If you check the rest of the pictures in my other post you would see that this is not curb rash. I'm not a 16 year old driving around curbs. I expect support on this forum, not skepticism.
https://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.php?t=659534
Above is a post for a Miata.
Here are a million others.
One story I read happened the tech did not use the plastic guard when removing the tire. He admitted in front of the manager that he scraped the rim. This does happen.