A little tale from the East of a Gentleman. I parked my car in Southwold on Mothers day as I had taken 'M' to Fat Face clothes shopping , now those of you that know Southwold will be aware that at certain times of the year it is full of people with lots of money but with very little MANNERS
. You know the type that expects you pushing a wheel chair to go in the road while they carry on walking on the path, and want to enter the shop while your trying to come out.
Anyway we were shopping away, came out to the car to put our purchases in the boot and noticed a note on the car:- "Sorry I've damaged your car, here is my mobile number", I wandered around the back of the car and then I saw it, the Gentleman's towing ball had hit my rear bumper right where the towing eye cover is located and pushed it right in, "bugger" I said (or something similar).
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I rang the number. The Gentleman on the other end was very apologetic, and said that he would rather not go through the insurance, I said ok I will get a quote, so off we went for a cup of coffee and a large piece of cake "Yum", and to enjoy the rest of our day, we saw lots of other cars being squeezed into tiny gaps nudging of bumpers etc during our stay.
I phoned the main dealer for a price of the towing eye cover which was £15.00 +vat, but they said they do not come painted, so after work I went to the local body shop were the man said even if you painted the cover, it would not stay in as the bumper was too deformed in that area so it would require a bumper and painting.
so armed with a quote for £660 I rang the Gentleman, who said that , he would go through the insurance, but rang back to say he had changed his mind and he would pay cash, I rang the garage and said could I have an invoice for the Gentleman, to which they replied if he popped in or paid over the phone then they would give him a proper bill. I rang The Gentleman back and he said would pop in and pay in the morning.
The phone rang at home this morning, the garage said that the Gentleman had been in and paid, and the parts are on order.
I know this Gentleman damaged my car but I must say he was a total Gent.
which is very nice to see these days and helps to restore my faith in human nature.
. You know the type that expects you pushing a wheel chair to go in the road while they carry on walking on the path, and want to enter the shop while your trying to come out.Anyway we were shopping away, came out to the car to put our purchases in the boot and noticed a note on the car:- "Sorry I've damaged your car, here is my mobile number", I wandered around the back of the car and then I saw it, the Gentleman's towing ball had hit my rear bumper right where the towing eye cover is located and pushed it right in, "bugger" I said (or something similar).
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I rang the number. The Gentleman on the other end was very apologetic, and said that he would rather not go through the insurance, I said ok I will get a quote, so off we went for a cup of coffee and a large piece of cake "Yum", and to enjoy the rest of our day, we saw lots of other cars being squeezed into tiny gaps nudging of bumpers etc during our stay.
I phoned the main dealer for a price of the towing eye cover which was £15.00 +vat, but they said they do not come painted, so after work I went to the local body shop were the man said even if you painted the cover, it would not stay in as the bumper was too deformed in that area so it would require a bumper and painting.
so armed with a quote for £660 I rang the Gentleman, who said that , he would go through the insurance, but rang back to say he had changed his mind and he would pay cash, I rang the garage and said could I have an invoice for the Gentleman, to which they replied if he popped in or paid over the phone then they would give him a proper bill. I rang The Gentleman back and he said would pop in and pay in the morning.
The phone rang at home this morning, the garage said that the Gentleman had been in and paid, and the parts are on order.
I know this Gentleman damaged my car but I must say he was a total Gent.
which is very nice to see these days and helps to restore my faith in human nature.
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