car accident - any advice?

[bolt pp]

I don't know what I was expecting to be honest, but not much more than £150. I guess I've just left myself up shit creek with my own naivety, I did the neighbourly thing by letting them know I'd done the damage, and I would have expected them to show the same courtesy in return if they got a quote that was for a lot more than to be expected to fix a small dent in a door. I'll know better in future.

I think you're right and I'm just going to have to pay up. It might not seem like much, but that's pretty much a months' income to me just now.

And so you should Claire.

Ask for copy of the "bill", if it's not got an address on it ask for one and explain that you will visit the garage to check the bill was genuine and had went through the books.

As they are umming and erring..........offer £150

Geo

then say to them: "PISS ON THIS BILL YOU FUCKERS" then go buy a mini fridge from argos and chuck it through their window.

[Geo the Sarge]

I don't know what I was expecting to be honest, but not much more than £150. I guess I've just left myself up shit creek with my own naivety, I did the neighbourly thing by letting them know I'd done the damage, and I would have expected them to show the same courtesy in return if they got a quote that was for a lot more than to be expected to fix a small dent in a door. I'll know better in future.

I think you're right and I'm just going to have to pay up. It might not seem like much, but that's pretty much a months' income to me just now.

And so you should Claire.

Ask for copy of the "bill", if it's not got an address on it ask for one and explain that you will visit the garage to check the bill was genuine and had went through the books.

As they are umming and erring..........offer £150

Geo

then say to them: "PISS ON THIS BILL YOU FUCKERS" then go buy a mini fridge from argos and chuck it through their window.

 

[Claw75]

I don't know what I was expecting to be honest, but not much more than £150. I guess I've just left myself up shit creek with my own naivety, I did the neighbourly thing by letting them know I'd done the damage, and I would have expected them to show the same courtesy in return if they got a quote that was for a lot more than to be expected to fix a small dent in a door. I'll know better in future.

I think you're right and I'm just going to have to pay up. It might not seem like much, but that's pretty much a months' income to me just now.

And so you should Claire.

Ask for copy of the "bill", if it's not got an address on it ask for one and explain that you will visit the garage to check the bill was genuine and had went through the books.

As they are umming and erring..........offer £150

Geo

yes it's got an address on it, but it's bloody miles away.

I've not been well lately, and I don't want to drag it out as the stress of the situation has had an adverse impact on my health.  I'm sending Matt over there in a bit to see if they'll accept £200 in cash tomorrow.

[gatso]

1) break into their house, go through their pants drawer and nick the note that you left
2) now deny everything. ask when you agreed to pay. ask to see the note

next time use that special vanishing ink so that after a few days they just have a blank sheet of paper

[MANTIS01]

When you caused the damage your opinion was that the damage was minor, and your offer was to pay for the repair of minor damage. However, if the car is worth £500 and the quote to repair it is £400 then it's not minor damage at all, that's like almost a complete right off. So check it out, you were the thoroughly decent and honourable neighbour here, not naive at all imo, just a stand up person, so you've got nothing to feel bad about. Yo neighbour on the other hand takes your offer to pay for a minor repair and abuses it by commissioning his mate to spend 80% of the car's value tarting it up without consulting you first. The neighbour can't just spend your money willy nilly without checking it's ok first. That's not decent. Get a couple of quotes from friendly garages as to what £'s you could expect to pay for this minor dent...then when your skanky neighbour comes calling show him your quote, pay him that amount, and tell him you're really really sorry that his friend is not really his friend at all.

[Claw75]

When you caused the damage your opinion was that the damage was minor, and your offer was to pay for the repair of minor damage. However, if the car is worth £500 and the quote to repair it is £400 then it's not minor damage at all, that's like almost a complete right off. So check it out, you were the thoroughly decent and honourable neighbour here, not naive at all imo, just a stand up person, so you've got nothing to feel bad about. Yo neighbour on the other hand takes your offer to pay for a minor repair and abuses it by commissioning his mate to spend 80% of the car's value tarting it up without consulting you first. The neighbour can't just spend your money willy nilly without checking it's ok first. That's not decent. Get a couple of quotes from friendly garages as to what £'s you could expect to pay for this minor dent...then when your skanky neighbour comes calling show him your quote, pay him that amount, and tell him you're really really sorry that his friend is not really his friend at all.

trouble is there's now no evidence as to the extent of the damage. It didn't cross my mind to take a picture or anything. Neighbour is claiming door frame was buckled and needed repairing etc (it wasn't), but I can't now prove otherwise.

