"Jim Flom " wrote in message
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Thanks to others who have offered their input. Seems like the right thing
to do is suck it up, and quietly cover the guy's reasonable repair costs
as he sees it (even if I disagree). I'm going to look into my insurance
(good idea), but I bet the deductible exceeds the cost of the repair.

And if he ever damages anything of yours, there won't be any question as to
whether or not he should cough it up for the higher estimate :-)