WAKE UP to reality people.... it's just a car, in five years you'll be scrapping it, or selling it for 5% of what you paid. It's paint. Paint gets scratched. End of.
I won't bite fully, only nibble, but I can't even begin to understand how anyone can be quite so selfish and stupid.
Not everyone scraps cars after 5 years.
Not every car that's not just rolled off the showroom is an old heap not worth looking after, some people enjoy ownership of older cars too, more so than new ones (I certainly do) - who are you to judge what's worth looking after and what can be dented? Are you THAT self-absorbed?
Not everyone sells cars, especially not for 5% of value, but because some people have sod all respect for others property it often depreciates that fast due to the knocks and bangs it gets due to careless people in carparks.
Never thought I'd see an adult arguing for people paying *less* respect to others propery - sounds like it's coming right out of the mouth of a 14 year old TBH.
I'm all for accepting accidents happen, but it is only fair and right to expect to repair it to the condition it was before the accident. People need to accept responsibility for their actions, fortunately it seems the OP (his friend) is a decent human, not a idiot. I'm tired of repairing damage to my car because the stupid woman at the supermarket decided to park next to me despite the fact that I parked as far from the supermarket as possible to AVOID contact, then slammed her door into my car causing hundreds worth of damage and says "ooh, sorry" and drives off.
Feckless morons with no respect. This lack of respect is persistant throughout all levels of our modern society, and it's a damning trait.
In this case I'd get a few quotes but ultimately it's the owners choice.
