mikeouk
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- Joined
- May 12, 2005
- Messages
- 332
- Location
- cumbria
- Car
- 2010 bmw 325d m sport coupe.......2007 transit high roof ,LWB......
as some of you will know, my business is erecting signs for estate agents/letting agents. I own the signs and charge per sign erected. Anyway,,in the strong winds the other day,inevitably there are always a few blow down.Wednesday I got a phone call from one of the agents saying a guy had phoned saying one of my signs had blown down and landed on his windscreen and cracked it, so I rang him, he was saying that the car was unusable and hinting that i should supply him with a hire car,,,yeh right!!! i said if I was liable then I would get the windscreen replaced, I asked if he had windscreen cover and he said no....????? dont all insurance polices come with windscreen cover??? so, I decided to give him a visit and he wasnt in,so I rang him and asked where the car was and how come he was using it if it was that bad he wanted a hire car??? he said he'd had no choice but to use it,,I noticed when I was at the house that there was designated parking only on the opposite side of the street to his house, so in theory if he'd been parked in the parking bays the sign couldnt possibly have hit his car when it came down, it transpires that he was parked half on half off the pavement right outside his house,,there are no double yellows but to park where he had would cause an obstruction and when I told him this he said it wasnt illegal to park there even though its quite obvious it is other wise, why would there be painted parking bays one side of the street and not the other,,,,,,,any way,I offered to pay half (£60) and he could take it of leave it because thats all he would get out of me..He was nt too happy but I think that was fair taking into account he should'nt have been there in the 1st place..........What do you guys think?