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Originally Posted by topfiverecords
It's not like you were out $7k. You were out a sea-doo. You had a choice, #1, accept that he can't afford to fix it and you move on as friends minus a sea-doo. Or #2, grind him for the money and be out on the water alone on your fixed sea-doo. You chose number 2.
Sorry, but it sounds probable that because you were a bit of a huge prick about the damage that he curbed his intentions of paying you back. I know if I owed a friend money for something like that and they were reasonable about it I'd be dedicated to paying it back as quickly as possible. If they were a complete dick about it though I could easily get to the point of telling them to screw off.
Reach out, even if just a response to his message is a nice thing to do to ease some thoughts on his side.
Me, I'd rent us sea-doos, go for ride and catch up, tell him I was a dick taking him to court.
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Honestly, you sound like a ######.
Trying to justify not having to pay something back because it's a luxury item? The mere fact that you're willing to state that if you owed someone money, you could easily get to the point of telling them to screw off instead of paying them back because they somehow didn't live up to your standard of reasonable? That's not how life works, and the reason they had to go court in the first place. If a "friend" of mine owed me money and decided not to pay back because he didn't like my attitude, not only is friendship over but he's getting a fat lip. I would hope any friend of mine would also beat the #### out of me if I decided not to pay them back. Especially when we're talking about $7,000 here.
Under the assumption that the friend was in the complete wrong when it came to breaking the sea-doo, he had the opportunity to not only take responsible but keep the friendship intact and didn't.
With that said, I don't think it would hurt to reach out and express your feelings towards your friend. At worst you don't like the response and can walk away in the same position you are now, but the upside is you get back a friend or maybe even some money.