That's shitty...
A buddy of mine once hit a pothole so hard that it broke two of his wheels. He went to the town with a repair bill - and they paid it.
Yeah... I've never seen that before and I've never seen it since.
I doubt the city would pay for the repairs on my bike if I approached them, a phone call would probably not hurt but it would be pointless
I have no idea how he pulled it off. Well, I know he went to the town manager's office and complained. He was polite, not loud - but insistent, and had documented the hole as well as the repair costs. The hole was there because they were working on a water line or something and they didn't have it marked with cones or anything. That much I recall.
But. yeah, they actually paid for the damage. I've never seen that before. I've never seen it since. Then again, he's the only one I know that has tried it - and mentioned it to me. I mean, others may have done so and just not told me. Everyone else would just suck it up and figure the town wasn't gonna pay them shit.
It's not like this is widely tried or discussed! So, yeah, he's the only one I know who has been able to pull it off.
Was he friends or acquaintance or related somehow with someone close to the city manager?
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