Jimmy Joe
Gold Member
We live in a rural area and about a mile away is a park that has three ball fields and a small golf coarse. The park is run by the local Lions club we enjoy walking over to it with our Labrador retriever next to it is an old railroad right of way which we walk also. The golf coarse used to be a five hole and recently upgraded it to a nine hole coarse so they had to squeeze some of the holes in for lack of space.
So the other day I am driving home from work and as I am passing by the park with my new, less than 5000 miles pickup, I hear a bang on the truck. Knowing immediately what the sound had to be I pulled over and sure enough a golf ball put a dent in the side of the truck. I turned around and drove into the park 3 young people were golfing. I asked if they had hit the ball that hit my truck and one young man said yes it was his. I didn't know how to handle it so got his name and phone number and also called the sheriff department because this was a new one for me, they said I needed to talk to someone from the golf coarse.
I called someone from the Lions club they informed they never heard of this before but would contact another member that should. He called me back later saying it sounded like it would go under the Lions insurance that I should contact my insurance and they would go after their insurance. I contacted my insurance and was told to get estimates which came to over $1200.00 and give it to the Lions member. Turns out the Lions member is a lawyer we called him numerous times finally he returned the call and left a message to drop the estimate off at his office but he didn't know what they were going to do with it.
I dropped it off and asked to speak with him as I didn't know what he meant by that statement and of coarse he was with someone the girl at the desk asked if it was about the truck and said she would give it to him. Never got a reply after dropping it off so called and asked to speak with him and it sounded like I could and then oh no he is with someone I told her to have him call but nothing. Talked to my insurance they said he would not return their call either. Insurance said they would fix it but I would have to pay my $250 deductible. My question is what do you think I should do I hate confrontations and the Lions do a lot for the area? Two things really irk me, one is no call back and the other is the hole that I was hit by is hole number 7 which is right next to the road, it is a short hole and you have to hit right toward the road to play it.
So the other day I am driving home from work and as I am passing by the park with my new, less than 5000 miles pickup, I hear a bang on the truck. Knowing immediately what the sound had to be I pulled over and sure enough a golf ball put a dent in the side of the truck. I turned around and drove into the park 3 young people were golfing. I asked if they had hit the ball that hit my truck and one young man said yes it was his. I didn't know how to handle it so got his name and phone number and also called the sheriff department because this was a new one for me, they said I needed to talk to someone from the golf coarse.
I called someone from the Lions club they informed they never heard of this before but would contact another member that should. He called me back later saying it sounded like it would go under the Lions insurance that I should contact my insurance and they would go after their insurance. I contacted my insurance and was told to get estimates which came to over $1200.00 and give it to the Lions member. Turns out the Lions member is a lawyer we called him numerous times finally he returned the call and left a message to drop the estimate off at his office but he didn't know what they were going to do with it.
I dropped it off and asked to speak with him as I didn't know what he meant by that statement and of coarse he was with someone the girl at the desk asked if it was about the truck and said she would give it to him. Never got a reply after dropping it off so called and asked to speak with him and it sounded like I could and then oh no he is with someone I told her to have him call but nothing. Talked to my insurance they said he would not return their call either. Insurance said they would fix it but I would have to pay my $250 deductible. My question is what do you think I should do I hate confrontations and the Lions do a lot for the area? Two things really irk me, one is no call back and the other is the hole that I was hit by is hole number 7 which is right next to the road, it is a short hole and you have to hit right toward the road to play it.
