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LI was rushing to the office the other day, and while I was moving my car from parking, I accidentally scratched a new Scorpio and left without informing them. They got a video of my car and came to our rented apartment, but since I didn’t inform anyone, my friends told me it wasn’t our car. I got scared and wanted to contact them.
That night, a lady came back and threatened me, saying they wanted to file a police complaint and that she was a legal professional. After some time, her nephews arrived with an alleged car service person, saying the repair would cost 15k rupees. I was sure it would cost less than 5k, but I was nervous, and since their car was brand new and had been registered only a few days ago, they wanted to replace the entire part. So, I paid them.
The next day, I checked with Mahindra Service, and they told me the repair would cost 3.5k, and at most, part replacement would cost 8k. The lady initially told me she would return the remaining amount after the service, but now she is not receiving my calls. Every time I call, she lies, saying she will visit in a few days, and now she doesn’t answer at all.
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SAre you guys serious? You damaged the car and left. She told you what she believed to be the cost to repair and you paid and now you want to get some back because you think you overpaid?
I’m glad you got caught and had to pay more than the normal amount. Teaches you a lesson.
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IIf you paid online- you have an recipient of payment. This is all the proof you need.
And when some someone share details of another person, there is always something fishy about that.Not to mention if that account got marked in some case, Your account and you is on risk. Because you are connected.
15k might not be too big of amount for you to be worth the hassle.
To it worth- hire someone and let em keep the money they recover or do a 50-50 or 60-40.You can always go to bank with a copy of fir to get the money returned.
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FIf you really wanted to pay.. you could have just left a note saying “You scratched the car and you are ready to pay for the service bill”.
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UDepends on your NCB and insurance amount. Plus Indians are very worried of spoiling NCB. Should have referred this to insurance as all our insurances must have third party cover. Obviously you can see how much you could lose by spoiling NCB over next 3-5 years and then decide what to do. And never pay up front like this. If she calls a lawyer even you call a lawyer. Furthermore you can always join them to the car service center and pay off amount directly.
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SI mean, you ran away without informing the owner. Shouldn’t you have at least left a note? Well, good that you had to pay extra 🤷
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LI think you might be right, I freaked out and left without even informing my friends.. they would have informed them 🙁
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HGoing through insurance it will be atleast 15-20 days minimum. The car will be at showroom during entire time. Also it will reduce the idv of the car. So obviously people don’t want to go through hassle and demand money upfront.
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BThe insurance is to cover the mistakes i make, not for mistakes some idiot makes and runs without giving the number. I would have filed a hit and run case and added few cheating cases on top of it. Now , the reality is that 3rd party claims are crazy difficult to resolve and we have ended up in this situation where defacto negotiation is ask for NCB and out of pocket amount in negotiations. If we simplify and improve efficiency of 3P insurance claim process, then we would be in a lot better place.
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YBrother, the entire panel has to be repainted even for a scratch so that it looks the same. had to pay 14k myself to get two scratches fixed on my new car.
Service center workshop are mostly costly.
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SI paid hardly 15k for a major repair of the front bumper of my audi, at audi Bengaluru Central. How is there no difference in pricing between audi and a domestic brand?
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SYou knew you damaged a car and left instead of owning up to it by leaving a note and offering to go through insurance or paying for it.
They found out, had to chase you down and make you pay for what they believe to be the cost for repairs.
You paid and now want a portion of it back because you found out it could’ve been less?
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