So my question for DadAG on this deal is where are the boundaries? Is there no limit to your liability? How do you draw that line?
What if the window you broke was a custom stained glass window that cost $800? Would you pay to replace it then?
Or what if it was a custom-sized triple-paned nitrogen-filled ultra-insulating window that cost $700?
What if you hit a screamer into someone's fence and it put a big dent in it and they thought you should be liable to replace the entire fence panel for $500?
How about someone who put a very expensive ornamental ceramic garden gnome in their yard and asked you to pay $1000 so they could ship it to Milan to be glued back together and repainted?
I'd be willing to bet that there is a line that you wouldn't be willing to cross, and at the end of the day your reasons for refusing to cross that line probably aren't that different from someone who would refuse to pay for a broken window.
Also, does the homeowner have any responsibility in this social contract? Should they know better than to put $1000 garden gnomes adjacent to their fence? Should they exercise common sense and not hang custom made crystal bird-feeders from their tree that's 175 yards from the tee box? Is their any responsibility to use some kind of impact resistant material on their windows?
What if the window you broke was a custom stained glass window that cost $800? Would you pay to replace it then?
Or what if it was a custom-sized triple-paned nitrogen-filled ultra-insulating window that cost $700?
What if you hit a screamer into someone's fence and it put a big dent in it and they thought you should be liable to replace the entire fence panel for $500?
How about someone who put a very expensive ornamental ceramic garden gnome in their yard and asked you to pay $1000 so they could ship it to Milan to be glued back together and repainted?
I'd be willing to bet that there is a line that you wouldn't be willing to cross, and at the end of the day your reasons for refusing to cross that line probably aren't that different from someone who would refuse to pay for a broken window.
Also, does the homeowner have any responsibility in this social contract? Should they know better than to put $1000 garden gnomes adjacent to their fence? Should they exercise common sense and not hang custom made crystal bird-feeders from their tree that's 175 yards from the tee box? Is their any responsibility to use some kind of impact resistant material on their windows?