Ok so I need a bit of advice here. Slightly long story but bear with me. I should tell you that I'm incredibly naive (a little stupid) When it comes to this stuff. I've actually never been in an accident at all so this was a first for me. Plus I was a little distracted by recovering from an endoscopic operation I had the day before.
So last Saturday I took my 6 year old lad to buy a rabbit at Pets At Home. I park up and head to the shop to get the Hutch, hay food, rabbit - everything. I come back to the car and there are two people taking photos of my (rather lovely) white C220 2014 Merc.
I said "Excuse me can I help you?"
One of the guys said "yeah when you parked you hit our car"
I was horrified and a little distracted not least because I had a rabbit in one hand, a shouty grumpy 6 year little boy demanding to hold the rabbit and what felt like half a zoo in the other hand. I apologised and went and had a quick look at my car. Not a scratch on it. I was kind of relieved but gave the guy my name and number and they wondered off.
It was only when I got back that in all the madness I forgot to see their car or get their details (like I said I'm a idiot but given the circumstances I think I have a fair excuse)
I talked to a buddy of mine and he reckons it could have been a scam of some type. I called my insurance and they said they'll flag the incident to their fraud team but I need to wait until I get a letter from their underwriters before deciding what to do.
The very fact that there was no damage on my car leads me to think something is rotten in Denmark.
As I said I'm a bit naive - Had anyone had anything like this happen to them? Do you reckon it's some scam?
Signed stupid Barba
So last Saturday I took my 6 year old lad to buy a rabbit at Pets At Home. I park up and head to the shop to get the Hutch, hay food, rabbit - everything. I come back to the car and there are two people taking photos of my (rather lovely) white C220 2014 Merc.
I said "Excuse me can I help you?"
One of the guys said "yeah when you parked you hit our car"
I was horrified and a little distracted not least because I had a rabbit in one hand, a shouty grumpy 6 year little boy demanding to hold the rabbit and what felt like half a zoo in the other hand. I apologised and went and had a quick look at my car. Not a scratch on it. I was kind of relieved but gave the guy my name and number and they wondered off.
It was only when I got back that in all the madness I forgot to see their car or get their details (like I said I'm a idiot but given the circumstances I think I have a fair excuse)
I talked to a buddy of mine and he reckons it could have been a scam of some type. I called my insurance and they said they'll flag the incident to their fraud team but I need to wait until I get a letter from their underwriters before deciding what to do.
The very fact that there was no damage on my car leads me to think something is rotten in Denmark.
As I said I'm a bit naive - Had anyone had anything like this happen to them? Do you reckon it's some scam?
Signed stupid Barba
