God bless run away grocery carts :)

[lexustami]

I don't know... but I think the homeless might need some more food. $1200.00 could buy a lot of food for a homeless shelter.

Maybe "someone" is testing you.

Take care,

Tami

 

[Scrambled Egg]

I hope the guy did not get fired right here at Christmas for an honest mistake....

 

[KrisRose]

Jeaucamom- You do what you want with that money. You are not being dishonest, nobody got fired, and if people what to give to the homeless they can get money out of their own pocket.

 

[arlee453]

Gee, to not be 'judging' y'all sound pretty judgemental to me.

The store offered to pay for the damage. Obviously they do not feel the estimates are high, or they would have contested it - they are just glad to settle a legitemate claim for $1200 - many people would try to milk it for more, and a LOT of the claims against stores are outright fraudulent.

She is not breaking the law, committing fraud or being a horrible person by filing her claim and doing what she wants with the money.

And I'm sure the kid didn't lose his job over it, if was a one-time accident.

I don't think taking $200 out of the money to treat oneself to an incubator is being selfish. If she chooses not to fix the car, the other poster is right in that the money compensates for a lower resale/trade value. She is not obligated to get the car fixed, return the money OR give it all away.

Jeau - do what you need to do with the bulk of the money - fix the car, buy presents for the kids, pay bills, give it to charity, heck burn it for firewood if you want. AND treat yourself to an incubator with the rest.

You do not know her situation - SHE and her family may be the one needing help this Christmas season....

 

[LoneCowboy]

Gee what a bunch of hard noses around here. You deserve it. I look at it this way. If somebody dings my car, and I choose not to fix it, but use the money elsewhere that's my decision. The money I collect is what I'll probably take as a loss on the resale value of the car when I sell it.

And I don't want you to listen to anybody otherwise. I doubt that anyone of them has done as much for the homeless, abused chickens, or others as you already do. You go for it, and get that Hovabator with the picture window. Sob

that has the controlled temp. sob

and the egg turner sob

you know.... the one I want

Hey, you have enough to buy one for a friend

Hi Friend!!

 

[Queen of the Lilliputians]

Gosh.. wow.. Weird..

Anyway..

Congrats! I'd go for a SUPER DUPER nice one, spend 3/4 of the money on that.. LOL! Give the other 52.50 to my dh. I'm so freakin' generous.

See.. now the only people putting dents in MY car are the jerks dh works with. And then he comes home and says not to worry, he's got a friend who can fix it no problem..

2 years later.. dent is still there. ARG!

And I think 'someone' is telling you that you deserve to treat yourself. Totally agree with LoneCowboy on this one.

Meghan

 

[DuckLady]

As someone who works at a grocery store with special needs employees, I would like to say that we had such a similar incident. The special needs person almost lost his job and after many months is afraid to bring in grocery baskets, the person taking the $1100 for a door dent made it very clear he was grateful that we had such "stupid" employees and he had no intention of fixing the damage with the money. That is what his insurance was for. He also made the remark that if he had known it was so easy to get money from a grocery store, he would have "gotten hurt" when the cart hit his car even though he was inside shopping at the time. There were no witnesses to the cart hitting the car, but the special needs employee came and told us.

The store pays for insurance for those things

The store take the loss off its bottom line, insurance doesn't pay for stuff like that. Yeah they could contest it and likely win, but add the cost of attorneys and other costs and it is cheaper and less hassle just to go with the first estimate.

I am not judging anyone, just presenting the other side.

Congrats on your windfall.​

 

[TxChiknRanchers]

I dont think that it is dishonest to spend the money where you want to! Its your car ! If you dont want to fix it you dont have to! The damage was done they paid you for the damage. If you spend the money on eggs or christmas, its your money! You will be debited the value when you sell or trade, but IT is your business, enjoy your incubator if thats where you choose to spend the money!

There now ! with that and your $ you can buy whatever you want!
Randy

 

[Lunachick]

Jeaucamom - Let us know which incubator you get!

 

[Katy]

OK...I'm confused...Her car is hit in the parking lot by an employee.......there's witnesses...the manager comes out takes pictures and tells her to get an estimate and they'll pay....the store is willing to pay the estimate.....so tell me what did she do wrong in all of this??!! NOTHING that I can see. I dare say there's not a person here who wouldn't be excited to have a little extra cash...especially this time of year. It's her car and her decision....she never said she's gonna spend every penny on a incubator. Give her a break...it's not like she found the money in the parking lot and was making no effort to find the person who lost it. Ok, that's my vent on the subject...Enjoy your new incubator!!