Good job, valet parking attendant!

[gSwift]

Yes every time anything gets worked on it now gets a walk around before I take possession. I had two of my rims scratched up bad thanks to discount tires had to plastidip them to hide it

Nobody has any respect for peoples things these days

[redwngr]

Yes every time anything gets worked on it now gets a walk around before I take possession. I had two of my rims scratched up bad thanks to discount tires had to plastidip them to hide it

It's a good idea to do that before you take possession of a rental car as well. Camera phone is a good way to document.

 

My dealer documents incoming vehicles as well.

[Crooks]

Taking pride in your work is rare these days

[Ventilator]

Taking pride in your work is rare these days

You got that right!

[Btuggle88]

Doing your job and doing it right has some how become complicated and unreasonable for people now days. Nobody wants to give you an honest day's work much less take pride in a job well done and EARN a raise instead of demanding that you are worth more when you're probably not.

 

 

Sorry it just came out rant done.

[gSwift]

Well, barely 3 weeks after the parking attendant scraped the truck down the wall, I come out of Sports Authority and notice that the same side that got scraped now has the back right of the bed pushed in. Thats right, somebody hit it either pulling in or backing out of a parking spot. It pushed it in pretty bad and creased the metal so now it will definitely need body work.

 

I have no clue where it happened, it was in the very first parking spot with a concrete island to the right of me. So I know it didn't happen at Sports Authority. It made me sick to my stomach seeing that...guess this truck is bad luck for me.

[Crooks]

DUDE that sucks. So now your going to turn in an insurance claim? I would.

Or start stopping really hard and short till someone rear ends you.

[Silverado-Hareek]

I went to South Carolina last summer for a bachelor party at the beach. The first morning there I was hung over as crap. At 8 AM my psycho fitness buddies decided to go for a jog but they needed to move some cars around to get one of the vehicles out for a quick trip up to the store first. They asked me for my keys to back up my truck. At first I questioned why they needed to move it, there was plenty of room to pull a vehicle in front of it. My one friend said "dude we just need to back it up like 5 feet no big deal." I thought at first "I should get my ass up and do this myself because no one drives my truck, EVER." Then I said to myself "don't be an idiot, it's just things, they're just moving it back 5 feet, and the guy doing it flies fighter jets for the marines. Surely he can back a truck up 5 feet with 3 mirrors and a backup camera. And my head hurts and I don't feel like moving." 2 hours later I finally wake up and go downstairs to check on the truck and sure enough there's a nice 5" scratch on the rear fender where he managed to hit the handle bar of the bike leaning up against the beach house.

 

 

Lesson: If you don't want anything to happen to your truck, always handle it yourself.

 

Sorry about your truck man. I would file an insurance claim. Tell them it was a hit and run. I know that's not the whole truth but it technically isn't your fault and you seem to have no option with the valet company. It's not exactly a hit and run but it's similar in the sense that you didn't do the damage and you can't hold who did accountable.

[Friz2]

Man, that sucks.

The only time a valet has parked my old truck was about 1998 in Virginia and it was interesting. I was in my 1995 CC, long bed, 4x4. Huge truck.

When we pulled up, the valet looked down the side of it and said, "I have no idea where I am going to put this..." We enjoyed our meal and some celebrating with friends for about two or three hours.

When we came outside to retrieve my truck, the same valet could not find it. I had to remark, "I have a truck so big that at first, you didn't know where to put it. Now you've forgotten where it is?".

 

He found it after about a 15 minute search and we went on our way.

['01LS1]

Sorry to hear about all of this.

 

1. Am glad you passed on the lawsuit route. Lawyers in deals like this seem to muck things up long term for all of us more than help.

2. If you are getting a quote that involves paint on that rear quarter, I would ask how much it would cost to paint all four

of the wheel moldings. If the truck is in the paint booth & paint is mixed, cannot imagine they would charge all that much more.

Possible dirt cheap way to get a custom appearance?

3. Wish the technology was available for a constant 24/7 surround view camera. I know they have them for when the vehicle is moving.

But man think of the stuff we could catch from every day parking lots to people up to no good walking past in addition to the in motion traffic.

4. As far as bad luck goes. The night I drove my new truck home from the dealership, a deer ran into it. Not that I hit it, IT sprinted along side of

the truck as I was trying to stop & IT turned into my right front fender/door.

 

Again, sorry about your truck & hope you can get it fixed up asap.

[frenchsquared]

Man, that sucks.

The only time a valet has parked my old truck was about 1998 in Virginia and it was interesting. I was in my 1995 CC, long bed, 4x4. Huge truck.

When we pulled up, the valet looked down the side of it and said, "I have no idea where I am going to put this..." We enjoyed our meal and some celebrating with friends for about two or three hours.

When we came outside to retrieve my truck, the same valet could not find it. I had to remark, "I have a truck so big that at first, you didn't know where to put it. Now you've forgotten where it is?".

 

He found it after about a 15 minute search and we went on our way.

 

It was down the block at McDonalds.

[gSwift]

I went to South Carolina last summer for a bachelor party at the beach. The first morning there I was hung over as crap. At 8 AM my psycho fitness buddies decided to go for a jog but they needed to move some cars around to get one of the vehicles out for a quick trip up to the store first. They asked me for my keys to back up my truck. At first I questioned why they needed to move it, there was plenty of room to pull a vehicle in front of it. My one friend said "dude we just need to back it up like 5 feet no big deal." I thought at first "I should get my ass up and do this myself because no one drives my truck, EVER." Then I said to myself "don't be an idiot, it's just things, they're just moving it back 5 feet, and the guy doing it flies fighter jets for the marines. Surely he can back a truck up 5 feet with 3 mirrors and a backup camera. And my head hurts and I don't feel like moving." 2 hours later I finally wake up and go downstairs to check on the truck and sure enough there's a nice 5" scratch on the rear fender where he managed to hit the handle bar of the bike leaning up against the beach house.

 

 

Lesson: If you don't want anything to happen to your truck, always handle it yourself.

 

Sorry about your truck man. I would file an insurance claim. Tell them it was a hit and run. I know that's not the whole truth but it technically isn't your fault and you seem to have no option with the valet company. It's not exactly a hit and run but it's similar in the sense that you didn't do the damage and you can't hold who did accountable.

That sounds about like my luck. I didn't want to valet it to start with but let the girlfriend convince me that it would be fine.

 

Sorry to hear about all of this.

 

1. Am glad you passed on the lawsuit route. Lawyers in deals like this seem to muck things up long term for all of us more than help.

2. If you are getting a quote that involves paint on that rear quarter, I would ask how much it would cost to paint all four

of the wheel moldings. If the truck is in the paint booth & paint is mixed, cannot imagine they would charge all that much more.

Possible dirt cheap way to get a custom appearance?

3. Wish the technology was available for a constant 24/7 surround view camera. I know they have them for when the vehicle is moving.

But man think of the stuff we could catch from every day parking lots to people up to no good walking past in addition to the in motion traffic.

4. As far as bad luck goes. The night I drove my new truck home from the dealership, a deer ran into it. Not that I hit it, IT sprinted along side of

the truck as I was trying to stop & IT turned into my right front fender/door.

 

Again, sorry about your truck & hope you can get it fixed up asap.

Yeah I didn't really want to go that route anyways. It wouldn't have been worth my time and stress to have to fight them in court over what would cost me 200.00 out of my pocket.

 

As for claiming it on the insurance, I think i'm just going to pay it out of pocket. As I mentioned in my first post, I have a friend that owns a shop and has always done my work on my vehicles...from custom work to minor repairs. At first he was going to paint the scratch for 225.00 and now after seeing this, it gonna be closer to 750.00. Thats only 250 more than my deductible and it stays off of my insurance.

[gSwift]

Man, that sucks.

The only time a valet has parked my old truck was about 1998 in Virginia and it was interesting. I was in my 1995 CC, long bed, 4x4. Huge truck.

When we pulled up, the valet looked down the side of it and said, "I have no idea where I am going to put this..." We enjoyed our meal and some celebrating with friends for about two or three hours.

When we came outside to retrieve my truck, the same valet could not find it. I had to remark, "I have a truck so big that at first, you didn't know where to put it. Now you've forgotten where it is?".

 

He found it after about a 15 minute search and we went on our way.

Thats kinda like what mikemjohnson was talking about on page one. Lift if tall enough that they have to make a spot for it out front. haha

[racerkvn]

Man that sucks...

 

I'm pretty sure I seen your truck a few weeks ago over by Bridgestreet. If it's the same one, that's a good looking ride man

[gSwift]

Man that sucks...

 

I'm pretty sure I seen your truck a few weeks ago over by Bridgestreet. If it's the same one, that's a good looking ride man

Are you referring to my All Terrain or my the truck in my profile picture? The profile pic was my first 2014 and just never changed it to the new one. But either way you probably did see it there. My girlfriend works for Buckle at Bridgestreet and she was probably making me come buy something to boost her sales. haha