I think he was NOT directing that at YOU or at any one person, but saying it as a generality. Crap Happens. Any number of things could happen. I am not sure, but I would figure there would be more people that just one trustworthy guy handling the donor
parts. It isn't too far of a stretch to imagine somebody putting the shroud down and then somebody else accidentally dropping something else on it, or the shroud getting scraped by accident. Saying that it could be paid for sometimes wouldn't cover it. Don't think there are that many perfect
parts available THAT COULD BE PURCHASED to replace it. Here is a small example....I rear-ended my Brother, 350Xhilaration, on his near perfect 350X. The TANK was PERFECT. Not a ding, scrape, scratch or rub mark....nothing. I hit him, rolled him, dented the tank. No matter how it happened, it did. The tank is damaged. It can be fixed, but it will NEVER be the same as the ORIGINAL, PERFECT TANK. A part like that.....never saw one for sale. If one ever DID come on the market....sheesh, guess I gotta mortgage the house.
Anyway, I guess the point was and is, he wasn't bringing YOUR ethics into question, and some
parts are too rare to take a risk with. Good luck on your repos....it will help lots of guys.