Repairing damage at an expensive place – who pays
Question
Hello,
A person broke his friend's glasses. The injured party had them repaired in a shop that does the repair immediately but is expensive. Does the one who caused the damage have to pay the higher price, or only as much as it would have cost had he waited a week?
Answer
Hello and blessings,
He must pay according to the price it would have been had he waited a week.
Source
Since the common practice for repairing glasses is to wait a few days, the value of the glasses and the extent of the damage are assessed according to the regular payment that people usually pay for such a repair, and not according to a special, expedited repair. The fact that in the meantime he was without glasses is considered only indirect damage (grama) and is not regarded as monetary damage at all.
