Valet lost the keys to the S500

***** happens. Ask for cost of the key and forgive the guy. It ain't the end of the world. Someday something bad will happen to you and you will look back at being pissed off about this and wonder why you wasted the energy.


What happened to the spare set anyway. Is it possible he isn't the only one who lost some keys?

 

change the locks on the car and get new keys, and give the bill to the resturant. You don't know if someone purposely "lost" your keys.

 

Be sure they didn't "lose" the car too!!! Did you see the car?
Was it stolen? Holy Ferris Bueller!!!! I HATE to valetpark, this gives me another reason to not do it!!!

 

I've seen this happen at work. If the employee was like you said(apologetic and such), then just have the company cover the cost of the rental, replacement key, and funds lost from deposits or reservations.....If the kid was a prick about it, then I can see raising a fuss.

 

Sounds like a perfect opportunity to rent a Gallardo Spider for a week.

 

S500? I thought you had an Audi?

 

Similar thing happened to a friend of mine when we were out a couple of years ago. We requested that they show us the car, spoke to the manager & got a report. They rented him another vehicle and paid the cost for replacing the key.

The next day when they still did not find the keys, he requested that the car be towed to the dealership until the new key could be obtained (that way the car was not just sitting downtown, and just in case the key was "found" someone would not be tempted to take the car out).

IIRC his spare key was out of town with his wife.

This shht happens. Could have been worse my friend.

 

I suggest checking on the car also, if you have not already.

You only had one key? Not a good idea........

 

You beat me to it, that happened to my parents a couuple of years ago. The valet left the keys in the ignition.

 

+1




and +2 to the comment about having only 1 set of keys. Don't you have a spare?

 

Believe me this is the TRUTH!!

And I too find it hard to believe that you cant get the secound set I know came with the car, or that this is your only car. You must have a personal car.

And, yea, go rent a shelby cobra or something fun and have them cover it!!!

 

So? They should cover a comprable car. And check Hertz. They rent the cobra in West Palm Beach. Might have a few there and they are like $1k a week.

 

Just a thought. If you're talking about $3K for a week's rental plus all the expenses with a new key or replacing the locks, possibly pushing the expenses up to $5K, you may want to get the circumstances and their reimbursement pledge in writing. That's probably much more than they expect.

Imagine you get the key re-cut, you drive the car away Thursday and you send them the bill for everything after that. "What's this bill for? We never lost your key. You were too drunk to drive home and left the car here".

 

Antony, what a drag. Do you have the spare key? You should almost try and have them comp you a table too, thats a big deal to lose your table at Hyde. Definitely don't let this down, there should be no argument on their end..

 

sh it happens make them pay for a similar rental, free dinner, replacement key and get over it.
The guys life is probably hard enough without some stuck up owner not being able to get his table at some club and making a big stink out of it and potentially getting the guy fired(if he hasn't been already). There has to be something else you could worry about then this.

 

Yes, this is a great idea! If I had done that when my car was stolen by Valets, I would not have had the trouble I did!!!

 

I cant believe that the company will make its employees pay for it. Crazy, I thought the company would be liable for its employee's mishaps.

 

You're a nice guy for doing that.

But I have to wonder about the valet company. Don't they have liability insurance? If a car got dinged or scratched, would they make the valet pay for those repairs too?

 

Is he paying for the new key as well?