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Toddler hits neighbour’s car, parents receive unexpected invoice for the damage

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Accidents happen and being honest about it is always the best policy.

So when these UK parents admitted that their toddler damaged their neighbour’s car door they were expecting the worst: a big bill to pay.

Instead, the parents received a heartwarming note letting them off the payment for the damage.

Turns out the 3-year-old accidentally dented the neighbour’s car while opening his door on his family’s car, reports the Mirror. The parents told the owner about the accident and that they would pay for the repair to fix the door.

A few days later, after reminding the neighbour about the damage, the mom received this invoice.

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On the bill, the neighbour listed the two repairs to the damage and some miscellaneous costs including “numerous cups of tea” and “numerous packets of biscuits” for “pondering” the costs of the repair. The grand total of repairs, re-spray, tea and biscuits ended up being £1,838.00 (which rounds up to nearly $2,900).

But the last item on the bill read “these things happen” with no charge as the final amount.

The mother shared the bill on her Facebook account and it soon made its way onto Reddit where it attracted a lot of comments.

The mom explained that she was honest about the accident: “My silly 3 year old accidentally hit a neighbours car last week when opening his door. We admitted it at the time and told the owner we’d pay for the repair (cheaper than going through insurance). Chased him up today and got this invoice…Wow such wonderful people xx.”

The note did have one request, asking that the parents keep taking their parcels in when they weren’t home. Seems like a nice neighbourhood.