A lady approache me today at the Mall where I work, and told me i had hit her car with my door at the mall parking lot three days ago. I know I did not scratch any car, or otherewise I would have not left my car there. She is asking me for money for the damage. What is the right thing for me to do in this case?
2007-03-03 11:19:16 · 14 answers · asked by tanyadimit 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
She has no proof. I would not admit to anything and tell her to quit harassing you or you'll contact the police. She has no recourse against you.
2007-03-03 11:21:36 · answer #1 · answered by mr_tasty_phlegm 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Exactly how did she determine it was you/your car? This sounds like one of two things: 1) for whatever reason, she really thinks you did it or 2) she's running a scam to get money. Is there any damage to your car? Did you look at her car? Another option would be to ask mall security if they have a tape of that area of the parking lot on the day/time in question. If you DID NOT have anything to do with damaging her car...you have nothing to worry about. I would tell her that you are very sorry her car was damaged but you did not do it. She needs to contact HER insurance carrier and file a claim with them.
2007-03-03 19:27:17 · answer #2 · answered by themainsail 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All sorts of things occur to me ;
Is she trying it on ? what exact damage, is she claiming for ?
Remember , It is possible she may have , hit your car herself
Do not bandy words with her ... all this should go through the insurance company.
she cannot, demand money ,from you personally.
INFORM YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY,
THAT THERE HAS BEEN AN ALLEGATION , That you refute
If you do want to talk to her ,ask her to verify , the exact time,
the accident was supposed to have happened .
(Your parking ticket, if there is one ,
could prove you were not there, at that time ( any way))
Does your car appear damaged, if so where
and is there any paint on it ( that would match the persons car )
what damage has her car sustained ( has it been assessed by an insurance assessor ?)
If your car was on private property , ( a car park ) then she cannot claim against you anyway .
this is very annoying and nasty
( accidents do happen , and the blame is often foisted,
on other people , to avoid losing their no-claims bonus or telling hubby )
stick with the facts ,
tell your insurance company as much as you know
This person may well have tried this stunt,
on somebody else, in the past .
Good luck
>^,,^<
Try to stay calm
2007-03-03 19:58:13 · answer #3 · answered by sweet-cookie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She has the burden of proof. Unless she has a witness or you slamming your door into her car causing damage on video tell her to scratch.
2007-03-03 19:21:54 · answer #4 · answered by FaerieWhings 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did she make a police report? Is there any proof? It's like this... someone put sugar in my gas tank... twice. The second time I made a police report. Even though I knew who did it and the police knew who did it, they could not accuse the person unless someone saw him actually doing it. No witnesses, no consequences.
2007-03-03 19:24:51 · answer #5 · answered by Caroline N 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
she probably wants money to buy booze and trying to scam ya. dont give in. call police and get her off your back and let the cops handle it. she probably goes around looking for cars that match paint dings on hers and is making a killing on innocent people.some people will do a lot for some free money.tell her to bite it and send her on her way,shes just a modern day pan handler.
2007-03-03 20:24:22 · answer #6 · answered by bearman48064 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
id report her to the police,and have them come out and look at her car and yours,she,s probably trying to scam you,it happens all the time ,if you get the law involved in it she may back off of it,if not let the insurance company get a hold of her,good luck i hope it works out.
2007-03-03 19:27:54 · answer #7 · answered by dodge man 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just ignore her,,,unless of course she has witnesses,,and proof that your door is the one which hit hers,,,,is there any of your cars paint on her car???
If no evidence,,,then ignore her.
2007-03-03 19:22:51 · answer #8 · answered by Thunder 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well if your car scratched hers there would be little pieces of your cars paint on hers and if it doesn't she can't get you to pay and also you may have a security camera somewhere and then you can prove that you didn't scratch her car
2007-03-03 19:22:31 · answer #9 · answered by DW 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tell her to take a hike... she has no proof.. and let her do what ever she thinks she can but 3 days ago is past the pint of proving anything....
did you ask her why she waited 3 days to tell you?
2007-03-03 19:22:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