Fender bender at the farmers’ market part 2

I’ve been getting asked about the latest update with my fender bender incident.  And this will be the last time sharing about it. I am no longer doing business with the markets. I was prepared for my exit, but also wanted the whole claim to be done and over with before I said or did anything.  

In case you have missed what has happened, you can catch up on part 1 of the fender bender incident. 

The other party, Reckless, that hit me did a no show at the market, thus screwing over her employer and the market. She just ran off to Nicaragua the weekend she was scheduled to work. Her employers did not have anyone to work, having to do a no show at the last minute, and then getting kicked out of the markets for doing a no show.

Meanwhile back home, my car is got repaired, I had a rental for a couple of days, and Reckless is unreachable by the insurance company. They had a chance to talk to FW (fake “witness) though lol.  

Prior to returning their call, FW asked if I had spoken with my insurance company. I said that I did and asked if he had also. He said no and wondered why I gave them his info. “Well, you wanted to be a ‘witness’,” I said.  

“You are not going to like what I am going to tell them,” he warns. Inside, I am chuckling (since it is his “witness” statement against all evidence). “Okay, when are you going to call them?” I ask. He looks confused and proceeds to tell me when he will make the call.  

The insurance company gets back to me some days later to fill me in on the latest updates. They tell me that in his statement, FW said that there was no accident and that the damage on my car is prior damage. What a doofus, since appraisers can tell the oldness and newness of damages. The only common ground that his statement and mine (fact) was that Reckless was backing up while I was stopped.  

I honestly don’t even know how they even had the audacity to make such claims and who they thought they could fool when so much evidence was at play lol. And since Reckless has remained unreachable, my insurance company handed over the file to the collections department. They don’t mess around. Had I tried dealing with the whole matter myself, it most likely would have dragged on, with unnecessary headaches and her/them trying to further play more games.  

In the end, after the claim was fully closed, I said what I had to say to the market and “witness” and called them out. I told them that it was not necessary to come through with a fake “witness” because there was no risk of the market getting into any sticky situation. I’ve been getting mixed info from others, saying the market and/or Reckless’ employer could have some liability. When I later asked my insurance company more about how that’d work, they said that only the other party that caused the damage has liability. And as expected, the the market manager longer wanted me at the markets anymore after I said what I said lol.  

UPDATE as of mid July 2024

So it looks like Reckless’ employer decided to look the other way despite her “screwing them over” by doing a no show and they’ve rehired her. The market also looked the other way and took them back after saying that they weren’t allowed back after the no shows lol.