Small dilemma

Big plant fell off my windowsill the other night and went right through the windscreen of a neighbour's car. He wants me to pay his excess, probly about 50 quid. I want him to f**k off, even though he was really nice about it.

What should I do?

Posted By: Worzel Scrimmage on March 1st 2010 at 16:15:45

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Small dilemma (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 1, 16:15:45
- pay up you tight wad (n/m) (General Chat) - shoddy, Mar 1, 16:38:20
- how is the plant? (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 1, 16:35:08
  - I'm so glad you asked (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 1, 16:40:59
- Should be covered under the PL of your household policy, so he can claim from you (General Chat) - megson, Mar 1, 16:33:49
  - except I don't have any house insurance, costs a fortune here (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 1, 16:35:19
    - Jaysus. I considered being all insurance geeky and criticising that decision till i read (General Chat) - megson, Mar 1, 16:40:43
      - totally outrageous isn't it (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 1, 17:02:37
- Ask him if he'd rather you paid his tiddly excess (General Chat) - camcan, Mar 1, 16:27:34
  - he'd rightly claim that he himself was a victim of the earthquake (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 1, 16:30:43
  - That's a good idea, but I think we both know what he'd prefer (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 1, 16:30:25
    - A threesome with Angelina Jolie and Megan Fox? (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 1, 16:57:54
      - who wouldn't? (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 1, 17:02:51
        
        Graham Norton (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 1, 18:00:13
- Pay up (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 1, 16:25:21
- act of god innit (n/m) (General Chat) - Pixelman, Mar 1, 16:18:39
  - surely insurance companies don't pay out on acts of god do they? (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 1, 16:23:29
- Tell him to fuck off, it was an Earthquake (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 1, 16:16:50
  - yeah, but we have been asked to remove plants from the exterior of the building (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 1, 16:20:50
    - Doubly your fault then (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 1, 16:26:42
      - I am tending towards paying, but I'd be amazed if the insurance co. (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 1, 16:29:55
        
        Times are hard for insurers, Worzel (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 1, 16:30:46
        
        Not if they are all like Worz and dont have insurance (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Mar 1, 16:47:41
        
        I'd say probably no more than 5% of the public has home insurance (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 1, 17:03:26
        
        That's partly why it's so expensive. There's no cross-subsidy. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Mar 1, 17:14:46
        
        only if the people who do get insurance are particularly likely to claim on it (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Mar 1, 18:12:48
        
        true enough, they'd go under if they took action in every possible case though (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 1, 16:33:58

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