BS.
Everyone has dinged a door at one time or another. I have always been in the enviable position I work in an industry that I can get someones car fixed for $50 through a vendor at a car industry cost. So the couple times I have over the years, I have always waited around. But for people that don't realize a door ding costs $50-100 bucks to fix will lie through their teeth thinking they are going to be out $500.
I park in a condo parkade. And the reject that parks next to me dinged my last GTI with POS dilapidated 1996 Jimmy with his back door. The car was a week old, and I was in Hawaii for 2 weeks, and I always do a quick walk around of my cars before I go away for an extended period. He denied it like I was crazy. The point of his back door lined up exactly with the damage vertically, and horizontally it was within a finger width. It was literally the only make and model of vehicle that could have dented that exact spot with how the rear doors are designed. When I said "Look, you are making your self look like an idiot over $75 bucks, just do the right thing and pay up. You know you did it, I know you did it, and I am on the condo board and have access to the security videos. I'll sift though the last 2 weeks of footage if I have to." It was amazing how quick he paid and all of a sudden "Oh, it's only $75.....well I am pretty sure I didn't but I guess you have a point. It does look like it was my Jimmy. That's only $75?"
The last part of the statement was all but an admission. If I said it was $750, I would still be trying to collect.
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