[boldie]

Why don't people just take a picture of the damage they cause? It drives me nuts..MrsB had the same thing a while ago and didn't take a picture..ended up costing her a lot more than it should have. And I hear more and more stories about people that don't do it (funnily enough almost all of them women)

It's such an easy thing to do now that almost everyone has a camera on their mobile. It's a bit of common sense really, no?

Oh and pay up obv. £250 to get a door done is nothing.

[byronkincaid]

When you caused the damage your opinion was that the damage was minor, and your offer was to pay for the repair of minor damage. However, if the car is worth £500 and the quote to repair it is £400 then it's not minor damage at all, that's like almost a complete right off. So check it out, you were the thoroughly decent and honourable neighbour here, not naive at all imo, just a stand up person, so you've got nothing to feel bad about. Yo neighbour on the other hand takes your offer to pay for a minor repair and abuses it by commissioning his mate to spend 80% of the car's value tarting it up without consulting you first. The neighbour can't just spend your money willy nilly without checking it's ok first. That's not decent. Get a couple of quotes from friendly garages as to what £'s you could expect to pay for this minor dent...then when your skanky neighbour comes calling show him your quote, pay him that amount, and tell him you're really really sorry that his friend is not really his friend at all.

meh, 5 years ago I was paying £100+VAT per panel working for a huge dealership dishing out as much work as they could handle to small bodyshops as ours was busy with customer's cars, no difference if it's a rolls royce or an S reg renault you still do the same thing to fix it, if I wanted work done privately it was £150 cash in hand. unless this is a tiny dink not a proper dent I think £250 is fine.

[Colchester Kev]

I'm with bolt ... Pay up then smash the granny out of the car with a lump hammer.
























Ps.  Dont leave a bloody note after this !!

[pokerfan]

Lol deffo getting shafted here, if its a dent take the panel off and simply push it out. If its creased get a door from the scrappers for £30 and get the monkey to fit it. Thats if your honest obv id let it go personally.

[MANTIS01]

When you caused the damage your opinion was that the damage was minor, and your offer was to pay for the repair of minor damage. However, if the car is worth £500 and the quote to repair it is £400 then it's not minor damage at all, that's like almost a complete right off. So check it out, you were the thoroughly decent and honourable neighbour here, not naive at all imo, just a stand up person, so you've got nothing to feel bad about. Yo neighbour on the other hand takes your offer to pay for a minor repair and abuses it by commissioning his mate to spend 80% of the car's value tarting it up without consulting you first. The neighbour can't just spend your money willy nilly without checking it's ok first. That's not decent. Get a couple of quotes from friendly garages as to what £'s you could expect to pay for this minor dent...then when your skanky neighbour comes calling show him your quote, pay him that amount, and tell him you're really really sorry that his friend is not really his friend at all.

trouble is there's now no evidence as to the extent of the damage. It didn't cross my mind to take a picture or anything. Neighbour is claiming door frame was buckled and needed repairing etc (it wasn't), but I can't now prove otherwise.

Claire, your offer was to pay for minor damage. If the damage was not minor your neighbour should be decent and consult with you first. That is the point. He can't use that offer to hold you to ransom. I remember this story about some guys who finished their meal at some dotty curry house and ordered 5 glasses of the restaurant's best brandy to finish. The brandy was like £200 a shot...so the final bill was well over a grand. The waiter has a moral obligation to inform the patrons of the hefty price imo, especially if the guys live next door.

