Hi, I've been involved in a car accident last week. What happened was even though I've stepped on my break, my car still rolled to the front a bit slowly which I didn't realise until I hit the other person's car (base model 2001-2003 Honda Jazz). There were no big damage besides 2 small scratches on the car's bumper, which were caused by the screws on my front number plate. Her car has already a few scratches beforehand, which she admitted to.
I didn't wish for her to be too generous and let me go, since 1 or 2 more small scratch on a bumper, which already has scratches all over it would effect it in anyway. So anyway she said she will talk to one of her friend who works at a shop to see how much it will cost. The next day I got a call from her friend saying that it will coat $600 to fix the bumper.
This is where it got messy. I have been involved in a car accident previously, in which the damage was way worse than this, we took the car to the shop the other person demanded and it only cost me $300, so from my point of view that $600 repair cost is unreasonable (her bumper has no dent or anything just scratches).
I want to ask do I have the right to request a new quote from her? Or get a quote myself and ask her to fix it there? I'm not saying she's trying to rip me off, could be her friend seeing this as a way to make extra money as he's friends with her and can persuade her to get it fix at his shop, and he just put out a higher price because I have to pay for it.
Thank you for taking your time. Any advice is appreciated.
Also if I go to my car insurance, would her car get fix by the insurance company and not her friend shop?
I didn't wish for her to be too generous and let me go, since 1 or 2 more small scratch on a bumper, which already has scratches all over it would effect it in anyway. So anyway she said she will talk to one of her friend who works at a shop to see how much it will cost. The next day I got a call from her friend saying that it will coat $600 to fix the bumper.
This is where it got messy. I have been involved in a car accident previously, in which the damage was way worse than this, we took the car to the shop the other person demanded and it only cost me $300, so from my point of view that $600 repair cost is unreasonable (her bumper has no dent or anything just scratches).
I want to ask do I have the right to request a new quote from her? Or get a quote myself and ask her to fix it there? I'm not saying she's trying to rip me off, could be her friend seeing this as a way to make extra money as he's friends with her and can persuade her to get it fix at his shop, and he just put out a higher price because I have to pay for it.
Thank you for taking your time. Any advice is appreciated.
Also if I go to my car insurance, would her car get fix by the insurance company and not her friend shop?