Daughter broke neighbours bike

[Fortheloveofpizza]

Basically as it says. Brand new bike which for some reason she jumped on when walking passed. No idea what she was thinking but it’s snapped something and seems can’t be fixed. I wasn’t aware until this morning when another neighbour mentioned it and gave me recommendations for where to go for a replacement.

Personally if it was me I’d never ask for a replacement and put it down to kids being kids. I have spoke to my daughter but she can’t explain why she did it . It’s totally out of character. AIBU not to buy a new bike?

YABU. If your child has broken someone else's bike, then obviously you offer to replace it like for like, without being asked.
Depending on your child's age, I'd also be reducing her pocket money by a little bit every week for a while - even though it won't cover the whole cost, she needs to understand the consequences of her actions.

@ANEC & @Miranda65 fyi, this thread is a reverse.

It was @Fortheloveofpizza's child's bike which was broken, her child did not break the bike, the neighbour's child did!

Aye. This.

Yes you need to have the bike fixed. Either take into a bike shop or but an equivalent replacement from Ebay or Marketplace.

I cannot believe you needed to ask!

Why TF do you think the bike owner should pay to replace a bike your kid deliberately broke? Why them instead of YOU? I think you knew the answer before you posted, if this is even genuine. Ridiculous.

EDIT: Okay, I see it’s a reverse. Why do that?

I'm glad I looked at all OP's posts before I bothered to respond

Hate these reverse threads

Definitely try a bike shop, I'd be surprised if it's unfixable.

Whatever MNHQ says about reverses, people are perfectly entitled to find them annoying and to say so.

Are you for real ? Your child broke someone’s brand new bike ! Get the child a new one now

Even cheap bikes should be robust to withstand being stood on by an 8 year old. The parents are CFs and they should pay but I guess there’s not much you can do if they won’t . Take it to a bike shop and they might be able to fix it or if not there are places that do up old bikes and either give them away or sell on cheaply

@Fortheloveofpizza Personally if it was me I’d never ask for a replacement and put it down to kids being kids.

Don't be ridiculous. Replace the bike, punish daughter.

Im not sure if anyone else has mentioned this but you might want to check your household insurance as the bike may be covered. Of course the excess may be more than the bike is worth but worth checking. If not, then yes your neighbour should replace the bike.

My son also is in a phase of being intentionally destructive and I would offer to pay for anything he broke (eg a child’s toy at soft play recently)

My bike broke recently when it fell over, and a repair man in a bike shop im London fixed it in three minutes and charged only £2 so worth a try (the neighbours should have offered to do themselves!)

I think it’s find to text neighbour to tell them it’s broken and ask them to either take it to a repair shop tomorrow or transfer the £60 it cost

I am so confused.

You originally said it was your daughter who broke the bike, indicating it was a girl who did it. But it being a reverse, it was actually someone else's daughter that did it. Unless you were inserting your own daughter into the original post, and posing her as the perpetrator. Which, if you were pretending to be the neighbour, doesn't really make sense (do you see how ridiculous this is sounding).

However you then say "he came over and apologised", "I don't know how he did it" and "he" is 8.

Right, ok. So you have the daughter, and it was the neighbours BOY who broke the bike.

But NOW you're saying - when asked about it breaking so easily - "he" outgrew "his" last bike fast, that's why you didn't buy an expensive one? Who is "he"? You're the mother of the DAUGHTER aren't you?

This is why reverses are fucking stupid. Stop being so convoluted and just ask things outright as yourself, and tell the truth.

Cos I'm honestly not sure this story is even real. It seems utter bullshit where you are forgetting which gender the characters are supposed to be 🙄

This.

Mmmm. Sorry is all very well but neighbour should pay for the damage too. I'm sure it can be fixed at a bike shop, though that won't be cheap either. Get a written estimate for the repair and go have a chat with them. I wouldn't just let it go, even if they never pay up they I'd want them to know how cross I was.

See if you have a Repair Cafe in your area and if so try them to see if they can fix the bike for free. Next time look for second hand bikes in your area, you'll probably pick up a decent quality bike for cheaper than brand new.

It's a reverse.

It sounds like a cheap piece of crap bike if that’s all it took to break it, I’m sure it’s repairable

It's entirely possible that I'm being slightly dipsy here, but why would anyone do a 'reverse"?

Eugh reverse 🙄🙄🙄

She broke it. You pay.

Simples.

I noticed the slip up in gender of her child too and just assumed OP is changing details to try to avoid being outing and has gotten herself all confused

So you daughter took property that didn't belong to her, broke it & you think you shouldn't replace it. Are you quite sane? A grovelling apology, a new bike and a long sit down with your daughter regarding, nicking stuff and taking responsibility for her actions. What exactly are you teaching her? What next a car into a wall?

You are an appalling neighbour.