[Hugh R]

Wifey had a 2012 Mazda 3 with 500 miles on it. A few years ago, while at the local Hispanic Supermarket on of their clerks let a dozen shopping carts get away from him and smacked the crap out of the L/R of the car. Vallarta told us that we parked in the parking lot at our own risk. They didn't have any signs stating this. They blew us off and we took them to court and they finally settled three years later for $3,800. Including the car repairs by Mazda, a rental car for a few weeks and diminution of value since it had been damaged. We didn't make a claim to our insurance company since we didn't want our rates jacked up.

In retrospect I think I should have turned it over to my insurance carrier. But it looks like we're going to net about $1,000 for our hassle. If they'd just offered to fix the car, it would have cost them about 1/2 of what they settled for.

Plus a lot of my upscale friends who knew how we were treated quit shopping there.

Do you really want to turn away the "rich" people in the area who are just starting to shop at your supermarket which has mostly less well off Hispanic shoppers? Not a good business plan.