So here's the back story. On St. Patrick's Day i went to a friends house and had some drinks... big surprise. So i spend the night and when i go outside to leave, the glass from my passenger side mirror is hanging by the wires and the housing is shattered. A few weeks go by and no one fesses up to it, then i go back one day and see my friend's brother's Jetta (that was parked next to me that night) has a big ding in the door right at the level of my mirror. I call him out on it and he tells me to get it fixed and just let him know how much it will cost to avoid going through his insurance. I found a mirror through Ed Morad for $60, and found a shop to paint it for $50. $110 dollars for a heated, motorized, auto dimming mirror and a re-paint is pretty reasonable in my eyes.
So last week i hit him up for the money at the bar one night, and he gives me some big spiel about how he got a new mirror off VW Vortex for $45 for his car, and that he thought the price was ridiculous. I stayed cool and just brushed him off, even though i felt like telling him he should have found me a Bonneville mirror off Vortex if it was so simple. Originally his brother said he would just pay me for it since his brother is a douche, but now he thinks i originally told him the mirror was $25 and gave me some story about how his brother is kind of hard up for cash right now. This is unfortunate, but not my problem what so ever.
Basically I am going to call him for the money again today, and if he doesn't pay up my options are...
A. Break his mirror (childish, illegal, doesn't help my situation at all)
B. Punch him in his fat head (childish, illegal, doesn't help my situation at all)
C. Small claims court
I know where he works so i figure i can park my car next to his and take some pictures of his door ding next to my broken mirror, and i have witnesses to the fact that he parked next to me, admitted to breaking it, and promised to pay me for it. Has anyone ever filed something through small claims court? What is the process like? Fees?
So last week i hit him up for the money at the bar one night, and he gives me some big spiel about how he got a new mirror off VW Vortex for $45 for his car, and that he thought the price was ridiculous. I stayed cool and just brushed him off, even though i felt like telling him he should have found me a Bonneville mirror off Vortex if it was so simple. Originally his brother said he would just pay me for it since his brother is a douche, but now he thinks i originally told him the mirror was $25 and gave me some story about how his brother is kind of hard up for cash right now. This is unfortunate, but not my problem what so ever.
Basically I am going to call him for the money again today, and if he doesn't pay up my options are...
A. Break his mirror (childish, illegal, doesn't help my situation at all)
B. Punch him in his fat head (childish, illegal, doesn't help my situation at all)
C. Small claims court
I know where he works so i figure i can park my car next to his and take some pictures of his door ding next to my broken mirror, and i have witnesses to the fact that he parked next to me, admitted to breaking it, and promised to pay me for it. Has anyone ever filed something through small claims court? What is the process like? Fees?