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Originally Posted by trekkor
Size of the dent and cost of the repair are irrelevant.
Maybe to you. The rest of us seem to think it's relevant.
He ended the friendship, not I.
Can't say that I blame him, under the circumstances.
He tried to play it off as a joke. Like it never happened.
I wasn't laughing.
He should not have done that. I'll give you that one.
And, I have no control over the price of body shop labor rates and the fact that they will have my truck for 3 days.
You have complete control over where you take it to be fixed, how you decide to deal with it and whether you get it fixed at all. You would honestly be w/o your work vehicle for 3 freaking days to got a door ding repaired?? One that is so tiny you will not let us see it after starting this thread? What's wrong with you? It's on the front fender, right? I got an estimate to paint the roof of a new BMW, including a new factory sunroof seal, that was significantly less than $740 and it was from the most expensive body shop in all of Los Angeles.
Why is whether or not I can afford to pay the $740 out of pocket to do the repair myself if it was my fault or the age/purpose of the truck relevant?
KT
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Anyone can afford $740 if they're really that crazy. A homeless guy could probably scrape it together. No one asked whether you can afford it, only whether you would choose to pay that out of pocket for a ding. The age/condition/purpose of the vehicle is absolutely relevant, IMO. Would you do a $700 door ding repair on a $1k beater? I'm using an extreme example to make a point. It's relevant. If it was a brand new, $60k truck, I'd get it fixed, maybe. Any paint work on a high-value vehicle can be worse than a tiny ding in many cases, so that's why I say "maybe".
Don't misunderstand me, I think that you are justified in being pissed at your friend's inconsiderate and careless behavior around your truck. But to make a federal case over it under all of the circumstances known or assumed, (you are hiding important data), and to consider an insurance claim over a door ding on an old truck is really bananas. IMO.