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The Flame Pit / Re: Pepipoo offline again
« on: August 19, 2024, 03:19:59 pm »
What would happen to the assets of Pepitec, namely approximately £30k?

If anyone had donated to Pepipoo previously for the purposes of keeping the site online, could they put in an objection to the company being wound down? The idea being that any of their previous donations are obviously no longer needed, and thus with such an excess of liquidity that's going to the directors, the donation could be returned?

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The Flame Pit / Reporting of claims under another policy to your primary vehicle insurer
« on: June 30, 2024, 05:56:58 pm »
Does anyone know if a claim that is made to a insurer that provides secondary insurance such as cosmetic or tyre cover needs to be reported to the primary vehicle insurer? I've been asked this question as someone is contemplating purchasing a product like that and I'm struggling to come up with answers that I can back up.

Some specific scenarios that I can think of off the top of my head include:

  • A claim for alloy wheel refurbishment due to a manufacturing defect causing excessive corrosion of an alloy
  • A claim for cosmetic paint touch up due to multiple stone chips, ostensibly wear and tear with the aim of preventing paint damage or corrosion or rust of the metalwork
  • A claim for tyre repair or replacement due to piercing by a sharp object, that was not encountered during an accident

My personal feeling is that it isn't, as the insurance product that is being offered for the secondary insurance is not related to the product offered by the vehicle insurer, and the reason behind any potential claims in any of the scenarios above are not due to incidents that would be classified as accidents. But, insurance is a funny world and you never know what funniness exists.

Heck, even if that were the case, where do you stop? Do you inform the insurer of new OEM-specification shocks and other driveline parts fitted to a vehicle, to replace parts worn out through wear and tear? What about a claim on your house insurance for water damage to a ceiling after a leak in a bathroom?

What are the thoughts of the community on this confusing matter? :)

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The Flame Pit / Re: A new beginning
« on: July 22, 2023, 02:15:42 pm »
Quote from: notmeatloaf on July 13, 2023, 10:13:07 am
Anyway, ultimately it's your choice. I think it is unwise to rely on a one man band in Illinois but you're right in that comparing it to the old forums this is still better. If you'd like assistance setting it up on your own hosting the offer is still there, takes all of 15 minutes to do and IMO will futureproof the site a lot better.

In order to allow FTLA to be hosted in a manner that is wholly fault tolerant in-house, shall we say - i.e. the use of multiple hosting providers as well as somehow securing the right for multiple people to have access to take control of a domain if needs be, this would take far longer than 15 minutes.

As someone who does this professionally, it isn't yet worth it for something like FTLA - I would reckon that what we have here is definitely effective for the moment.

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