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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 26787" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>OK, it's now almost close of business here and it's been an interesting day.</p><p>The tow truck operator has overcharged. He also refused to give an itemised invoice as required by law. I've rung the licensing authority for tow trucks and given them the company name. The advice was to pay the bill and argue later. I bet they were hoping we'd have to leave the car there and let Joe repair it (or have it) rather than pay the $100 per day holding fee we would be incurring from tonight onwards. With tyres gone, how would we drive it?</p><p></p><p>boyfriend's dad has been on the phone to me a lot today. His mate who helped him work on the car owns his own repair and tow truck business. They got their heads together this morning. The dad rang me to find out what damage there was, as he was in a wrecker's yard and had found the exact same model of car. he removed two wheels (tyres with plenty of good tread) and asked me which headlamp was busted and how bad. He then scored the whole headlight assembly from the wrecker's yard, as well.</p><p></p><p>There were some problems with where the car key was - BF2's dad rang me to ask who had it and I didn't know. The tow truck people said they didn't have it. Then - wonder of wonders! - they found it. The tow truck people had it all the time, oh dear, how could we have mislaid it? Oh, and by this time the mechanic was saying that the only damage is the tyres and headlight, everything else is fine. Less than 24 hours after they told us it was a write-off and undriveable, BF2's dad didn't even need to bring his tow truck mate with him, he was able to put two tyres on and drive the car out himself. After forking over $250. That's for towing 2.5 km.</p><p></p><p>When BF2 gets home tonight he'll be talking to his dad. Meanwhile he'll be in the car with husband who I've been keeping up to date on this. They'll be having a long talk on the way home - it's a long drive.</p><p></p><p>It's been a hard lesson for the kids, but at least they've got out of it fairly safely and not too expensively. $500 is going to be closer to the mark than the $5000 it was looking like.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 26787, member: 1991"] OK, it's now almost close of business here and it's been an interesting day. The tow truck operator has overcharged. He also refused to give an itemised invoice as required by law. I've rung the licensing authority for tow trucks and given them the company name. The advice was to pay the bill and argue later. I bet they were hoping we'd have to leave the car there and let Joe repair it (or have it) rather than pay the $100 per day holding fee we would be incurring from tonight onwards. With tyres gone, how would we drive it? boyfriend's dad has been on the phone to me a lot today. His mate who helped him work on the car owns his own repair and tow truck business. They got their heads together this morning. The dad rang me to find out what damage there was, as he was in a wrecker's yard and had found the exact same model of car. he removed two wheels (tyres with plenty of good tread) and asked me which headlamp was busted and how bad. He then scored the whole headlight assembly from the wrecker's yard, as well. There were some problems with where the car key was - BF2's dad rang me to ask who had it and I didn't know. The tow truck people said they didn't have it. Then - wonder of wonders! - they found it. The tow truck people had it all the time, oh dear, how could we have mislaid it? Oh, and by this time the mechanic was saying that the only damage is the tyres and headlight, everything else is fine. Less than 24 hours after they told us it was a write-off and undriveable, BF2's dad didn't even need to bring his tow truck mate with him, he was able to put two tyres on and drive the car out himself. After forking over $250. That's for towing 2.5 km. When BF2 gets home tonight he'll be talking to his dad. Meanwhile he'll be in the car with husband who I've been keeping up to date on this. They'll be having a long talk on the way home - it's a long drive. It's been a hard lesson for the kids, but at least they've got out of it fairly safely and not too expensively. $500 is going to be closer to the mark than the $5000 it was looking like. Marg [/QUOTE]
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