Gotcha. Above all, I'm certain Aaron will take care of you to the best of his abilities.He's going to get back to me on Monday once he knows the price for the repair. Now that I'm recalling the conversation he said to me that "probably" the cost will be enough that I could cancel the order - agreeing with your point about minimum $1,000. I may talk to him more about options at that point. I wonder if I could get them to throw in a complimentary extended warranty. That would sweeten the deal considerably. Others have mentioned paint protection / ceramic coating. I confess I know nothing about those technologies, so I need to go do some research and learn about them
Reason I bring up some form of paint protection (PPF would be best if you aren't paying for it) is because you're going to essentially have two different paint jobs on the truck; one from the factory and one from the body shop. PPF would help stop the paint from wearing down and looking just a bit off. The way that some of these trucks I've seen have come from the factory, I also wouldn't be surprised if they have to do a full paint correction to get it to look right.
All that said, I'm admittedly CDO about my paint. A lot of people probably wouldn't notice it or care, especially if you don't think you'll keep the truck for 10 years.
Might be a hard ask to get something like the extended warranty. I think they're going to look at it like you're getting a "new" truck and that they fixed the issue. If any dealer would do it, I'm sure it would be Mark Dodge, but I don't know that even they would. The additional paint protection directly addresses the concern about the paint, so that might be an easier sell. Either way, can't hurt to ask.