what should we do about this??
July-1st-2002, 01:56 AM
#1
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: los angeles CA
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what should we do about this??
my gf and I share an appartment and just this Friday (28th June) our next door neighbor driving a damn old car backs into the spot next to her new toyota echo and dents the front right bumper (quite a bit and dislodges it) and dents the metal quarter panel just above the bumper, there is like a 1 foot long white streak of paint plus broken paint from her black front bumper......
the neighbor comes up and then tells us to go down ahd shows us the damage in a really calm way..... she says she will be responsible and have her sons friend over to look at it on Wednesday.... she says she doesn't want anything big to happen so shes not going to go through insurance and she says she''ll fix it up....
what should we do?? how can we guarantee that the job she does will make it look as good as it was from the factory?? because my gf wants to sell the car with a clean title she doesn't want bad skilled drivers to hurt her resale price....
THIS ALSO RECONFIRMS MY POINT THAT MOST PPL HERE IN LA CAN'T DRIVE WORTH CRAP.... HOW CAN ANYONE HIT A NOT MOVING OBJECT?????
ARG!!!!! damn these f*ucked up bastard c*nt faces that can't park!
plus my back bumper got scraped again!!! today!!! so damn ugly!
the neighbor comes up and then tells us to go down ahd shows us the damage in a really calm way..... she says she will be responsible and have her sons friend over to look at it on Wednesday.... she says she doesn't want anything big to happen so shes not going to go through insurance and she says she''ll fix it up....
what should we do?? how can we guarantee that the job she does will make it look as good as it was from the factory?? because my gf wants to sell the car with a clean title she doesn't want bad skilled drivers to hurt her resale price....
THIS ALSO RECONFIRMS MY POINT THAT MOST PPL HERE IN LA CAN'T DRIVE WORTH CRAP.... HOW CAN ANYONE HIT A NOT MOVING OBJECT?????
ARG!!!!! damn these f*ucked up bastard c*nt faces that can't park!
plus my back bumper got scraped again!!! today!!! so damn ugly!
July-1st-2002, 06:28 PM
#2
Show Layne some respect
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Long Island,NY
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Get the old bag to sign something admitting to the damage, and list everything wrong with the car. Also include that if the work is not done properly, you will go through her insurance, or sue her personally. If she takes offense to this, tell her unless she signs it, you will go through her insurance - end of story. Make the agreement fair and accurate, and she will have no reason not to sign.
If she's not willing to sign, get her insurance info. If she resists giving it, call the cops. Too many people get fucked like this - they try to trust people, and let things get settled easily, and then it all goes bad. Trust is great - hopefully you'll be able to rip up the signed paper at the end. But if things don't get done right, you'll be glad you got something in writing.
Protect yourself, man. She's not looking out for you, so you gotta do it, even if it is uncomfortable.
If she's not willing to sign, get her insurance info. If she resists giving it, call the cops. Too many people get fucked like this - they try to trust people, and let things get settled easily, and then it all goes bad. Trust is great - hopefully you'll be able to rip up the signed paper at the end. But if things don't get done right, you'll be glad you got something in writing.
Protect yourself, man. She's not looking out for you, so you gotta do it, even if it is uncomfortable.
July-1st-2002, 08:17 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: New Jersey
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I agree. Protect your ***. Just because she doesn't want to go through insurance doesn't mean that she gets to tell you where to get it fixed. Get your own estimate from a shop you trust. If she doesn't like it that's her problem. One way or the other she has to make it right.
July-3rd-2002, 10:20 AM
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Do you ZooM?
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Edmonton, AB (That's in Canada, by the way)
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Make sure you get her insurance info regardless if you plan on using it or not... That way she knows that if the job isn't done right the first time you'll go after her cuz you already have her info.