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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
I’ll never understand why people don’t just automatically go through insurance. This whole song and dance with people who damage your car is bizarre.
Best case scenario, you do a whole bunch of extra work for the same outcome and no gain.
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I learned the hard way to not even give someone the chance.
Had someone hit my parked car while I wasn't around. Thankfully people saw it and got his information for me. Called him and he said he didn't see any damage. He damaged my driver door subtly but you could clearly see it at an angle. Took some pictures and he said he still couldn't see it. I told him it's probably about $500 in damages if he wants to pay out of pocket. It was an older car so didn't really care that much. He told me get an estimate because it didn't look like $500 in damages so I told him to send his insurance information. He started haggling about the $500 but I wasn't interested anymore. Went through insurance and got paid out $1400. Tried to save him a claim and was pretty much called a liar.
I'll never again try to be a nice guy if someone hits my car.