Just pay for it yourself and get on with your life. £5 for some mortar and an hour's work, not worth the hassle IMO.

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Because sometimes it's not worth spending possibly months calling up people who don't care about your wall trying to get some chav convicted in court so he has to pay the costs, just to have to then wait to get the money out of him.

If you've got that kind of time in your life then good for you, but sometimes it's easier to just suck it up.

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Well then obviously do that and don't bother asking the question.

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Also don't forget about the lions/gargoyles that got dislodged of the pillars and have now been stolen off the ground.

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Now this is OTT, have you seen OP's location...

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True, but they did get crashed into by a stolen Saxo before being nicked, so maybe they'd only been installed a few minutes before.

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As owain said if the damage is relatively minor just crack on and sort it yourself.

Sometimes it’s just not worth the agro.

I think there is a victims compensation fund for things like this. The rossers should be able to advise you on this when you call them

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I'm sure a post shouldn't cost too much, but then again it could work on a % of the cost basis.

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Subject: bloody saxo's!!
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ok so here i am sat watching that annoying mike brewer on discovery shed and i hear sove boy racer car nothing new, then it starts revving up ok maybe someone i know but no the police have been chasing a saxo vtr and it had pulled on my drive to hide from them, when the police pulled over the saxo had reversed knocking down my post and crashing into the police van and got away, traffic people have been to take pictures etc and taken with them the parts of the saxo that fell off but left all the bricks and a post on my neighbors drive which they said would be cleared and wasnt, so who pays for the post then? apparently the car was stolen so will it go through the guy whos car it was insurance or through the police after all they were chasing him, im going to ring up in the morning and see if its ok for me to smash up the post and move it, anyone know how i should handle this?
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Just pay for it yourself and get on with your life. £5 for some mortar and an hour's work, not worth the hassle IMO.
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owain wrote:
Just pay for it yourself and get on with your life. £5 for some mortar and an hour's work, not worth the hassle IMO.


Are you having a laugh?

Why should he have to sort it out? The guy who stole the car *should* pay for it, but we all know he won't so it's probably best left down to the Police or the insurance of the victim. Personally, I would be non-stop on the phone to the law until they got a contracting firm to come around and rebuild it for me.
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Because sometimes it's not worth spending possibly months calling up people who don't care about your wall trying to get some chav convicted in court so he has to pay the costs, just to have to then wait to get the money out of him.

If you've got that kind of time in your life then good for you, but sometimes it's easier to just suck it up.
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What if you dont have time to fix the wall but you have chance to use the phone while at work eg?
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What if you dont have time to fix the wall but you have chance to use the phone while at work eg?


Well then obviously do that and don't bother asking the question.
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also don't forget to trip over the now loose bricks and get £43,700 in compensation
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Also don't forget about the lions/gargoyles that got dislodged of the pillars and have now been stolen off the ground.
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Also don't forget about the lions/gargoyles that got dislodged of the pillars and have now been stolen off the ground.


What, the solid gold ones with the diamonds for eyes?
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buzzbrightyear wrote:
Also don't forget about the lions/gargoyles that got dislodged of the pillars and have now been stolen off the ground.


What, the solid gold ones with the diamonds for eyes?


Now this is OTT, have you seen OP's location...
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The whole scenario stinks, this guy was doing nothing wrong just sat inside his house when all this happened...

What an annoyance, I would claim everything I possibly could and I would NOT let up until I got it.
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Now this is OTT, have you seen OP's location...


True, but they did get crashed into by a stolen Saxo before being nicked, so maybe they'd only been installed a few minutes before.
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i would fix it myself but its in many pieces, not a small post either i had to move the post with an engine crane,
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As owain said if the damage is relatively minor just crack on and sort it yourself.

Sometimes it’s just not worth the agro.
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We need pics!
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I think there is a victims compensation fund for things like this. The rossers should be able to advise you on this when you call them
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gman wrote:
I think there is a victims compensation fund for things like this. The rossers should be able to advise you on this when you call them


There is but it's very limited.
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ian7675 wrote:
gman wrote:
I think there is a victims compensation fund for things like this. The rossers should be able to advise you on this when you call them


There is but it's very limited.


I'm sure a post shouldn't cost too much, but then again it could work on a % of the cost basis.
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Don't get me wrong I agree, you shouldn't have to pay for it at all and I'd be annoyed too. However, having seen how these things play out for before, even if you do get it paid for eventually it could be months or years, so if you don't want to still be dealing with it by then and having bricks all over your driveway, it's probably easier to just sort it yourself.

Obviously this depends on your own circumstances, how own time to money balance, and how bothered you are about it. If you have a mate who could fix it for beer tokens, just do it. If it's going to be hundreds to replace your Roman wall then it's worth pursuing.

Or just call up the officer who's dealing with it and ask him outright if it's worth it or just going to be a waste of time.

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