A friend of mine who's female works at this strip mall that's highly populated. You can't find a parking spot no matter what time of the day. There's like 12 stores... and probably 60 parking spots for all employees and customers. Just not enough parking spots during business hours.
First incident was a minor scratch about 5 months ago. Located driver side door... not that deep... could easily be buffed out... about 3 inches long. Could of been a possible key attempt? But they didn't press hard.
Second incident happened about a month later. Passenger side door. Deeper mark. About 4 inches. Not so sure you could buff it out completely.
Third incident... (about a month later) severe bumper damage rear/left side of vehicle. Definitely someone backed up into the vehicle. No other explanation for it.
After all of these incidents... she finally saved money and fixed all of these issues. She didn't want to claim it on her insurance because she was afraid the rates would go up. A guy who I know very well fixed everything for her at a great price.
Not even having the vehicle back a week from the body shop... a 4th incident occurred. Seems like someone intentionally tried to gouge the door with a sharp object. Can't miss it... passenger side and seems like it went through all paint layers of the door. 2 Marks side by side... looks like a straight edge screwdriver.
A few of the businesses have cameras but have refused to help out in this situation.... and won't allow her to view the footage. She did call the police to come out on the 4th incident. The police said they wouldn't come out because it was a non-threatening situation. They told her to take photos and call her insurance company. (Again... very odd.)
So, what would you do in this situation? You have a beautiful car that you're leasing.... it's getting gouged up for no reason (while you're at work)... you've tried parking in different spots to help avoid the situation. What would be your next move??? Just an absolute odd situation. I wouldn't even know what steps you could take in preventing this? Any ideas?