they said they could not deal with this type of query
I rang Motor Industry Ireland - they could not help as the recovery garage is not a member.
I would really like some advice on this matter as maybe there is nothing I can do so should just forget about it.
My car was stolen from outside my house Sept 03..It was found by the guards and they contacted a North Dublin recovery centre to pick it up.
I went down to see it with my friend and appearance wise it looked fine. They guy in the recovery centre said the chassis was out of sync and would not be on the road again as it could not be NCT'd. They were waiting on the insurance assessor to assess it.
I rang 2 days later to go and view it again but was told it was scrapped. I told them I wanted to see the car but they said it was physical scrapped, gone. I argued that:-
1) it was scrapped without my knowledge
2) I was not given the choice if i wanted to keep car
3) My personal belongings were removed without my consent (most of the stuff was stolen in the car)
They told me to contact insurance company which I did. The assessor assessed it in miles eventhough it should have been kilometres. Again they offered no help here.
Scrap company offered me €50 for the car but I managed to get €200...
Insurance company offered me €500 but I got an extra €500 for the incorrect assessment so €1000 in total.
I originally bought the car for £5000.
Aug 04 nearly a year later I see a girl driving the car. I get talking to her and she said she bought the car privately last Jan 04...
I rang the insurance company and they said there is nothing they can do...but did say I should investigate the recovery company!
I rang the recovery company for certificate of scrappage - they could not give me one.
I rang the Motor Tax Office in Shannon and they were very helpful - they faxed me the Vehicle Licensing Cert. My signature was forged on the form by the recovery company..
I rang Consumer Affairs - they said they could not deal with this type of query
I rang Motor Industry Ireland - they could not help as the recovery garage is not a member.
I would really like some advice on this matter as maybe there is nothing I can do so should just forget about it.