saltdeanseagull1
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- Aug 21, 2011
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Whilst visiting my Mother in law today, her neighbour backed a truck into my parked car. When I wen out to check the damage, it appeared the the damage was to the rear light only. After a quick chat he tells me the Truck is his boss's and he is not on the insurance, so he said for me to get it sorted and he will pay for it with cash. As I know wher he lives I thought this would be OK.
However when we left (now dark) I noticed that he had just not hit the light but had also caused some damage to the actual body work on the boot surrounding the light. This was not so evident in natural day light, Which now means it is a workshop job, which is also a massive pain in the arse for me as I need to get qoutes, courtsey car etc.
Before I left I knocked on the blokes door to show him the damage was worse than we thought and still left it that he will cover the cost in cash.
When I got home I got a call from my Mother in law saying that he had been round, worried that the cost was now clearly going to be higher, saying things like it was not a lot of damage, what the fuss about etc.
Any way I am now in a dilema on what to do, I am thinking of reporting it to my insurance company (I assume this is the best thing to do??) but should I still look to get it done without involving my company . My concern is if I get an estimate and he says he will not pay up.
Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated.
However when we left (now dark) I noticed that he had just not hit the light but had also caused some damage to the actual body work on the boot surrounding the light. This was not so evident in natural day light, Which now means it is a workshop job, which is also a massive pain in the arse for me as I need to get qoutes, courtsey car etc.
Before I left I knocked on the blokes door to show him the damage was worse than we thought and still left it that he will cover the cost in cash.
When I got home I got a call from my Mother in law saying that he had been round, worried that the cost was now clearly going to be higher, saying things like it was not a lot of damage, what the fuss about etc.
Any way I am now in a dilema on what to do, I am thinking of reporting it to my insurance company (I assume this is the best thing to do??) but should I still look to get it done without involving my company . My concern is if I get an estimate and he says he will not pay up.
Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated.