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Post by pvr » Wed Mar 14, 2018 12:27 pm

Ducklakeview wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 11:59 am
davros wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 11:57 am Well done tracking her down Mike. I’d love to see her face when she receives the solicitors letter. I bet your blood was boiling when you saw the security tape, especially when she only checked HER car for damage :x
I've not seen it - Data protection....

BUT, my solicitor will show me when he gets it.

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I challenged that when the police blocked me from seeing the burglar image after he had been caught on dna. I asked them to point out what part of data protection was relevant, which they could not. So I got the images anyway.
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Post by firebobby » Wed Mar 14, 2018 5:18 pm

Glad you got the bitch, now with the worry and shock, she may just loose her hair :|
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Post by Magicarcher » Wed Mar 14, 2018 9:00 pm

Sorry for your damage, hope it gets sorted out ok.
Mr Tidy wrote: Tue Mar 13, 2018 8:27 pm It's one of the reasons I don't use my Z4 as much as I'd like - I avoid using it whenever there is a likelihood of it being in a car park. :( It's bad enough if it happens to the daily, but even with that I always park one side at the end of the row to cut the odds down a bit!
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Post by Grumpyowl » Wed Mar 14, 2018 9:46 pm

For a change a little bit of good news Mike :thumbsup:

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Post by Mr Tidy » Wed Mar 14, 2018 9:47 pm

Ducklakeview wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 11:20 am So, update - We have her reg and the security guy says you can clearly see her not only hit it, but get out and check HER car for damage without giving mine a second look

Spoken to police, and they aren't bothered one little bit - It'd be different if I was doing 35mph in a 30 zone though...

Luckily one of my good friends is a solicitor specialising in accident claims

Just sent him the reg, and within the hour a claim will be presented directly to her insurers, he is also writing to CPC to get a copy of the video.

Karma....

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Great news Mike - now it's time for her to pay for her stupidity! :evil:
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Post by Ducklakeview » Wed Mar 14, 2018 9:55 pm

Grumpyowl wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 9:46 pm For a change a little bit of good news Mike :thumbsup:
Much needed at the mo..

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Post by Mr Tidy » Wed Mar 14, 2018 9:57 pm

Ducklakeview wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 9:55 pm Much needed at the mo..

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For sure. :thumbsup:
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Post by bz4kev » Wed Mar 14, 2018 10:25 pm

Bring back hanging I say :evil: even that’s to good for them :x
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Post by jamie_z4 » Wed Mar 14, 2018 10:27 pm

Ducklakeview wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 11:20 am So, update - We have her reg and the security guy says you can clearly see her not only hit it, but get out and check HER car for damage without giving mine a second look :evil: :evil:

Spoken to police, and they aren't bothered one little bit - It'd be different if I was doing 35mph in a 30 zone though...

Luckily one of my good friends is a solicitor specialising in accident claims :)

Just sent him the reg, and within the hour a claim will be presented directly to her insurers, he is also writing to CPC to get a copy of the video.

Karma....

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cheeky bitch! Glad you are progressing though! Z4M bumper on the insurance did you say......
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Post by GAZA62 » Thu Mar 15, 2018 8:47 am

Good news Mike :thumbsup: feel for you on this one and watching that video would make my blood boil :x

Magicarcher wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 9:00 pm Sorry for your damage, hope it gets sorted out ok.
Mr Tidy wrote: Tue Mar 13, 2018 8:27 pm It's one of the reasons I don't use my Z4 as much as I'd like - I avoid using it whenever there is a likelihood of it being in a car park. :( It's bad enough if it happens to the daily, but even with that I always park one side at the end of the row to cut the odds down a bit!
I'm with you Mr Tidy, where I am going and where I am likely to be able to park dictates if I drive my Z4 or not. Really sad but not only are there too many people without scruples, but too many supermarkets that cram as many cars as possible into the car park and often there is barely room to open doors!
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Post by MACK » Thu Mar 15, 2018 10:13 am

Data protection arguement here is a load of nonsense. What data are they protecting exactly? The reg number of the offending vehicle? The one the gave you anyway!
Another scourge of modern society, data protection spouted left right and centre by muppets with no concept of what it actually means/involves.
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If it were me I'd be back on to the cops armed with the reg and the fact there is footage and insisting it's a crime and I want action. If they give you the brush off I'd formally complain to their PSB department. That should do the trick!
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Post by pvr » Thu Mar 15, 2018 10:38 am

MACK wrote: Thu Mar 15, 2018 10:13 am
If it were me I'd be back on to the cops armed with the reg and the fact there is footage and insisting it's a crime and I want action. If they give you the brush off I'd formally complain to their PSB department. That should do the trick!
Did that, and all you get is a letter stating that they do not have the resources for this if there are no injuries blah blah, followed by a generic bit of cr*p stating what they put their resources on.

I have long lost faith in "justice" where they hound you to death for a few miles over the limit with no expenses spared, but when there is a real proven crime issue, they don't want to know.
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Post by MACK » Thu Mar 15, 2018 12:19 pm

pvr wrote: Thu Mar 15, 2018 10:38 am
MACK wrote: Thu Mar 15, 2018 10:13 am
If it were me I'd be back on to the cops armed with the reg and the fact there is footage and insisting it's a crime and I want action. If they give you the brush off I'd formally complain to their PSB department. That should do the trick!
Did that, and all you get is a letter stating that they do not have the resources for this if there are no injuries blah blah, followed by a generic bit of cr*p stating what they put their resources on.

I have long lost faith in "justice" where they hound you to death for a few miles over the limit with no expenses spared, but when there is a real proven crime issue, they don't want to know.
Obviously they'll be regional differences but all I can say is this worked with GMP when something similar happened to my wife's x5 a few years back. Couldn't be bothered at first but by the end of it they done a proper job and even told us the car park at the chill factory manchester had anpr as well as cctv, which we hadn't spotted. They found the van driver went to his employers and he basically got sacked for his dishonesty and then done by the cops as well. We would have been happy just getting he bumper fixed but i guess it was all his own fault. Seems to work with Gmp I know a few others who have used this tactic and got action for various things especially if you mention taking it to the ipcc or what they're calling it this week. They really don't like it when you do that!
Its amazing how Gmp got out to Jaime Carragher and the sleaze bag that filmed him in record time for next to nothing but took three weeks to visit a mate of mine who was assaulted by his neighbour and then only after he went to PSB. Intersting too how the sleaze bag is going on a awareness course for being on the phone despite that supposedly being stopped as an option for phone offences in March last year.
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Post by ph001 » Thu Mar 15, 2018 1:06 pm

What a sod :x

I've had this happen twice to me - once in a Morrisons car park where the entire front wing of my black Z3M was stoved in. Culprit drove off - no cctv. Then back in my early twenties somebody completely trashed the back end of my Rover 220 Coupe turbo whilst it was parked in a cul-de-sac outside a friends house. Again, just left the scene. Never found out who did either.

The is in addition to loads of dents from clumsy car door opening. I'm so paranoid where I park now it's unbelievable...then when you come back to a row of empty spaces and somebody with a car full of kids parks right next to you it really boils my piss.
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Post by pvr » Thu Mar 15, 2018 1:18 pm

But even when you are in the car and you catch them, it does not help a lot. A Range Rover opened his door in my Audi which had my son and daughter in it at the time, all he said was "what are you going to do about it" and walked off.

And they tell you that you are not allowed to take the law in your own hands??
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