Hi, yesterday whilst dropping my daughter off at school, I pulled into this empty side road/lay-by and put the car in reverse. I started reversing at approx 3 mph and felt a bump as a car pulled up right behind me.
I got out of the car and this lady was already pen and paper in hand for my details. I accept it was my fault as I should have been glued to my mirrors and have elected to pay outside of insurance as I have just signed up with a new company. It was the Right front side I hit
That night, her husband dropped a quote through my letterbox from somewhere (there is no letter head or contact number on the sheet. Luckily she lives nearby so I was able to sneak a couple of photos of the damage to her car as I overlooked it at the time.
The reason for posting this is that I want to know whether I am being screwed by somebody here. when you consider, there is no damage to my car whatsoever and I backed into her at no more than 3-5 mph.
Her car is a 2008 VW Polo
The quote is as follows:
PARTS LIST
FRONT BUMPER £168.79
R/F AIR GUIDE GRILLE £18.20
FRT CTR COWL GRILLE £29.41
R/F BUMPER GUIDE £6.88
LEFT HEADLAMP ASSY £94.03??
Sundry Parts £6.35
COSTS
LABOUR £123.90
PAINT & MATERIALS £179.81
PARTS £323.66
TOTAL £623.37
V.A.T £125.47
GRAND TOTAL £752.84
IMAGES:
Front Grille
Mark/scratch on bumper
Bumper damage
This all seems rather excessive, appreciate any comments thanks.
I got out of the car and this lady was already pen and paper in hand for my details. I accept it was my fault as I should have been glued to my mirrors and have elected to pay outside of insurance as I have just signed up with a new company. It was the Right front side I hit
That night, her husband dropped a quote through my letterbox from somewhere (there is no letter head or contact number on the sheet. Luckily she lives nearby so I was able to sneak a couple of photos of the damage to her car as I overlooked it at the time.
The reason for posting this is that I want to know whether I am being screwed by somebody here. when you consider, there is no damage to my car whatsoever and I backed into her at no more than 3-5 mph.
Her car is a 2008 VW Polo
The quote is as follows:
PARTS LIST
FRONT BUMPER £168.79
R/F AIR GUIDE GRILLE £18.20
FRT CTR COWL GRILLE £29.41
R/F BUMPER GUIDE £6.88
LEFT HEADLAMP ASSY £94.03??
Sundry Parts £6.35
COSTS
LABOUR £123.90
PAINT & MATERIALS £179.81
PARTS £323.66
TOTAL £623.37
V.A.T £125.47
GRAND TOTAL £752.84
IMAGES:
Front Grille
Mark/scratch on bumper
Bumper damage
This all seems rather excessive, appreciate any comments thanks.