"Free" meal shock!

[baybizz]

>> A saleswoman who was offered a free meal by a car dealership that damaged her vehicle has defended running up a bill for £714 (~ $AU 1,438  $US 1,110) at a Michelin-starred restaurant, saying it was a “once in a lifetime” occasion! The car dealership agreed to pay for a meal for two after the woman's £20,000 Audi A3 convertible was damaged on the forecourt when a delivery lorry smashed into it. She took her mother to a top resturant in Covent Garden, London, where they racked up a £714.61 bill...

>> The garage called the amount “excessive” - but offered to pay for half the meal...

(London Evening Standard)

www.standard.co.uk/news/london/expensive-free-meal-10230562.html

[imastawka]

I'm with her.      They should have put conditions in writing.

Or at the very least a voucher for a good restaurant.

You can't offer a free meal and then not give parameters.

Open slather as far as I'm concerned.

And good old mum had a good time as well  

[justpolls]

I hope she gets to pick which half to pay. 

[cmcoins2000]

Only - 4 Bottles of Veuve Cliquot

The girls were slipping.

[kopenhagen5]

I think it's 4 glasses. Veuve Rose.

I hope they repaired the car as well.

[cmcoins2000]

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@kopenhagen5 wrote:

I think it's 4 glasses. Veuve Rose.

I hope they repaired the car as well.

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Should have been 4 bottles Kopes.

Realised this as 72 quid would not quite cover.

[tommy.irene]

[steaming.chill]

I don't see how the free meal thing came about, if the dealership dameged her car, they should pay to fix it, or get insurance involved. The meal offering has me confused, but if they offered to pay, then they should pay the whole meal, not half.

I can't see a meal costing that much, or anyone being hungry enough to incur that kind of expense. But I suspect it's possible in some places. Even when I go all out on a meal, I never pay more then 10, that would be 71 meals for me with 4 left over.