Car park ding- they drove off- now what?
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The Crack Fox said:
daveco said:
The Crack Fox said:
Kong said:
My revenge was to kick a dent in their rear passenger door before i left.
Making you as bad as them....Gandhi said:
An eye for an eye and the world goes blind.
Ozzie Osmond said:
Aren't these minor dings just part of the reality in which we are all expected to live? Nothing stays pristine for ever except the garage queens - and what's the point in that?
no, The last time I danged a car was in the driveway of my parents with both their cars when I was 6 years old, everybody who still damages other people's cars is as intelligent as I was when I was 6 y/o! The Crack Fox said:
Kong said:
My revenge was to kick a dent in their rear passenger door before i left.
Making you as bad as them....Zwoelf said:
Coming soon: Tesco SMART repairs and paintless dent removal whilst you're doing your weekly shop. Self-sustaining business if ever there were one.
A mate of mine runs a smart repair business - He's just started advertising on the back of car park tickets car parks and pub car parks - It's been so successful, he's had to take on new staffUnfortunately I think this is more the fault of those getting dinged.
I think I'm a fairly careful and curteous chap. If I dinged a car in a carpark because one of my children kicked the door open the alternatives are this.
1) Own up, and pay £50 there and on the spot, get my errant offspring to appologise.
2) Wait around for a £2000 bill from an accident management company for their fees, a full paint job on what is suddenly not an old banger, but a future classic in showroom condition, and the inevitable loss of earnings and whiplash claim, not to mention the fact that my no claims then hits the floor and on my three cars and two motorcycles that will have to be worth another £2-3K in increased premiums for the next three or four years.
3) Deny all knowledge.
I think anyone in this day and age who agrees to 1) has never had any experience of 2).
For me to agree to 1) I would have to make a spot decision that the fellow I hit was not out for all he/she could get, and was a sensible like minded person.
Simply easier and safer to do 3) cos there are two many people around who have a vested interest in encouraging 2) regardless.
The chances of everyone being sensible and going back to 1) as standard is about the same chances of being a lone voice arguing against one of the many threads on PH recommending accident management companies, and making any headway.
I think I'm a fairly careful and curteous chap. If I dinged a car in a carpark because one of my children kicked the door open the alternatives are this.
1) Own up, and pay £50 there and on the spot, get my errant offspring to appologise.
2) Wait around for a £2000 bill from an accident management company for their fees, a full paint job on what is suddenly not an old banger, but a future classic in showroom condition, and the inevitable loss of earnings and whiplash claim, not to mention the fact that my no claims then hits the floor and on my three cars and two motorcycles that will have to be worth another £2-3K in increased premiums for the next three or four years.
3) Deny all knowledge.
I think anyone in this day and age who agrees to 1) has never had any experience of 2).
For me to agree to 1) I would have to make a spot decision that the fellow I hit was not out for all he/she could get, and was a sensible like minded person.
Simply easier and safer to do 3) cos there are two many people around who have a vested interest in encouraging 2) regardless.
The chances of everyone being sensible and going back to 1) as standard is about the same chances of being a lone voice arguing against one of the many threads on PH recommending accident management companies, and making any headway.
Ozzie Osmond said:
Have a walk along any road or around any carpark anywhere with your eyes open.
Car sides get dinged.
It's a fact of life.
Let's not get too precious about this....
Sad state of affairs to be honest. I think the increasing prevalence of car park damage is just another aspect of people in general not giving a sCar sides get dinged.
It's a fact of life.
Let's not get too precious about this....
t about others.Maybe it's just me getting old and cranky, but it seems that more and more I'm finding that people in general are lazy selfish oxygen thieves.
Go shopping and most people are too lazy/stupid/selfish to move their trolley so it doesn't block the entire isle.
The take their s
t machine to the park, don't bother to clean up the st it does in the children's playground.They're on the tube, their darling child sneezes without covering their mouth, spraying those sitting opposite with a fine mist of goop and they don't say anything.
