California.
Was at the Chevron during long 6hr drive from san fran to long beach. Started pumping and some guy started trying to sell me some car wax spray. Was taking me around the car with his salesman spiel about how great it was and showing me on various parts of the car.
Anyway, my wife came out of the shop and said she'd take the dog and meet me at burger king. So I told the guy I wasnt' interested, got in the car, and drove off then all of a sudden "THUNK".
"OMG DID I ACTUALLY JUST DO THAT" were the words that initially jumped into my head. So I got out of the car to see the gun still in my car with half the hose hanging off. I parked my car up (i think people thought i was trying to get away) and went to look at the damage. It looked like there was a socket for the hose to reattach to - like it had just come disconnected. so I put the hose down and went to talk to the attendants - they said I need to give them my insurance details, but they were quite reassuring, saying they never usually make claims and it happens all the time. They said that a technician would need to look at it first and it would be a few days.
So I get back in the car, and drive off (after getting the aforementioned burger, of course) and I get a call from my insurance provider saying that they've already called to make a claim and that I needed to make a statement.
Gross.
So yeah, according to my insurance provider, they haven't submitted an actual bill yet but they'll call me when they do.
Is there any way in hell I can blame the salesmen? They were apparently supposed to be there so they must have been paying chevron to allow them to approach their customers.
Is it worth trying to pay for damages myself?
Any other suggestions?
Although this was totally moronic on my part, I don't feel like it was entirely my fault and I don't want to be paying an extra $1k or something per year if my premium goes up.
Thanks in advance.
Was at the Chevron during long 6hr drive from san fran to long beach. Started pumping and some guy started trying to sell me some car wax spray. Was taking me around the car with his salesman spiel about how great it was and showing me on various parts of the car.
Anyway, my wife came out of the shop and said she'd take the dog and meet me at burger king. So I told the guy I wasnt' interested, got in the car, and drove off then all of a sudden "THUNK".
"OMG DID I ACTUALLY JUST DO THAT" were the words that initially jumped into my head. So I got out of the car to see the gun still in my car with half the hose hanging off. I parked my car up (i think people thought i was trying to get away) and went to look at the damage. It looked like there was a socket for the hose to reattach to - like it had just come disconnected. so I put the hose down and went to talk to the attendants - they said I need to give them my insurance details, but they were quite reassuring, saying they never usually make claims and it happens all the time. They said that a technician would need to look at it first and it would be a few days.
So I get back in the car, and drive off (after getting the aforementioned burger, of course) and I get a call from my insurance provider saying that they've already called to make a claim and that I needed to make a statement.
Gross.
So yeah, according to my insurance provider, they haven't submitted an actual bill yet but they'll call me when they do.
Is there any way in hell I can blame the salesmen? They were apparently supposed to be there so they must have been paying chevron to allow them to approach their customers.
Is it worth trying to pay for damages myself?
Any other suggestions?
Although this was totally moronic on my part, I don't feel like it was entirely my fault and I don't want to be paying an extra $1k or something per year if my premium goes up.
Thanks in advance.