THIS SUCKS! Need opinions, please.

Hahah nice story 25th. I had a similar situation happen to me and my brother. we were at a hotel in Pennsylvania and my brother's 94 gt was sitting out in the parking lot. Late that night we got back from some bowling and noticed a scuff on his rear bumper and his tailpipe was bent. We were like WTF...no note on the windshield or anything. I started walking around the parking lot and what do i find. A brand new f-350 towing a white enclosed car trailer parked way in the back dark section of the lot. On the back left corner of the trailer is a 6" gash from my brothers tailpipe and some red paint above it! The height of the gash an tailpipe we exactly the same! Easy! So we snap a bunch of pictures with cellphones, leave a note on the guys truck with our phone #, write down his license plate #, and tell the hotel front desk. The next morning he calls us and we meet him in the parking lot to discuss it. He says sorry but all it needs is some buffing and bend the pipe back! We told him it was a $450 cat back and that was not an option! I called the cops and told the guy that he essentially did a hit and run...b/c he did not contact us at all. After telling the cops the story we made the dude look like a douche and got a 500$ check from the guy! New cat back!
 
LOL! That's the truth. You should have heard the shop owner tell me, "I know that you THINK my shop did this, but none of my guys said they did and were actually admiring your car, since they're all muscle car guys themselves." Yeah, that means no one accidentally damaged my paint.