Have you ever sue a landlord

for keeping your entire damage deposit? Recently I moved to a new place in a hurry and didn't have time to clean the carpet in the old apt. I got her message that she was very disappointed that I damaged the carpet! There are just three obvious stains on the carpet in the living home(18 feet by 18 feet). I was outragous after her email. I hired a carpet specialist to do the estimation. They said that fixing the carpet is less than $200. But the landlord withheld $600!
This is her messages:
When you took posession of the apartment
> >the carpet was in excellent condition without one single stain. The move in
> >sheet (you signed) confirms this. There is now considerable damage to the
> >carpet that can not be repaired by cleaning. There is no damage to the
> >apartment other than to the carpet. As for the carpet it was in
> >excellent shape when you moved in, and is now heavily damaged, and will
> >probably have to be replaced. Since you are the person that signed the
> >lease you are responsible. We will get the carpet cleaned , and pay for the cleaning. After paying for cleaning the carpet,
> >the remainder of the deposit will be used when we replace the carpet in the
> >future, as could be expected. We are very disappointed to see how badly the
> >carpet was damaged. We have decided not to
> > take you to court and request a judgement to have you pay to replace the
> >carpet (which we could easily do).......

I'm very angry that she threatened me in her email and said that she could take me to the court because there are some stains on the carpet! She should have simply done the professional estimation before she said craps like that. What would you do if you were in my shoes?

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