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car door scratch controversy in a parking bay

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  • Flight3287462
    Flight3287462 Posts: 1,195 Forumite
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    Thumbs_Up said:
    Flight3287462 said:

    The only thing was the guy wouldn't stop ranting at the time so my broadest Glasgow accent needed to be brought in to action,
    Did you give him a Glasgow kiss ?

    Not quite, bet he just kept going on and on and on, after I said no problem get a quote and I'll pay it.  My son was about 12 at the time he got a roasting.
  • shane2k
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    my dad had similar he was reversing from a parking spot then stopped when so a car and all of a sudden a metro tapped is bumper which was on purpose and said you give me £100 so i can get this fixed so my dad said get a invoice and i pay it and they swapped numbers 2 days later the guy said i cant get a invoice but if you transfer £100 i wont go with the insurance so i told my dad to say !!!!!! in a text so he did never heard anything from him or insurance 

    theres many people out there that will try crash for cash
  • shane2k
    shane2k Posts: 34 Forumite
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    also opening a door wouldn't make a scratch it be like 1cm if that scratch 

    also did you look at the state of the car ive seen right cars where theres load of dinks and scratch's on them which i avoid parking next to
  • DB1904
    DB1904 Posts: 1,240 Forumite
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    shane2k said:
    my dad had similar he was reversing from a parking spot then stopped when so a car and all of a sudden a metro tapped is bumper which was on purpose and said you give me £100 so i can get this fixed so my dad said get a invoice and i pay it and they swapped numbers 2 days later the guy said i cant get a invoice but if you transfer £100 i wont go with the insurance so i told my dad to say !!!!!! in a text so he did never heard anything from him or insurance 

    theres many people out there that will try crash for cash
    Metro and text message. I think you're making things up to boost your post count. 
  • Grumpy_chap
    Grumpy_chap Posts: 19,470 Forumite
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    shane2k said:

    also did you look at the state of the car ive seen right cars where theres load of dinks and scratch's on them which i avoid parking next to
    I have that car with all the dinks.  I always park next to the best car I can see.
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