[Claw75]

When you caused the damage your opinion was that the damage was minor, and your offer was to pay for the repair of minor damage. However, if the car is worth £500 and the quote to repair it is £400 then it's not minor damage at all, that's like almost a complete right off. So check it out, you were the thoroughly decent and honourable neighbour here, not naive at all imo, just a stand up person, so you've got nothing to feel bad about. Yo neighbour on the other hand takes your offer to pay for a minor repair and abuses it by commissioning his mate to spend 80% of the car's value tarting it up without consulting you first. The neighbour can't just spend your money willy nilly without checking it's ok first. That's not decent. Get a couple of quotes from friendly garages as to what £'s you could expect to pay for this minor dent...then when your skanky neighbour comes calling show him your quote, pay him that amount, and tell him you're really really sorry that his friend is not really his friend at all.

trouble is there's now no evidence as to the extent of the damage. It didn't cross my mind to take a picture or anything. Neighbour is claiming door frame was buckled and needed repairing etc (it wasn't), but I can't now prove otherwise.

Claire, your offer was to pay for minor damage. If the damage was not minor your neighbour should be decent and consult with you first. That is the point. He can't use that offer to hold you to ransom. I remember this story about some guys who finished their meal at some dotty curry house and ordered 5 glasses of the restaurant's best brandy to finish. The brandy was like £200 a shot...so the final bill was well over a grand. The waiter has a moral obligation to inform the patrons of the hefty price imo, especially if the guys live next door.

actually, I'm almost certain my note was 're the dent in your passenger door'.  I could argue I suppose that if the damage was more widespread than that he should have run it by me first.

[bolt pp]

When you caused the damage your opinion was that the damage was minor, and your offer was to pay for the repair of minor damage. However, if the car is worth £500 and the quote to repair it is £400 then it's not minor damage at all, that's like almost a complete right off. So check it out, you were the thoroughly decent and honourable neighbour here, not naive at all imo, just a stand up person, so you've got nothing to feel bad about. Yo neighbour on the other hand takes your offer to pay for a minor repair and abuses it by commissioning his mate to spend 80% of the car's value tarting it up without consulting you first. The neighbour can't just spend your money willy nilly without checking it's ok first. That's not decent. Get a couple of quotes from friendly garages as to what £'s you could expect to pay for this minor dent...then when your skanky neighbour comes calling show him your quote, pay him that amount, and tell him you're really really sorry that his friend is not really his friend at all.

trouble is there's now no evidence as to the extent of the damage. It didn't cross my mind to take a picture or anything. Neighbour is claiming door frame was buckled and needed repairing etc (it wasn't), but I can't now prove otherwise.

Claire, your offer was to pay for minor damage. If the damage was not minor your neighbour should be decent and consult with you first. That is the point. He can't use that offer to hold you to ransom. I remember this story about some guys who finished their meal at some dotty curry house and ordered 5 glasses of the restaurant's best brandy to finish. The brandy was like £200 a shot...so the final bill was well over a grand. The waiter has a moral obligation to inform the patrons of the hefty price imo, especially if the guys live next door.

this is totally O/T but reminds me of something read in the daily mail about 8 years ago(i think it was the mail) they would do a section where they would document a random case at court from the week, this one was about a guy that had owned his own business and become very well off, things had then gone wrong for him and he had lost everything, he lived in a little flat and was on the dole.
Anyway this guy missed so much his life(particularly dining in fine restaraunts) that he would get dressed up in his best suit and go out to the best hotels or resteraunts in london, order the most expensive food and champagne and have a great meal for a few hours.
When it came time to pay he never tried to make a run for it or cause a fuss, he's quietly ask them to call the police and very politely inform them that he had no money to pay as was the case being recorded this time, they said that he'd done it about 20 times always doing the same thing and follwing the same pattern, they'd sent him to prison twice but he still carried on and this time they gave him 6 months.

I'll never forget that story and just thought it great/ funny how the guy went about it, very matter of factly informing them to call the police etc

I do wonder if he's still at it.

[Royal Flush]

Scanned through the thread but didn't see the answer....

How on earth did you crash into a parked car?

[bolt pp]

Scanned through the thread but didn't see the answer....

How on earth did you crash into a parked car?

Women drivers, eh?