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Originally Posted by Tyl3r
You are twisting my words. The door ding does not cause the diminished value; the accident report does. A future buyer will not know whether the cause was just a door ding or if airbags were deployed. I was suggesting to the OP they he not file a claim to avoid there being a record of the incident and to avoid the hassle of having to explain this to the future buyer of the vehicle.
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No, your words just have no facts behind them. For the 3rd time, you're talking out of your rear. The body shop does not report accidents, police reports do. Then they classify the accident by how bad and if the car is drivable. Body shops themselves rarely report to carfax, and IF they do it's classified as "vehicle serviced" and in some cases what was done. Such as "refinish per estimate" or "replaced trim/bumper/mirror". In many cases where the work is under a dollar amount or covered by a general insurance policy it's never reported.