Sometime between 7.30 and 9 in the morning when my housemate was ready for work after getting back from the gym, someone hit her car and smashed one of the tail lights and left without leaving a note. It's a deadend street with a school on the other side so it's pretty certain that the damage was done by someone dropping their brat off.

FWIW I live in Kew, where the median income is 50% higher than that of Melbourne and across from a school that costs 20k/year, so my immediate thoughts were about why people with money be such kents. But it's probably unrelated, I've got a chip on my shoulder it seems.

Ever had damage to your parked car and they didn't leave a note? Were you on the giving end?

Happens all the time over here in the wild west! Mums with huge 4WDs but no skill.

We call them "Dummy Mummys", fits!!!!!!!!

I live near a school where the parents seem to want to park while waiting for jim-bob or bessy-sue, and I am not surprised. They are not the most observant sometimes and the only positive is that they are safer than if they stopped in a no stopping zone outside the school like a lot of the other ones that can't be bothered to park and walk.

As for richer people being less likely to stop, I think that's a pretty common thing. Some people are wealthy and considerate, and others are wealthy by holding onto every cent they have got. Your flatmate's car met the last kind.

Last time I left a note, I got screwed. All I did was put a small scratch on one door, no dent. I ended up with a huge bill to fix all sorts of damage that was unrelated.

Friend of mine got her parked car damaged on a busy shopping street .
She found a note under the wiper: "I am sorry" and that was it.

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Harrow said..
Last time I left a note, I got screwed. All I did was put a small scratch on one door, no dent. I ended up with a huge bill to fix all sorts of damage that was unrelated.

Same thing happened to me. I offered to pay for it to be fixed but he insisted on going through insurance company. OK I have 3rd party property so claimed but they said no as I had a two year previous DUI.

Only damage to my car was cracked tail light lens. His damage was a scratch on bumper, and very slightly bent front quarter panel.

Bill came to $1,300 for NEW bumper, quarter panel, painting and would you believe it, wheel alignment.

Protested it, went to ombudsman but still had to pay.

QBE sucks. Now with APIA who don't care about driving record.

When it happened I got the bloke from over the road where he was visiting and showed him. He thanked me and said he would not have noticed it.

If I ever have similar, I am driving off.

As far as I know nobody can make you go through your insurance company. It is your choice to use your policy or not.
The 'victim' can elect to use their insurance company, who will then recoup the costs from the 'offender'.
Driving off is a snake thing to do, end of story. A panel and paint is expensive. Some people look after their cars and enjoy keeping them in good condition. If I had a new car and someone damaged it I'd want it to be repaired properly regardless of the cost to them. And it is a large inconvience getting a car repaired just because someone can't park properly.
A simpler thing to avoid the situation is be more careful when parking.
I've hit a car parking before, left the note and luckily the dude wasn't fussed.

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ka43 said..
We call them "Dummy Mummys", fits!!!!!!!!

Apparently, they are really good multi-taskers.

I bumped into a work colleague's car about 20 years ago, although he was only driving a ****box something or other I fessed up and agreed to make good the minor damage to the 1/4 panel. A week later he was finishing work and heading off to a rave but he had no cash to buy his acid. He asked for twenty bucks and agreed to call it even on the damage. Seemed like a win-win at the time, I got out of spending hundreds and he got his acid

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7tim said..
Sometime between 7.30 and 9 in the morning when my housemate was ready for work after getting back from the gym, someone hit her car and smashed one of the tail lights and left without leaving a note. It's a deadend street with a school on the other side so it's pretty certain that the damage was done by someone dropping their brat off.

FWIW I live in Kew, where the median income is 50% higher than that of Melbourne and across from a school that costs 20k/year, so my immediate thoughts were about why people with money be such kents. But it's probably unrelated, I've got a chip on my shoulder it seems.

Ever had damage to your parked car and they didn't leave a note? Were you on the giving end?

Mmmm, I think I can see what is going on here.

So 7tim, what you are asking is :

Do you think she saw me ?
Do you think it I'll get away blaming it on 'someone dropping off their brat' ?
Or do you think I should blame some random rich person and distract her by making her empathise that we are both equal, innocent comrades struggling against this dirty world ? perhaps even a few tears might throw her off the scent ?
What are the tricks I should be using in order to get away with not leaving a note ?



Best hope she doesn't start reading seabreeze.com.au forums, or she might put two and two together and get 7, 7tim.

Don't worry - your secret is safe here.

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Harrow said..
Last time I left a note, I got screwed. All I did was put a small scratch on one door, no dent. I ended up with a huge bill to fix all sorts of damage that was unrelated.

Maybe take a photo and leave a note that only admits to be the exact damage stating you have 'a photo of the scratch'.(take a photo of your note to.
I got an attempt by a major hire car company to pay for damage I did not do. (Apparently it's common in Perth and Darwin airports). I now take a vid on the iPhone every time I return a hire car.

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pearl said..

Harrow said..
Last time I left a note, I got screwed. All I did was put a small scratch on one door, no dent. I ended up with a huge bill to fix all sorts of damage that was unrelated.

