Had a similar one..was parked inm Traffic and a lorry fellow mistimed his braking and kissed my Santro and broke the Stop Light assembly....
Told the bugger to park it and wanted to get a feel of the situation as sometimes the lorry wallas can get nasty...realised that he didnt have RC book as when I demanded he was trying all sort of gimick...made a quick call to Local shop and found that the assemly will cost me 520 rs...so demanded 1000rs (anyway he would bargain to 50%)...finally after 30 mins argument settled with 300 rs as it would be taken form his Pay.
I could have left him off the hook bcos I felt really bad for taking that money from the poor guy...but at the same time I wanted him to feel the pain so that he would be careful next time....
Drove to a temple near by, deposited the 300 rs (i didnt want to use a hard earned 300rs of that poor driver...somehow my heart was not accepting)...drove to GP Road and my luck...a customer was trying hard to return a Stop light assembly of his Santro (he bought the wrong side) and the dealer was refusing a return so I bought it from him for 200 rs...
But I always analyse the situation and see if its wise arguing...some 1000 rs is not worth your life... |