my car was NOT claimed totaled when it was at the first shop but then i moved it to another shop and have another adjuster see it... it was claimed totaled,
the only reason it totaled some place else was the could of had higher prices for parts and more hours to repair it. every shop does things different. example some will repair a quarter panel and another shop will replace it. just their preference. + when ever we thought something might be a big pain in the butt to fix. we did what we could to total it! jsut not to work on it.
your first shop might of needed the money and wanted to fix it! the second shop might have not wanted to do any to do with repairing you car