A vehicle appraisal involves an assessment of the vehicle, and then all the work compiling a report and determining a value. The actual assessment of the vehicle is only 5-10% of the total time it takes to do an appraisal. The rest of the work is what the appraiser does to compile the report and determine the value.

Our web-based form walks anyone through the process an appraiser would take to do the assessment of the vehicle including attaching all required photos. It is easiest to do this from a mobile device but you can do it on your desktop as well. When you reach the end of the form you can make payment and then we will get to work on your appraisal. Within 3 business days you will receive the completed document by email.

$249

At the very minimum the final product/service is no different than if we did it in person. This just makes it cheaper, faster and more convenient for you. However there are some other benefits by using our web-based form:

1) When it comes to specialty vehicles, we often find that no one knows their car better than their owner. When you have control over what goes into the appraisal, you can be sure that nothing is left out.

2) Others say that by having the application walk them through their vehicle, they came to “know” their vehicle better by being asked to inspect areas they might have otherwise ignored.

Don’t worry about it. This is designed to be used by anyone, you don’t need to be an expert. We manually review all submissions and will edit as we see fit. Remember, we are still real appraisers reviewing your vehicle - if we have questions or need clarification we will contact you.

We have never experienced a situation where our appraisals were rejected by an insurance provider.

Absolutely. While we specialize in unique vehicles, the truth is most people probably should have a recent appraisal done on their daily driver as well for the same reasons you would have one on a specialty vehicle.

The answer may vary by insurance provider, but for all purposes it is recommended an appraisal be no more than 3 years old to keep up with market conditions.

So your vehicle has been damaged or stolen and insurance isn’t giving you what you know your vehicle is worth. You probably don’t want a lecture about what you should have done (had an appraisal!), so what do you do now? There may be some negotiating room but they will ask for a third party appraisal to demonstrate what they believe the vehicle would have been worth prior to the accident. Our clients typically recover thousands above their original offer.