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Not to replace babysitter's ipad screen that DD2 cracked

296 replies

Somerville · 22/08/2017 13:58

DD2 managed to slip over holding teenage babysitter's iPad last night. Complete accident.

It was babysitters decision to bring it - there was no need for her to. And really she should have it in a case. But I digress, because of course I would be unreasonable not to have it repaired.

It's a major PITA because I can't drive right now so I've done long bus journey to nearest town with a repair place (who quoted £60 over the phone) to be told once there that her iPad glass (the latest, 2017 model, which is just called IPad, or colloquially IPad 5) isn't replaceable on its own - they tried to charge me £200 to order in a whole new screen, plus as yet undefined fitting cost. Shock

I'm suspecting/hoping that they were uninformed or trying to con me, but I don't have much signal (on bus home now with tearful DD2) so google research is slow.

6 missed calls from babysitter on when she can expect her iPad back, which I'm dodging until I have more idea. Help me to not be unreasonable and point me in the direction of cost effective and fast way of repairing it please, please, please...

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youngestisapsycho · 22/08/2017 14:10

Can't believe PPs saying that your child broke it so you should pay.... stupid babysitter should not have given her expensive item to a child to play with. I have a brand new ipad and my DDs 11 & 15 are not allowed to touch it at all. I certainly wouldn't give it to a small child to play/run around with!

Ameliablue · 22/08/2017 14:10

If the babysitter was in charge of your child at the time and let her have it, when really she shouldn't have brought it at all, she should take some responsibility. I might agree to pay half but wouldn't be prepared to pay full cost.

whiteroseredrose · 22/08/2017 14:10

Did your DC take it or were they given it? If taken you pay; if given its babysitter's daft fault.

BabsGanoush · 22/08/2017 14:11

Stop fucking about poor girl. She was babysitting and doing you a favour. If you mess her about you will be looking for a new babysitter.

Pay up and/or claim on YOUR house insurance - this is what it is for.

And for those saying "what was she doing with it", what do you think. It could easily be a mobile.

LushBlitzer · 22/08/2017 14:11

Home insurance policy is unlikely to cover it.
If it's £200 to fix, the excess is probably more than that anyway.
Do does the insurance cover accidental damage? Not all do, you'll have to check terms and conditions.
Accidents happen. Parents are responsible for their kids.
Think how you would feel if you were in her position.

LoyaltyAndLobster · 22/08/2017 14:12

YABU - your child broke it, you need to pay for it to get repaired.

stormytherabbit · 22/08/2017 14:12

I can't believe people are saying it's the babysitters responsibility.
YOUR child broke it!

Winterview · 22/08/2017 14:13

I wouldn't pay £200! I'd give her some money towards it as a goodwill gesture. She shouldn't have brought the iPad to your house or let a young child play with it- that was foolish. She's responsible for her own possessions!

AldiAisleOfCrap · 22/08/2017 14:13

Of course you should pay for it, she brought it for entertainment reasons and was kind enough to let your dd use it. How old is dd2?

FreudianSlurp · 22/08/2017 14:13

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Aeroflotgirl · 22/08/2017 14:14

Really I would tell her to take it back to the Apple shop if its under a year, find out if they will charge her, if so how much, and pay half. It was her decision to bring it, your dd was holding it, if it were that precious why did the teenager not take better care of it, allowed a young child around with it.

Neutrogena · 22/08/2017 14:14

Give her the money and let her get it repaired.

PurpleMinionMummy · 22/08/2017 14:14

Presumably it happened whilst you were out? so she was responsible for your child at the time. Anyone with any common sense would realise it's a bad idea to let a child walk around with an unprotected ipad. I'd probably offer to pay half, begrudgingly.

greendale17 · 22/08/2017 14:14

Your child broke it, you should pay to replace it.

If this happened in a shop you would have to do the same

tiggersdontlikehoney · 22/08/2017 14:14

Erm let me get this straight

Babysitter CHOOSES to bring an expensive fragile piece of technology to a jib she knows involves a small child

Babysitter CHOOSES to not, as most would, keep it hidden until child goes to bed but show it to them

Babysitter CHOOSES to hand the expensive fragile item to the small child

..And then demands someone else pay when small child breaks it

That about right?

Sounds like a life lesson for the babysitter, no way the OP should be paying. She didn't ask them to hand the item to her small child did she?

stormytherabbit · 22/08/2017 14:14

Why isn't the OPs DD responsible for damaging someone else's property?

ItsNotLit · 22/08/2017 14:15

I think you should pay. If your DD was holding it and tripped then it seems quite straightforward that it was her 'fault'. I think it's normal for a babysitter to bring an iPad to use once the D.C. have gone to sleep.

BTW how old is your DD?

BlondeB83 · 22/08/2017 14:17

I would take it to Apple and see what they say.

Louiselouie0890 · 22/08/2017 14:17

If she let your child play with it then it's her own fault. Does my head I'm when my mum let's my son play with her very expensive glasses I've told her countless times not too as I won't be replacing them if he breaks them.

StaplesCorner · 22/08/2017 14:17

I'd be asking how hold is the babysitter - her parents may have insurance that will cover it. I have a gadget insurance on my bank account, teenage DDs don't know this. Your babysitter may be covered already.

When my DDs have broken their iPads, one in particular when it was new, they don't repair that one, they take it and return a reconditioned one to you and you have to pay for it as well. You need to look into this, but also to see what her parents say, or ask her to ask them.

StaplesCorner · 22/08/2017 14:17

"how old is the babysitter" I meant

peachgreen · 22/08/2017 14:18

First of all, get her to check her warranty status, just in case she's got AppleCare and doesn't know it (unlikely!): checkcoverage.apple.com/gb/en/;jsessionid=WvWxZcrDyhbydJ2L2xcNCGJ6LQn682TVshcQVKjLhhxXtxyd9rLT!885623949

Probably she hasn't, in which case you're out of luck and will need to get it repaired (accidental damage isn't covered under the year's warranty). Personally I'd go with her to Apple. Sometimes, if there's something else wrong, they'll replace it for free (v. unlikely, but worth a go). If not, they charged £250 to fit a new screen. You can get it for £200 elsewhere (as you discovered) but if it doesn't work, you have a broken iPad that Apple will no longer repair so you'd have to buy a whole new one.

user1489675144 · 22/08/2017 14:18

Of course you should pay for it to be fixed your child broke it.

Tell her not to bring it again.

House insurance?

InfiniteSheldon · 22/08/2017 14:18

I would offer a token amount but it's 100% the babysitter's fault. She should have been doing the job she was being paid for!!

Justdontknow4321 · 22/08/2017 14:19

The op hasn't even said how old her Dd is, or if her dd was given it to play or her dd took it off the side to play with.

People saying just pay a token amount, how's that going to bloody fix it. Her child broke it, she should pay for it. Most babysitters bring some type of entertainment to use while kids are in bed, she could of jut been being nice and letting her dd have a go. Somebody people would try and wiggle out of paying for anything.

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