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Offline Shelbyright

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Has Honesty gone with people these days?
« on: July 09, 2014, 07:24:21 AM »
We were happily camped at Coffs Harbour for a few days and having a great time. Went to pack up yesterday and noticed someone had reversed into our camper and bent the stonegaurd and broken the weld. I can easily get it fixed. But might take longer to get the bad taste out of my mouth being a new camper. Chances are the person would have not even know they did it, but if they did they could have just said something.

Seeing a lot more of what they call "Diminished Responsibility" ?hese days.
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Re: Has Honesty gone with people these days?
« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2014, 07:32:23 AM »
Few weeks ago I had a rental car in Sydney. Parked overnight in the hotel car park. Next day came out and someone had swiped the front left bumper (reversed in) - left a big white paint mark and scrape.
Didn't leave a note.

So I got slugged for the repairs by the hire company. Was not happy
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Re: Has Honesty gone with people these days?
« Reply #2 on: July 09, 2014, 07:38:42 AM »
Went to the supermarket & on 2 different trips got dinged . Bashed on both sides , that's what you get for shopping in a " Free Range Zoo "   The bastards cant write , little alone own a pen so no notes , nothing . They will be 1st up against the wall        ,    come the revolution    >:D
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Re: Has Honesty gone with people these days?
« Reply #3 on: July 09, 2014, 07:58:35 AM »
was that at the shep zoo?

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Re: Has Honesty gone with people these days?
« Reply #4 on: July 09, 2014, 08:00:20 AM »
Yeah, it seems the standards are dropping

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Re: Has Honesty gone with people these days?
« Reply #5 on: July 09, 2014, 08:01:03 AM »
Pretty rotten if they did know.
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Re: Has Honesty gone with people these days?
« Reply #6 on: July 09, 2014, 09:11:33 AM »
Dos'nt realy matter even if they do leave a note .. A bloke chasing parts to repair his fresh damaged car , handed me the note left under his wiper , it read " The people who saw me hit your car think I'm doing the right thing and leaving you my details, BUT I'M NOT THAT F***ING STUPID ..." 
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Re: Has Honesty gone with people these days?
« Reply #7 on: July 09, 2014, 09:21:00 AM »
We have 2 new cars, Damx & a Korando, the Korando is my wifes trolley, she has taken it to the shopping center a few times and it looks pretty
ordinary for a new car, my Dmax will never get anywhere near a shopping center.
Out of the 5 small dings in my wifes car, not one left a msg.
I'm going to buy a beat up old ute for a shopping car.


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Re: Has Honesty gone with people these days?
« Reply #8 on: July 09, 2014, 09:32:42 AM »
We had an old "Shite Box" 1996 Mazda 121, parked it anywhere, not a single ding in 7 years... don't ask me about the NXR or XR6, learn't that lesson quickly.

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Re: Has Honesty gone with people these days?
« Reply #9 on: July 09, 2014, 09:38:45 AM »
 Statistically crime has fallen but not sure honesty has.


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Re: Has Honesty gone with people these days?
« Reply #10 on: July 09, 2014, 09:44:11 AM »
not so sure anything is different at anytime and statistics can be adjusted to what u want. Just my thoughts
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Re: Has Honesty gone with people these days?
« Reply #11 on: July 09, 2014, 09:50:45 AM »
to answer the question in the title of the thread

"YES"
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Re: Has Honesty gone with people these days?
« Reply #12 on: July 09, 2014, 11:14:27 AM »
My wife spent a hour in a shopping center one day looking for the owner of a car that she nudged with the Patrol. New black Chrysler 300 from memory. Went into the Police beat and all.
Ended up leaving a note on the car. The owners were so stunned and impressed that someone would do this they went out of their way to get the cheapest quote to fix.

