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This would not happen to Arfer Daly
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RolloTheRed | Report | 1 Mar 2018 11:07 |
Not everybody takes their motors to main agents for a fleecing, surly service and a huge bill. The company I work for sends its top end cars to an authorised independent in west London. They are busy. |
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Denburybob | Report | 1 Mar 2018 11:15 |
That is one of the joys of living, or working in London. My local council has a couple of small cars with a camera on the roof. All they do all day is drive around catching people illegally parking. In the town fixed cameras catch anyone pulled in to the side of the road and send a fixed penalty parking fine. Even dropping someone off will incur this. Yet nobody seems to get fined for not picking up their dog s**t, or spitting, or littering, even though these incur a fixed penalty of £80. Our borough has the worst fly tipping problem in the country. My house is going on the market in the next month or so. |
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AnninGlos | Report | 1 Mar 2018 14:30 |
Surely the garage are responsible for the actions of their apprentice mechanic a) for allowing him to move the cat and B) forleaving the car parked there for that length of time. Are they not insured against this sort of thing? I would think if they get a lot of business from your firm they would pay up to avoid losing custom. |
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Sharron | Report | 1 Mar 2018 14:49 |
I was thinking that Ann, but what do I know? |
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Caroline | Report | 1 Mar 2018 14:51 |
Okay I have to ask.....how did the parking guy know the young guy didn't have a full licence?? |
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Kay???? | Report | 1 Mar 2018 15:28 |
Why would a garage risk a none licence holder none un-insured person behind the wheel of a car which |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 1 Mar 2018 15:50 |
Morally the garage is at fault, but legally? could you retrospectively claim that you aren’t responsible? It’s a bit like cars being handed over to offsite airport parking. The owners believe they’ll be stored on a secure site, but could end up on a residential road. |
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AnninGlos | Report | 1 Mar 2018 16:17 |
However Det, presumably that is your own cars to are taking risks with, a bit different to a garage taking risks with other peoples' cars. |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 1 Mar 2018 16:22 |
True, but it’s just an example of what can happen. The Apprentice has probably done the same numerous times before. He wouldn’t have been asked to move the car if they didn’t think he was competent. |
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Sharron | Report | 1 Mar 2018 16:58 |
Taking care of your car would be implied terms of your contract with the garage I think. |
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Annx | Report | 1 Mar 2018 17:12 |
You would think any cost that is the fault of the garage or it's employees is the garage's as far as the customer is concerned as the contract for the work to be done is with the garage. |
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Kay???? | Report | 1 Mar 2018 17:36 |
The parking gestapo take full advantage of that but the garage always pays the tickets. |
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Denburybob | Report | 1 Mar 2018 19:44 |
Name and shame them on social media. |
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Allan | Report | 1 Mar 2018 22:25 |
Well, an interesting point re garages/staff and customers cars. |
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Caroline | Report | 2 Mar 2018 02:00 |
Wonder what happened in the end...... |
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Allan | Report | 2 Mar 2018 11:03 |
Here's what happened |
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Caroline | Report | 2 Mar 2018 11:42 |
That's okay Allan getting speeds wrong from memory is acceptable. :-) |
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Allan | Report | 2 Mar 2018 11:51 |
As for memory, I've just seen the date of the news article..it was just over eight years ago :-S |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 2 Mar 2018 11:53 |
Time flies when you're having fun! :-D :-D :-D |
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Allan | Report | 2 Mar 2018 11:58 |
My time is flying towards oblivion, Maggie, but I'm still enjoying it :-D :-D :-D |