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Old 02-25-12 | 09:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Sffd103
SO Sorry to see bro!! This is exactly why I don't let anyone touch my ride!!! EVER!!!
Originally Posted by HeartmyIS
Wow that's bad, I never let anyone touch my car either.
Originally Posted by brociouz
Sorry to see this man. This reminds me why I never let valets touch my car.
Touched, touched, and driven
Old 02-25-12 | 09:30 PM
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i never ( well 99% of time) give my keys to vallet people. God knows what they do it. There is always that feeling when you give the keys to a unknown person
Old 02-25-12 | 09:49 PM
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r u *****en serious???? dang!....
Old 02-25-12 | 10:03 PM
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That sux to see. Yeah if your ride dropped with a kit never vallet. They dont drive dropped cars everyday like we do. Hope it works out.
Old 02-25-12 | 10:06 PM
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The bumper still repairable, my bumper tabs cracks millions of times, the shop made me a special bracket to hold my bumper cover and the fenders. You can also buy a bumper quick release if you want the job done easier.
Old 02-25-12 | 10:10 PM
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Sad;( Sorry to hear that.....
Old 02-25-12 | 10:17 PM
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You may just have to eat up the cost of the deductible on this one... File a written formal complaint to the owner of the valet services and see if the company will take action.

Have a body shop check on the bumper and maybe they can salvage the bumper... You may need a brand new fender liner though.

Good luck... minor cosmetic damages can easily be fixed It's just unfortunate that you were not responsible for damages
Old 02-25-12 | 10:23 PM
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That is terrible. I can't believe valet companies and liars can get away with stuff like this. Too bad you can't ****** that $10 tip back from him. I wouldn't blame you if you never wanted anyone else to drive your car ever again. Hopefully you'll be able to get this fixed soon.
Old 02-25-12 | 10:42 PM
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Wtf!! Makes me want to be aware of the vallet. Now.
Old 02-25-12 | 10:45 PM
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sorry about the situation. Keep us posted on this situation.
Old 02-25-12 | 11:00 PM
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sorry to hear bout that.. have you tried pushing the bumper back?
Old 02-25-12 | 11:22 PM
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Damn... totally sux to hear...

If they still won't do anything about it, report them to Better Business Bureau and give them a crappy review on yelp. You may also want to hit up news stations since they have consumer advocates who love to report on this. Negative publicity is going to hurt... bring that up to the manger.

I always double check my car whenever some one drives my car such as valets, dealership or a bodyshop. The second you drive away, it's a lot harder to claim for damages.
Old 02-25-12 | 11:27 PM
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man that's terrible! sorry to see that. i really hope they don't get away with this!
Old 02-26-12 | 12:12 AM
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I hate to see this. That really is terrible. I had the same thing happen to my car after hitting a tractor trailor tire cap on the highway. I took the tab that broke and superglued it back on and then took a soldering iron and meted the plastic at the seem back together. I have had it like this for months thinking it wouldn't last long but sure enough it has.
Old 02-26-12 | 01:56 AM
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Originally Posted by kim0217
The bumper still repairable, my bumper tabs cracks millions of times, the shop made me a special bracket to hold my bumper cover and the fenders. You can also buy a bumper quick release if you want the job done easier.
+1. fixable. My bumper looked exactly like yours. I ended up fixing it myself with some bondo.



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