Maybe take a photo and leave a note that only admits to be the exact damage stating you have 'a photo of the scratch'.(take a photo of your note to.
I got an attempt by a major hire car company to pay for damage I did not do. (Apparently it's common in Perth and Darwin airports). I now take a vid on the iPhone every time I return a hire car.

It was 1986. My camera phone hadn't been invented yet.

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7tim said..
Sometime between 7.30 and 9 in the morning when my housemate was ready for work after getting back from the gym, someone hit her car and smashed one of the tail lights and left without leaving a note. It's a deadend street with a school on the other side so it's pretty certain that the damage was done by someone dropping their brat off.

FWIW I live in Kew, where the median income is 50% higher than that of Melbourne and across from a school that costs 20k/year, so my immediate thoughts were about why people with money be such kents. But it's probably unrelated, I've got a chip on my shoulder it seems.

Ever had damage to your parked car and they didn't leave a note? Were you on the giving end?

That's crap, my partner just had something similar happen to her pristine swift sport.
She is a personal trainer at a gym that resides in a well to do college, and some **** has dropped off their kids in the car park and hit their door into hers.
Hard enough to take paint off and dent it! No note, no nothing pricks wouldve been driving a rangie aswell.

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Chopsup said..

7tim said..
Sometime between 7.30 and 9 in the morning when my housemate was ready for work after getting back from the gym, someone hit her car and smashed one of the tail lights and left without leaving a note. It's a deadend street with a school on the other side so it's pretty certain that the damage was done by someone dropping their brat off.

FWIW I live in Kew, where the median income is 50% higher than that of Melbourne and across from a school that costs 20k/year, so my immediate thoughts were about why people with money be such kents. But it's probably unrelated, I've got a chip on my shoulder it seems.

Ever had damage to your parked car and they didn't leave a note? Were you on the giving end?

That's crap, my partner just had something similar happen to her pristine swift sport.
She is a personal trainer at a gym that resides in a well to do college, and some **** has dropped off their kids in the car park and hit their door into hers.
Hard enough to take paint off and dent it! No note, no nothing pricks wouldve been driving a rangie aswell.

Local shops CCT footage, most places gotem
Been used many times tracking down errant drivers

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sotired said..
I live near a school where the parents seem to want to park while waiting for jim-bob or bessy-sue, and I am not surprised. They are not the most observant sometimes and the only positive is that they are safer than if they stopped in a no stopping zone outside the school like a lot of the other ones that can't be bothered to park and walk.

As for richer people being less likely to stop, I think that's a pretty common thing. Some people are wealthy and considerate, and others are wealthy by holding onto every cent they have got. Your flatmate's car met the last kind.

A friend has this problem at her daughters school (people parking in the 'stop, drop, go' zone).
Below is a copy of the note I made up that will soon be placed on the offending vehicles...

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Dear Entitled Parker*,
I’d like to share an exchange between myself and my friend, Johno…

Johno: I can’t believe the number of pricks who think that they can park in the drop off zone at Chloe’s school. They have no f*cking idea!

Me: Maybe if you spoke to them it would help.

Johno: Fat chance of that mate, they are too busy with their heads up their arses.

Me: But once they understood their actions were putting children at risk perhaps they would park elsewhere.

Johno: No point talking to those pretentious pricks, they don’t care about kids, they just care about their shiny beamers and mercs. The only thing they would understand is a bumper to bumper run in with my key as I ride past on my Harley!

So, why am I sharing this with you?
Simple, I would like your help in proving Johno wrong. To show him that simple words and understanding are the way to effect change for the better.

Please consider the reason why this a no parking area, reflect on that for a minute, then park elsewhere. It is that simple!

Thank you for your co-operation, have a safe day.

PS. You might feel affronted to receive this message, perhaps even angry. You might want to vent that anger to someone, maybe complain to the principle, call the police, write about it on social media? Please do so, as the more people know about it, the better.

*Entitled Parker: [en-tahyt-l-d pahr-ker] : (noun) A person who believes that their inalienable right to convenient parking is superior to parking laws and the safety of children

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Feel free to copy/edit and use how you see fit

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7tim said..
why people with money be such kents.

The mo'money you gots, the mo'tight ass you is.

My car got in at the mall, and somebody else saw it and left a note... took me 6 months to get it repaired, insurance didn't want to know without police verification of 3rd party.... police took their time to get it too.

Skid, one other thing that really pizzzzes me orf, is dropkick adults who think its fine to just cruise though a school car park at 20-30 kph, with no thought of those ankle biters that just wonder out between cars at any time
Have of late needed to pick up grandson from high school, and was stunned to see the amount of kids who go "direct to phones" and wonder about aimlessly through a pick up drop off car park, and the number of adults just cruising through happy in the thought, my little Lucy/Johnny is safe in the vehicle, and no concern for other children
WALKING PACE ONLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! should be the rule.
Did up some notes and left it on a huge bunch of windscreens, so a slight improvement I noticed.
WALKING PACE ONLY that is engine at idle, 1st gear, which is around 5kph.
7Tim, sorry I hijacked your thread.