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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Napa, Ca
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How would you proceed?
You damage the property of a long time friend right in front of him.
KT
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Friend of Warren
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Lincoln, NE
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You make it right.
Can't wait to hear the rest of the story.
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The Unsettler
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Lantanna TX
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Ask for your beer back and apologize.
Fix it if you can, hire someone if you can't. Hand him cash. Hand him a check. Tell him to send you the bill. I don't understand the question.
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09-12-2012, 07:52 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Wichita, KS
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Fix it. I would do the same for a stranger, it's the right thing to do. More to this story?
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09-12-2012, 07:56 AM
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Napa, Ca
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Parked side by side.
Friend wasn't paying attention and opened his truck door into my fender. Scratched paint and dent. Very small. Expensive fix. He went with option #3. 20 year friendship ended... KT
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09-12-2012, 07:56 AM
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Location: Texas
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he never was a friend..
just along time acquaintance.. Rika |
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09-12-2012, 07:58 AM
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Did you get the memo?
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09-12-2012, 07:58 AM
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The Unsettler
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Lantanna TX
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Option #1 or #2 depending on finances.
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"I want my two dollars" "Goodbye and thanks for the fish" "Proud Member and Supporter of the YWL" "Brandon Won" |
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09-12-2012, 07:58 AM
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I picked option one. Gotta do the right thing...unfortunately your friend didn't see it that way...
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09-12-2012, 08:14 AM
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Student of the obvious
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Phoenix
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"So very sorry. Get it fixed then send me the bill."
Is PDR and spot touch up an option? I bought a BMW with a quarter sized spot on the hood that had been sanded down to the primer by the PO. Guy who worked in the little tent behind the BMW dealership airbrushed and blended it for $100. It was the most incredible thing I'd ever seen. I was prepared for it to be a big improvement, but it was truly undetectable when he was done.
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09-12-2012, 08:22 AM
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Funny the situations where you learn a friend from an acquaintance.
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09-12-2012, 08:33 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Hot as Hell, AZ
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F*ck that, I'd offer to pay for a stranger, let alone a friend.
You're better off without him in your vicinity.
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09-12-2012, 08:42 AM
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a or b. as long as it's fixed. if it's your fault, you fix it.
couple years ago i reversed into my friend's car. put a dent into my bumper cover. demolished her brand new body kit bumper. just had her send the bill for a new bumper and paint job. wrote a check. done and done. now we can still joke about that incident. |
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09-12-2012, 08:43 AM
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09-12-2012, 08:44 AM
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He was not a real friend then. Not a big loss...
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09-12-2012, 08:45 AM
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The simple graces are the difference between friendship and a kiss good-bye.
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Join Date: Nov 2001
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Golden rule.
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09-12-2012, 09:29 AM
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09-12-2012, 10:05 AM
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Trekkor,
I had strangers offered to pay in similar situation but a good friend who didn't. I spent couple hundred on repair. When he heard about the repair, he even commented that "you are crazy". Sometimes people just don't see the need of a smooth paint/body, and don't see the need of being responsibility. Can you find another less expensive shop to repair that? Quote:
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