Hey guys,
Today I had the unfortunate experience of backing into another car. I was exiting a plaza parking lot, when I remembered I had forgot something, put it in reverse and backed into a car that was directly behind my truck. I did look in my rearview, but between the incline of the street entrance and the low vehicle I hit, It was not visible. My bad.
My trailer hitch had left a "ball" imprint in the bumper of this 06'ish pontiac vibe.
I got out, made sure everyone was ok (1 km accident lol), and asked the nice woman to head to the body shop of her choice, have it repaired/ replaced at my expense.
She calls me tonight to meet for the estimate, 11:30 am, making sure ill be there. I told her no problem. (I already talked to the owner of the shop after the accident)
After I get off the phone I realize that she wants me to be there to give her the cash for the estimate.....
Im going to pay the colission center and wont under any circumstances be putting cash in her hand, The accident happened on company time, in my company vehicle, while picking up business related supplies. The accident is a business write-off.

Tell me, is this unfair of me?
Should it be her choice to take the $1500 and pocket it?

On a side note, 2 years ago my wife did something very similar. Put a small scratch in a 1995 van, the guy told me he wanted 550$ to have it repaired, I put cash in his hand. Of course he never did repair it.
This makes one "accident" for each of us and im feeling the heat from her aswell lol.

Thanks,
Eric