Accident on school car park

[Eldnar]

In November 2009 my friend J had just dropped her son at a Cub Scout meeting at a local school. On reversing out of her space she knocked the car parked behind her. She waited for owner. J apologised and they exchanged details and examined the cars. It was agreed by both that the guy's car had no visible damage but that J's car had slight damage to the bumper. The guy said the to be on the safe side he would take his car to a garage to make sure about the damage.

My friend heard nothing until yesterday (Feb 10th) when via her 8 year old son, she was given a quote for £795 of work carried out on a headlamp to this guy's car back in December 2009.

She asked the guy why she hadn't heard anything until now. He said that he hadn't got her details anymore and that he couldn't find her. She pointed out that not only was she at the Cub Scout meeting every week the same as he was but that she and this guy's wife know each other by sight as they live nearby. Also, she pointed out that as he had decided to give the quote to her son to hand over (which she was rightly annoyed about) he could have done that at anytime also. He said that the original quote from back in December had been lost in the post.

She is naturally very suspcious about the origin of this damage and quote for repairs.
What should she do?

Thanks.
E.

[chas2008]

was it a quote or a receipt for the work done? i would be suspicious until i had seen the second one.
working in a bodyshop we get many requests for estimates/quotes for minor bumps in the hope of getting the other party to pay up then repair it themselves for a fraction of the costs and pocket the difference. But having said that it doesnt take much damage to get up to £795.00 worth of repairs, something that isnt always evident on 1st inspection.
The other option is to threaten to get your insurance involved , thats what you pay for, see what his reaction to this is.

[BenDToy]

I can't imagine that £795 worth of damage to a headlight was not visible at the time. A quote does not represent a payment for a repair (was the car reg on the quote?). If the work was done, it was not authorised by J and if she had been asked, she should point out that a bill for that size would probably have been referred to her insurane company. This is a scam. J should not even consider paying up.

[Rowland2094]

Insurance companies have perticular policies concerning accidents in car parks as the RTA doesn't always apply. I suggest you talk to your insurers.