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brettcta

cheesymax wrote: »

No, just your ATTEMPT at !!!!taking

exclamation mark taking? there's been none of that from me bro

brettcta

(and you're one to talk about taking the piss!)

arcon5

brettcta wrote: »

perhaps the offer of doing the part of the work for free was made by the glazer to yourself because he thought you were personally paying for the work and not the contractor. as a gesture of goodwill, if you must, but this obviously wasn't the case, so the cost between the two companies is none of your business or concern. they might have even done the work completely for free, does that mean you deserve the full fee? what if they charged them too much?

I agree. I'm 99% sure this would be the case -- the last thing they want is bad publicity. If they knew it was being paid for by the contractors insurance there's no benefit whatsoever to a discount and definately wouldn't have offered one.

brettcta

hell, it's not even a discrepancy, it's a misunderstanding at best, which either way did not affect the quality or the timing of the work being carried out

McKneff

If Id been bothered about the security and the telephone call at 5pm (the nights are light) Id have either boarded the chuffing window up
my self or reglazed it myself then sent an invoice to the contractor.

DWatts

McKneff wrote: »

If Id been bothered about the security and the telephone call at 5pm (the nights are light) Id have either boarded the chuffing window up
my self or reglazed it myself then sent an invoice to the contractor.

That's kind of like saying if your windscreen is smashed and the insurer is taking too long getting it replaced, that if you don't fix it yourself then you're just lazy and clearly not that worried about having a windscreen.


Cheesymax, while most people here (such as above) are spectacularly missing the point - they are right. Your claim would not be with the glazing company, it would be with the insurance company. At best you could say that you were left overnight with an open window with a child in the house. You might get some compensation for that, you might not - I wouldn't say there's a legal ground for you to though.

Unless the insurance company specifically said they would have the window boarded up for that night?

custardy

DWatts wrote: »

That's kind of like saying if your windscreen is smashed and the insurer is taking too long getting it replaced, that if you don't fix it yourself then you're just lazy and clearly not that worried about having a windscreen.

no you would cover up the big hole in the front of the car,not repair it

peachyprice

DWatts wrote: »

At best you could say that you were left overnight with an open window with a child in the house. You might get some compensation for that, you might not - I wouldn't say there's a legal ground for you to though.

Compensation for what though? NOTHING HAPPENED

If cheesynuts had been left with an open window and:
It rained and ruined the carpet
If the 8 month old had cut itself on the glass
If they had had to move into a hotel for one night
Then yes, compensation would be expected

But compensation for:
A window being left open overnight and nothing happened?
How would that lead to any compensation?

As for you cheesynuts, you weren't paying the repair bill so the 'reduction' you negotiated on behalf of the contractor doesn't go to you, you had no contract with the glazier.

DWatts

peachyprice wrote: »

Compensation for what though? NOTHING HAPPENED

If cheesynuts had been left with an open window and:
It rained and ruined the carpet
If the 8 month old had cut itself on the glass
If they had had to move into a hotel for one night
Then yes, compensation would be expected

But compensation for:
A window being left open overnight and nothing happened?
How would that lead to any compensation?

I never said there was a legal reason for compensation. The compensation would be, at best, for inconvenience.

If someone drove a van into your parked car, wrote it off, and it took their insurance company a month to replace it - it wouldn't be unreasonable to at least want some compensation for inconvenience, for example. By the logic of most people here, as long as the situation was eventually resolved (and you were financially no worse off), any attempt to get compensation for said inconvenience is just greedy money grabbing - which is ridiculous.

Nothing happened, fortunately, but he could possibly get the insurance company to 'compensate' him for the increased risk to his family from having an open window which was supposed to be boarded up.

Oldernotwiser

DWatts wrote: »

I never said there was a legal reason for compensation. The compensation would be, at best, for inconvenience.

If someone drove a van into your parked car, wrote it off, and it took their insurance company a month to replace it - it wouldn't be unreasonable to at least want some compensation for inconvenience, for example. By the logic of most people here, as long as the situation was eventually resolved (and you were financially no worse off), any attempt to get compensation for said inconvenience is just greedy money grabbing - which is ridiculous.

Nothing happened, fortunately, but he could possibly get the insurance company to 'compensate' him for the increased risk to his family from having an open window which was supposed to be boarded up.

It's summer - most people have windows open overnight!