I should add ours still hasn't been fixed ??? And she still thinks the tree that I backed into at Levuka leaving a scrape on the bumper was from one of her shopping trips aswell >:D
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Re: Has Honesty gone with people these days?
« Reply #13 on: July 09, 2014, 11:24:13 AM »
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Re: Has Honesty gone with people these days?
« Reply #14 on: July 09, 2014, 11:39:48 AM »
I saw a Ford station wagon full of back packers back into the front of a BMW last year and they couldn't get out of there quick enough. Unfortunately for them there were a few people who saw it happen and we all caught their number plate! I hope the owner caught up with them.
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Re: Has Honesty gone with people these days?
« Reply #15 on: July 09, 2014, 12:54:04 PM »
Quote from: gordo350 on July 09, 2014, 07:58:35 AM
was that at the shep zoo?

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Re: Has Honesty gone with people these days?
« Reply #16 on: July 09, 2014, 12:55:31 PM »
Why is it that when you go to a shopping centre carpark and park your car way over the back all by itself with tons of empty parks all around you that when you come out there is always another vehicle parked right up close next to you. >:(
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Re: Has Honesty gone with people these days?
« Reply #17 on: July 09, 2014, 12:58:35 PM »
safety in numbers  ;D ;D :cheers:
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Re: Has Honesty gone with people these days?
« Reply #18 on: July 09, 2014, 01:08:08 PM »
Quote from: Robbo on July 09, 2014, 12:55:31 PM
Why is it that when you go to a shopping centre carpark and park your car way over the back all by itself with tons of empty parks all around you that when you come out there is always another vehicle parked right up close next to you. >:(

I ask myself that very question every time.  And it is not usually a nice shiny new car who is thinking you wont open your nice shiny new door onto them so they should be safr.

Noooo .............its always some oldsh..box that hasn't been washed since new, dents in every panel and bald tires.

I am a car snob......... I know :-[
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Re: Has Honesty gone with people these days?
« Reply #19 on: July 09, 2014, 01:53:29 PM »
Dropped me wallet at coles did not realize 2 days later whent in and asked if they had me wallet and pluk me some honest person handed it in money and all (rare).
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Re: Has Honesty gone with people these days?
« Reply #20 on: July 09, 2014, 03:02:49 PM »
Quote from: RallyDog on July 09, 2014, 01:53:29 PM
Dropped me wallet at coles did not realize 2 days later whent in and asked if they had me wallet and pluk me some honest person handed it in money and all (rare).

Sorry RallyDog but i think your post needs to be shifted to the Fiction Section. ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Has Honesty gone with people these days?
« Reply #21 on: July 09, 2014, 05:12:40 PM »
Good old fashioned country people hay Robbo   
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« Reply #22 on: July 09, 2014, 05:48:32 PM »
I think also a letigious society is to blame

I left a note once and after numeous abusive phone calls and me having to engage a solicitor to explain to his solicitor that this is the purpose of insurance it was finally resolved after 6 months.

All over a ding in the door that the owner of the vehucle and his dodgy panel beater claimed caused 6k of damage.

Ohh and then a further attempted suit for distress and financial hardship cause i kept refffering him to my insurance company and would not just write him out a check

After that one i will leave the rego number of my vehicle and who it is insured by. I will never again leave a phone number, and if i had no way of photographing the evidence of damage i would seriously be thinking twice after the above
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Re: Has Honesty gone with people these days?
« Reply #23 on: July 09, 2014, 05:57:31 PM »
Quote from: Bird on July 09, 2014, 09:50:45 AM
to answer the question in the title of the thread

"YES"

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Re: Has Honesty gone with people these days?
« Reply #24 on: July 09, 2014, 06:08:53 PM »
My old Pathfinder had seen, Birdsville Track, Loveday, Oodnadatta Track, Victorian High Country & lots of cross country trips.

Most damage to the car was at the local Shopping centre?????

Saw a mother let her daughter play with the trolley and nearly hit a car...   Luckily it missed and the daughter got an ear bashing...
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