John
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That would be fine, if you wanted to go through insurance we'd do it that way, i'd still take the car where I wanted.
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Phi
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Originally posted by Iain M
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what atcually cost £200?
The scuff on the bumper blown in to match the rest of the bumper.
 £200 to get a scuff just blown over, jeezze
have you got anything in writing that you two have agreed not to go through insurers and do it all private?
tbf you could just deny ever talking to him etc if you really want to be awkward  ovbiously dont do that 
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Iain M
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Originally posted by Richie B
I'd just pay up. He won't have a receipt, just as you wouldn't unless you went to the dealer or something.
You've avoided the insurance and I'm sure £200 is better to you than increased premiums, loss of ncb etc.
He will have added a few quid on, but regardless of that, you'd be really pissed off yourself if you'd paid £x to repair and are still to get the money back from the other party who caused the damage.
So your saying if you backed into someone you would just hand money over with out seeing any sort of receipt.
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Richie B
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Originally posted by _Allan_
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I'd be going where i wanted if somebody else was paying.
You wouldn't though because if it was me I'd at least like to see a couple of quotes to see what it would cost on average. Not letting you take it your 'mate' to inflate the price. I'd rather go through the insurance than get stitched up. Then again a claim like that wouldn't do much for my premiums. Not so sure when I was younger 
A claim's a claim though, regardless of cost. They don't say "ah well, he only cost us a ton, so we won't put his premium up". You still lose ncb unless protected.
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Hammer
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I'd give the guy his 2 ton and be done with it. If it was me that got hit id also tell the person that hit me the correct price without adding anything on though, this is why im a pauper.
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John
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Whats all this blown in as well?
If somebody hit my bumper i'd be getting the whole thing sprayed because i'd always be able to see it had been blown over, easily 200 quid from an official place.
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_Allan_
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Fair enough John but I'm trying to get at what Cosmo is saying. Fine if you wish to use your 'fav' bodyshop but I'd just like to to see the price and some comparible quotes. Even if a few were cheaper but you insisted on taking it to 'your' place then I wouldn't automatically say no. It's just nice to have the price all laid out before you decide to cough up or go the insurance route.
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Iain M
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Originally posted by Richie B
It's possibly cash in hand or a little independant fella that's done it. He won't give him a receipt.
Why the stance of no receipt, no payment? He's out of pocket for damage someone else caused.
Because the damage he got fixed isn't worth £200 fucking pounds!!
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John
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How is it not?
Are you a professional car body repairer?
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deano87
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I bet it would have been £200 in an Isuzu dealer.
I wouldn't pay until I'd have at least seen a receipt though.
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Phi
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if he was honest then he would meet up and say 'alright mate here is the receipt for the work from the garage etc etc' then hand over the cost
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Phi
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is he a pikey?
see if his vehicle is on the insurance database 
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_Allan_
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Originally posted by Richie B
A claim's a claim though, regardless of cost. They don't say "ah well, he only cost us a ton, so we won't put his premium up". You still lose ncb unless protected.
Me personally I have protected and 11 years so couldn't care. I'm still not saying I wouldn't rather pay the £200 anyway to save the hassle. I'd just want to know up front that's all.
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Richie B
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Originally posted by Iain M
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I'd just pay up. He won't have a receipt, just as you wouldn't unless you went to the dealer or something.
You've avoided the insurance and I'm sure £200 is better to you than increased premiums, loss of ncb etc.
He will have added a few quid on, but regardless of that, you'd be really pissed off yourself if you'd paid £x to repair and are still to get the money back from the other party who caused the damage.
So your saying if you backed into someone you would just hand money over with out seeing any sort of receipt.
I said he won't even have a recepit. What self respecting company gives a receipt to "blow in"? They'd paint the whole bumper, surely. Which, if it was a dealer, could cost that.
He's obviously paid someone cash in hand for a job and is adding extra onto it. He could easily start being arsey and asking for petrol, money for his time in doing this, the time he's not had the car while it's been getting done.
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Iain M
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Why should i shell out £200 on the CHANCE that its genuine. I wanted to go through insurance, thats what its there for. I am 25 it wouldn't of gone up that much. If it would i wouldn't of suggested it.
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Iain M
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Originally posted by John
How is it not?
Are you a professional car body repairer?
Because i know people who work in bodyshops andi know 2 painters the price i got was no where near £200.
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Hammer
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If you were that interested in going through insurance then you should have went through insurance in the first place, did the guy hold a gun to your head? Sounds to me as if you just want to snake the guy out of 200 quid tbh
[Edited on 28-07-2008 by Hammer]
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Richie B
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So you basically want us to all agree that you should see the receipt?
Just giving views, not trying to be arsey.
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Iain M
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Originally posted by Corsa_phi
is he a pikey?
see if his vehicle is on the insurance database
A few people have said this, is the car even insured.
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_Allan_
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Originally posted by Iain M
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is he a pikey?
see if his vehicle is on the insurance database
A few people have said this, is the car even insured.
Check:
http://www.askmid.com/askmid.aspx
but it's not 100% accurate. I wouldn't make any accusations based on that alone.
Tbh you have left it a bit late. I'd have followed up and seen where he is up to and how much it's likely to be. Might have softend the blow (in) a little
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Iain M
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Originally posted by Hammer
If you were that interested in going through insurance then you should have went through insurance in the first place, did the guy hold a gun to your head? Sounds to me as if you just want to snake the guy out of 200 quid tbh
[Edited on 28-07-2008 by Hammer]
I didn't go through the insurance as i thought that he wouldn't fleece me and that he was a genuine guy.
And i don't just want everyone to agree with me, i wanted to know whether i was in the wrong for asking for a receipt thats all!!
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Iain M
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I know for a fact if i asked someone for £200 without proof i would get told to fuck right off.
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John
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Not if the person had a realistic idea of what it would cost for somewhere reputable to paint a full bumper and not 'blow it in'
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Phi
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i didnt even get £200 as a price for when i was trying to find somewhere to get a bumper painted - private person and private garages
his point is £200 is alot of money to just hand over to someon who is being funy about showing a receipt of the work
if it was me - id make sure i got a receipt just so i had somthing to give the person who owed me the monies for repair.
[Edited on 28-07-2008 by Corsa_phi]
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Rob_Quads
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I think you have to bite a bullet or pay up. He doesn't have to show you any receipt.
Your paying him compensation for damage to the car - that doesn't necessarily mean just the cost of getting the bumper repaired. Basically IF you not going through insurance its up to him what he thinks he wants to charge you.
IF your not happy with that - fully within your rights you can go through the insurance.
As for £200 for a bumper - You go into any high street dealer and I bet it would cost that much at least to get it repaired.
Quotes from mates and personal quotes are always WAY less than insurance quotes as they know they will get cash there and then rather than in 2/3/4 months it might take for the insurance company to pay the bodyshop.
IF you do pay make sure you get a receipt and on it it says it says what its for that that by taking the payment they are closing the issue
[Edited on 28-07-2008 by Rob_Quads]
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