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scratches on car caused by workmen
i parked my car outside my house on the opposite side of the street - right beside a load of workmen who were installing a security camera and wire mesh box over it, an some cement steps etc at the back of a new off licence
when i went back i noticed loads of little scratches all over the back door and wheel arch - also on the black plastic bit...probably about 40 small light scratches, on the door handle too
i was baffled at first as they were on the pavement side and went from top to bottom at an identical angle, rather than across - which would have indicated and car `had passed too closely.
so after some thought, i assumed that this was because of the workmen, short on space trying to construct, manouvre, and install a cover for a security camera, and moving stuff about etc...the marks fit that perfectly - as though they had scraped the wire box across the car..perhaps while going up the ladder....
i asked a neighbour if they saw anything and they said they saw them working very close to my car - bit too close, but didnt see them actually damage it
so what id like to know is, how would i stand if i approached the company and asked them to pay for my car to be resprayed...and presented them with the 'evidence'...?
i realise that i dont really have any 'proof' - but im pretty sure this is what has happened and just feel they should foot the bill...
could i claim a neighbour saw it?
any ideas how i could approach this.. im pretty annoyed that they would scratch the car and then just carry on doing it again an again...the scratches cover a fairly wide area so a respray may cost.
thanks
when i went back i noticed loads of little scratches all over the back door and wheel arch - also on the black plastic bit...probably about 40 small light scratches, on the door handle too
i was baffled at first as they were on the pavement side and went from top to bottom at an identical angle, rather than across - which would have indicated and car `had passed too closely.
so after some thought, i assumed that this was because of the workmen, short on space trying to construct, manouvre, and install a cover for a security camera, and moving stuff about etc...the marks fit that perfectly - as though they had scraped the wire box across the car..perhaps while going up the ladder....
i asked a neighbour if they saw anything and they said they saw them working very close to my car - bit too close, but didnt see them actually damage it
so what id like to know is, how would i stand if i approached the company and asked them to pay for my car to be resprayed...and presented them with the 'evidence'...?
i realise that i dont really have any 'proof' - but im pretty sure this is what has happened and just feel they should foot the bill...
could i claim a neighbour saw it?
any ideas how i could approach this.. im pretty annoyed that they would scratch the car and then just carry on doing it again an again...the scratches cover a fairly wide area so a respray may cost.
thanks
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there was no jamming anyone in...i was parked on the road, beside a normal pavement...they even moved their cement mixer - which they had on the road - to allow me to park just ahead of it and then wheeled it back afterwards...there was then about 8ft or so of a gap from my car for them plus another about 7 ft on the other side...they were working just in front of what used to be a garage which has now been turned into an open backyard.
i dont think this was caused by their vehicle or by the mixer...but by them manouvering an constructing a wire mesh box...of about 3ft by 3ft...right beside my car then taking it up a ladder, as well as perhaps moving other things past. the ladder must have been footed about foot from my car door...judging by the width of the pavement..
there was no jamming anyone in...i was parked on the road, beside a normal pavement...they even moved their cement mixer - which they had on the road - to allow me to park just ahead of it and then wheeled it back afterwards...there was then about 8ft or so of a gap from my car for them plus another about 7 ft on the other side...they were working just in front of what used to be a garage which has now been turned into an open backyard.
i dont think this was caused by their vehicle or by the mixer...but by them manouvering an constructing a wire mesh box...of about 3ft by 3ft...right beside my car then taking it up a ladder, as well as perhaps moving other things past. the ladder must have been footed about foot from my car door...judging by the width of the pavement..
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