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Have you ever loaned something out to a friend or relative ?

RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
edited November 2001 in General Discussion
Have you ever loaned something out to a friend or relative only to chase them down to get it back?...or....had the item returned damaged?
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  • AntiqueDrAntiqueDr Member Posts: 691 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    "Neither a borrower nor a lender be..."William Shakespeare
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  • Guns & GlassGuns & Glass Member Posts: 864 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yes,to some people, and...NO, to others.If, I lend something out and I "know" that the person will take reasonable care, and they will return it timely, the odds of not having a problem are in my favor because, I put them there.If, I know/suspect the opposite is true of that person, I would expect to have a problem,...because the odds are not in my favor.Any time I loaned something out it's my choice to choose the odds, and there should be no surprises.It's better to say "No" up front, then "chase" them, the $$$, or a broken item. It's not easy, just better .Sounds like you have/had a situation.
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  • bartobarto Member Posts: 4,734 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    its been my experience that youre less likely to get your stuff back from relatives than from others-guess its a kinda "family" thing.whats mine is mine & whats yours is mine.lol
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  • gunnutgunnut Member Posts: 724 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have loaned a "relative" a muzzleoader only when I got it back 2 yrs later it was missing the ramrod,scope,bolt handle, and it hadn't been cleaned in 2yrs, really a mess,last time for that person. Other than that I have a select few that are welcome to anything in the safe!. As I speak a good friend/nephew has just came by and borrowed a 4wheeler and a rifle to go hunting this person also has a key to my house and the code to the alarm. I would trust him with anything and he has proven to be responsible and reliable! He is also A former Marine, I will state that his word is as good as gold in my opinion. These traits are rare in this day and age!!
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  • RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    A relative borrowed a Power miter saw....3 years ago, still hasn't returned it.Loaned out my sandblaster so long ago, I forgot who has it....Mrs Rembrandt borrowed my truck to run an errand, stopped by the local McDonald's scraped the side on a post in the drive thru...Loaned some photos to a friend to make copies....2 years ago, still haven't returned them.I just looked in the mirror....."easy" is printed on my forehead...that must explain it...
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  • gunpaqgunpaq Member Posts: 4,607 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Never lend out your wife, chainsaw, or grandpop's gun. They will either not return or return worse for wear.
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  • toastmonkeytoastmonkey Member Posts: 11 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I once loaned several books and some tools to a friend. A couple years later I went to a garage sale he had there and you guessed it. I still give him a hard time about it. But I don't lend him anything anymore either. I put address labels inside the covers of any books that I lend and do the same thing to video tapes.
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  • dheffleydheffley Member Posts: 25,000 ✭
    edited November -1
    Rembrandt,It's happened to me everytime, yet I continue to do it. Must be something wrong with me, huh?By the way, how's the finger?
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  • RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    deheffley, finger is healing up nicely, still sore. Seems to be real sensitive to cold.Guess I'm a sucker for loaning things out....I gotta remember, "just say NO!"
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    I seem to be out of bubble gum cigars at the moment..Pardon me Lord Rembrandt,do you think I could borrow a few?~Sir Lord Beekeeper~
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  • RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    "Borrow" implies they will be returned when you're done.....why don't you just keep them....I've got plenty.
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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If someone asks me to borrow something that I know for a fact that they absolutely need and I have a rare chance of ever seeing it again, I just forgo the whole uncomfortable bit of trying to get it back by giving it to them as a gift. Most of the time they start feeling all guilty for asking and return it immediately in good condition. Rembrandt--I sliced my finger with a box-cutter while working at the packing plant several years ago. It healed just fine but it is still incredibly cold-sensitive to this day. I hope yours returns to normal ASAP.
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  • LowriderLowrider Member Posts: 6,587
    edited November -1
    I once loaned a buddy a huge stack of guitar songbooks to take with him to Alaska for the summer. He got drunk, quit his job, got on the plane and came home, leaving all his/my stuff up there.Some of the older music I've never been able to replace.I'm still pissed about it after nearly 30 years.
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  • RobinRobin Member Posts: 1,228 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I loaned a perfectly good 5' disc (a tractor implement)to a neighbor back in April. After several calls requesting its return, I noticed it in the barn this past Saturday. Attached to the implement was a "Thank you" note and a bill charged to my account at a local Kubota dealer for almost $80.00. Seems like my neighbor hit a stump a broke three discs and a bearing. I also noticed the shaft was bent. He did not fix that. I knew I should not have loaned this out but felt it was the neighborly thing to do. I always wondered why people tend to get ornery as they age. I think I am slowly finding out, with age.
