car accident - any advice?

[lazaroonie]

tell them to fuck off.

and deny hitting their car. and deny leaving a note.

and if they want to try proving otherwise in court then good luck.

[GreekStein]

tell them to fuck off.

and deny hitting their car. and deny leaving a note.

and if they want to try proving otherwise in court then good luck.

What if they have the note?

[Claw75]

yeah they do have the note.  Just because they want to play at being dishonest, doesn't mean i'm going to stoop to that level.  They're not happy with the offer of £200, so I've agreed to pay the £250.

If anything like this happens again I'll be a lot more careful about taking pics, getting quotes etc.

[MLHMLH]

Tell them you need to think about it for a bit longer, or if they come round looking for you before Friday ignore the door.  Surefire way to ruin their holiday imo.  Would consider paying them the £250 once they're back.

[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.

WTF

If you order anything without knowing the price how can you complain?

Same really goes for what Claw did, she should have said Ill pay upto £100 to get it fixed or it needs to go throught the insurance.

Stu, if me and you were good neighbours and you offered to pay for a meal for my birthday I would treat your offer with decency. I would order a reasonable meal because that is in the spirit of the offer. If on the other hand I abs raped the menu and left you with a hefty bill I doubt you'd be pleased. If I then said "listen clown WTF you said you'd pay" you wouldn't see things that way. I haven't taken your offer in the spirit in which it was intended and me saying it's your fault you should have stipulated an amount doesn't really change that. Not if me and you want to be decent neighbours with one another anyway.

[ScottMGee]

WTF

If you order anything without knowing the price how can you complain?

Are you serious? If you go into a pub do you always insist on seeing the displayed price list before ordering a drink the extra 10 minutes it takes is worth it just in case some xxxx is trying to xxxx you over!

[Royal Flush]

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.

WTF

If you order anything without knowing the price how can you complain?

Same really goes for what Claw did, she should have said Ill pay upto £100 to get it fixed or it needs to go throught the insurance.

Stu, if me and you were good neighbours and you offered to pay for a meal for my birthday I would treat your offer with decency. I would order a reasonable meal because that is in the spirit of the offer. If on the other hand I abs raped the menu and left you with a hefty bill I doubt you'd be pleased. If I then said "listen clown WTF you said you'd pay" you wouldn't see things that way. I haven't taken your offer in the spirit in which it was intended and me saying it's your fault you should have stipulated an amount doesn't really change that. Not if me and you want to be decent neighbours with one another anyway.

WTF that's left field even for you.

Claire you broke it you pay it, simple as.

I still cant get how you can hit a stationary object!

[cambo]

yeah hitting something thats parked is pretty redic but it doesnt cost £400 to fix and old bangers door, give them a ceni note and tell them to shhh

[bolt pp]

tell them to fuck off.

and deny hitting their car. and deny leaving a note.

and if they want to try proving otherwise in court then good luck.

this obv

[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.

WTF

If you order anything without knowing the price how can you complain?

Same really goes for what Claw did, she should have said Ill pay upto £100 to get it fixed or it needs to go throught the insurance.

Stu, if me and you were good neighbours and you offered to pay for a meal for my birthday I would treat your offer with decency. I would order a reasonable meal because that is in the spirit of the offer. If on the other hand I abs raped the menu and left you with a hefty bill I doubt you'd be pleased. If I then said "listen clown WTF you said you'd pay" you wouldn't see things that way. I haven't taken your offer in the spirit in which it was intended and me saying it's your fault you should have stipulated an amount doesn't really change that. Not if me and you want to be decent neighbours with one another anyway.

WTF that's left field even for you.

Claire you broke it you pay it, simple as.

I still cant get how you can hit a stationary object!

If you don't get that point it must be common for you to take advantage of people. You see 90% of people wouldn't leave a note at all, lots of posters on here wouldn't leave a note, so 9 times out of 10 the guy doesn't get his car fixed at all. Yet Claire has shown some integrity by admitting it. I would appreciate that and show integrity in return by getting a genuine price. Instead it's clear the guy is wanting to make money out of Claire's honesty with his inflated garage bill grim. I mean, when Claire mentions claiming on the insurance his beef is he would've lavished as much money as possible tarting up his nail at some expensive garage if he knew that. Why doesn't he just want the dent fixed?

"you broke it you pay" means that you would instantly thumb out the 400 notes when your neighbour came calling. And that would make you a dick.

[Swordpoker]

My Dad's friend came back to his car in a multi story car park once to find that someone had hit the back corner of it. He was pleased to see that a note had been left under his windscreen wiper. It read:

"Everyone here thinks I'm leaving my name and address but I'm not."

[byronkincaid]

people seem to be forgetting the inconvenience and time involved in getting estimates, being without a car while it is being repaired, getting lifts there and back, petrol etc. I think it's more than reasonable to charge for all that tbh. If you don't want to pay for it go through the insurance and let them sort it out, but you still prob have a near £250 excess to pay and you lose your no claims as well.

some muppet wrote my car off a while ago and I was happy with what he offered me not to go through insurance but I didn't realise just how much hassle it is to have to travel around looking for a new car when you don't have one to go in. if it happened again I would add on a grand to pay for a hire car for a couple of weeks

[cambo]

people seem to be forgetting the inconvenience and time involved in getting estimates, being without a car while it is being repaired, getting lifts there and back, petrol etc. I think it's more than reasonable to charge for all that tbh. If you don't want to pay for it go through the insurance and let them sort it out, but you still prob have a near £250 excess to pay and you lose your no claims as well.

some muppet wrote my car off a while ago and I was happy with what he offered me not to go through insurance but I didn't realise just how much hassle it is to have to travel around looking for a new car when you don't have one to go in. if it happened again I would add on a grand to pay for a hire car for a couple of weeks


lol redic

[byronkincaid]

people seem to be forgetting the inconvenience and time involved in getting estimates, being without a car while it is being repaired, getting lifts there and back, petrol etc. I think it's more than reasonable to charge for all that tbh. If you don't want to pay for it go through the insurance and let them sort it out, but you still prob have a near £250 excess to pay and you lose your no claims as well.

some muppet wrote my car off a while ago and I was happy with what he offered me not to go through insurance but I didn't realise just how much hassle it is to have to travel around looking for a new car when you don't have one to go in. if it happened again I would add on a grand to pay for a hire car for a couple of weeks


lol redic

lol happy to smash your door in and give you £50 to sort it

[TheChipPrince]

lol happy to smash your doors in and give you £50 to sort it