FortWayneGunfighter
Sharpshooter
Hey INGO a while back about 6 months i borrowed a friends car to drive home on leave me and another marine (he was driving due to my license being expired) drove to and from Indiana with no issues(apart from changing the battery). we get back and park in the parking lot where overnight someone backs into his car a bit and leaves a finger size dent in the back fender which when returning the car we noticed now we got insurance involved and the deductible was 300 which we gladly said we would pay. The owner of the car agreed and said no rush on this it was just a dent a couple months go by and he takes leave comes back around November now anyone who has been a marine knows all junior marines are broke living barely paycheck to paycheck and remain so until after they get back from leave so he agreed thankfully to not make us pay until the end of January it is the 16th we got paid yesterday and today after work we got the whole 300 together and told him we were bringing it to him. The owner then says that this was taking too long and he was done with waiting he was taking us to court and we were going to have to pay the total of 585 instead of going through insurance....advice? I feel like i am being messed with this seems a bit like some form of extortion i have the text messages from him saying that he would accept the 300 by the end of this month i am right in assuming that that coupled with bank records showing we pulled the 300 out to pay him he has no case and that all will happen is he will get the 300 and pay court and lawyer fees and it will take more time to get his car fixed...? Help please i really dont want this guy getting the driver in trouble with the platoon. There was no police report filled and we had already talked to the insurance company when the incident originally happened