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  • mlincolnmlincoln Member Posts: 5,039 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I gave Kaina L. my heart many years ago, and quickly got it back, ripped to shreds.The Bitter Man
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  • nunnnunn Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 36,078 ******
    edited November -1
    EVERYBODY should have at least one "brother-in-law" gun. Maybe an old ratty bolt action shotgun of no value. Sole purpose is for lending to fumble-fingered morons who can't take care of things.Maybe we should also keep just such a weedeater, lawn mower, extension ladder, etc. for those who we will not refuse, but who we know will either not return it or return it broken.
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  • AlerionAlerion Member Posts: 61 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I had a friend who borrowed my truck to pull his boat out of the water for the winter. Five days later, when I called him to ask where my truck was, I knew I was in trouble when he answered with, "Do you have insurance for broken glass?"It seems that while he was hauling firewood (firewood?) he'd tossed a log through the rear window. After I told him that I didn't have comprehensive coverage on a 12 year old truck, he hinted around that I should pay for the window since, as he actually said, "it was my fault that I didn't have insurance to cover it!"Anyway, I made him get the window replaced the next day, before he brought the home where he could conveniently forget about it. It cost him $117, which I thought was a pretty fair price actually.To this day, he whines that it would have been cheaper for him to rent a truck (apparently he doesn't think they would have made him pay for the window) and I have a good story to tell when I'm explaining to someone why they can't borrow my truck. (Especially since the truck in the story has been replaced with a new one.)Tom
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  • dheffleydheffley Member Posts: 25,000 ✭
    edited November -1
    Was always told never to loan anything with a motor or your wife. Someone will try to throw a rod in either one.
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  • arthur wellingarthur welling Member Posts: 66 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Never any more... NEVER, except to maybe one person..Ask me to borrow a tool, and more likely I'll come to your house and help, using it MYSELF.Borrow a GUN????? One person only... and him I trust with my life.Loaned a chainsaw... got it back fried. He ran it on gas and didn't bother to mention it.Loaned my Brother $15K.... you can guess where that went.
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  • smooth_operatorsmooth_operator Member Posts: 227 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Ive got a really big problem about lending firearms and heres why... About 6-7 yrs ago, a co-worker (I'll call Alfonse) went to a good friend of mine and asked to borrow his firearm (with a smile)for "target shooting" that weekend. Come Monday, Alfonse does not show up for work... by the end of the day, peace officers were in our place of work and interviewing several people. As it turns out, He was currently being detained in jail and charged with murder for having stabbed his wife numerous times the previous weekend. I'm really greatful my buddy made an excuse and did not lend him anything. Other than that, dont expect anything returned when a "friend" borrows it, and dont be surprised if your property is returned if you lend it to a "good friend".-Smooth
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  • bartobarto Member Posts: 4,734 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    i lent a 22 pistol to a co-worker years ago-got it back from the cops 3 mo. later with his brains still on the barrel.never again!
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  • bikrprchrbikrprchr Member Posts: 217 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I agree with Nunn. When it comes to tools and toys, I try to keep a few loaners around. For instance, I bought a porter-cable skill saw, but also kept the old pawnshop skil around. The wife asked why, told her that was my "decoy" saw. It's purpose is to loan to the borrowers. The guys I spend time with have my philosphy on tools. If I need to borrow it, I should probably own it. Of course this mentality is probably why I have a new Dewalt DW 705 miter saw as a nightstand in my room.Even though mom tried to teach me to share, I guess I still have a problem letting those who show no respect any where near things that I value.
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  • dakotashooter2dakotashooter2 Member Posts: 6,186
    edited November -1
    I also agree with Nunn with one addition. Make sure the loaners are barely serviceable. It's almost sure they will be returned and probably not be borrowed again.
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  • sandman2234sandman2234 Member Posts: 894 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    The list is too long to display here, but I came from the school that says you return things in the shape they were gotten, or better. Borrowed a tractor, casting bolts holding the front end to the engine broke (already repaired by someone once). Fixed it. Same tractor, no grease in front wheelbearings, rebuilt spindle, new bearings, and lots of grease for both sides. Borrowed a "sweet 16" to go hunting with and wouldn't even take it to the woods for fear of scratching it. Out in the woods in and my wife shoots a hole in my Father in Laws NEW TRUCK. Took out the carpet, mat, padding, floorboard, right brake line, right front tire, lower radiator hose. Never let your Wife carry a loaded gun. No grief from the Father in Law, but the mother in law still hasn't forgotten it.
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