Basically, if it doesn't immediately cause them a problem, it ain't a problem.
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kers.Ozzie Osmond said:
Have a walk along any road or around any carpark anywhere with your eyes open.
Car sides get dinged.
It's a fact of life.
Let's not get too precious about this....
People get beaten up, too, so I guess that's OK then Car sides get dinged.
It's a fact of life.
Let's not get too precious about this....
I always park out of the way across two bays. That might possibly attract a d
head who thinks they'll make a stand and deliberately scratch my car but if they want to take that risk then it's up to them. Personally, I wouldn't.budgie smuggler said:
Sad state of affairs to be honest. I think the increasing prevalence of car park damage is just another aspect of people in general not giving a st about others.
Maybe it's just me getting old and cranky, but it seems that more and more I'm finding that people in general are lazy selfish oxygen thieves.
Go shopping and most people are too lazy/stupid/selfish to move their trolley so it doesn't block the entire isle.
The take their st machine to the park, don't bother to clean up the st it does in the children's playground.
They're on the tube, their darling child sneezes without covering their mouth, spraying those sitting opposite with a fine mist of goop and they don't say anything.
Basically, if it doesn't immediately cause them a problem, it ain't a problem.
wkers.
This t about others.Maybe it's just me getting old and cranky, but it seems that more and more I'm finding that people in general are lazy selfish oxygen thieves.
Go shopping and most people are too lazy/stupid/selfish to move their trolley so it doesn't block the entire isle.
The take their s
t machine to the park, don't bother to clean up the st it does in the children's playground.They're on the tube, their darling child sneezes without covering their mouth, spraying those sitting opposite with a fine mist of goop and they don't say anything.
Basically, if it doesn't immediately cause them a problem, it ain't a problem.
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kers.Op, IF I were you, as infuriating as it is, I think I'd personally just pay the £50 myself to have the little dent taken out. Yes a third party has caused you personal loss and its directly affecting you, but you have to ask yourself if it is really worth all the hassle and stress at the end of the day?
sad times I know
Pig Skill said:
Superhoop said:
Pig Skill said:
Waitrose Tesco you shop we drop.
No more dents..
Editted that for you - This is PHNo more dents..
knobsoapjohnmayer said:
aka_kerrly said:
This has got to be a piss take.
Someone accidently/inadvertently puts a ding in your car and you feel the need to kick a dent in their car. Now correct me if i'm wrong but i imagine the damage caused by kicking a panel is far greater than a ding and it makes you no better than them and id argue you are more of a **** than they are.
If they are that ignorant or selfish that they dink someone elses car, then they deserve everything they get. There is no excuse for damaging someone elses property.Someone accidently/inadvertently puts a ding in your car and you feel the need to kick a dent in their car. Now correct me if i'm wrong but i imagine the damage caused by kicking a panel is far greater than a ding and it makes you no better than them and id argue you are more of a **** than they are.
I am 100% on the side of the poster who retaliated. It doesn't make them as bad or worse IMO - they were retaliating. They didn't strike first.
There's just no excuse for dinging someone elses car at all. And if there isn't a note offering to pay for dents away to come and repair it then they deserve everything they get.
dave
Trying to think what I'd have done in the OP's situation. I guess by taking photos and insisting on exchanging details you might sway the perpetrator into thinking that there will be some follow up, and that it might be better to admit liability and cough up some cash rather than await any further hassle. Then again maybe I'm being naive.
my one bit of advice, as much as it pains me to say is to forget this and move on.
Same happaned to me at a petrol station, i had photos, video and it was on cctv and yet still despite my huge efforts i got nothing back, it was a total waste of time. she did get done for failing to supply her details to the police, but that was it.
Same happaned to me at a petrol station, i had photos, video and it was on cctv and yet still despite my huge efforts i got nothing back, it was a total waste of time. she did get done for failing to supply her details to the police, but that was it.
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