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And I will NOT be lending mine out, either....But...That doesn't mean they won't disappear:rolleyes: |
Nope! Used to, don't any more. Would rather buy you one than lend you mine; rising gas prices have something to do with this. Nowadays it costs me more to drive across town to retrieve what you borrowed than it would cost to buy you that movie or book or whatever. For the past few years, it has actually been cheaper just to buy the person one. For that matter, I would rather GIVE a person the thing than LEND it, because then I don't have to worry about getting the damn thing back! Does that make any sense?
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Never lost anything, but Im very careful and very rarely lend anything. Lent the original Amityville Horror to one of my best friends, and was bugging him every day to make sure he didnt forget/lose it. Lent K-PAX and The Fugitive to my Grandmother...was right paranoid the whole time she had them. No reason for me to worry of course...but I'll be damned if I wasnt!
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But, if you do, be sure the borrower will take care of the movie, book etc... like you would. With DVD's, place the movie disk in another case with your name all over it. Place a post-it note inside the original case, that you hold on to, with the borrowers name and the date borrowed then set it seperate from your other movies. I haven't "lost" a movie since I started doing it this way.;) |
Back in the VHS age, I lent a mate my copy of Starship Troopers. When I came to take it back one day, I found that it had been shot several times with an air pistol. How fucked is that!?!
One of his house mates got stoned and wanted to shoot things with his new air pistol. The idiot used my video case to prob up the targets he was shooting - Mental. |
Hey, Rayne, aren't you glad you didn't loan Mudisliptones shit, because he dutched out on us?:D I remember that he had a cool av. Can't remember what it was, but that I always liked it.
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His avatar was a really cool zombie As for the rest of these replies....Yeah...NO ONE takes care of your stuff like you do...Which really pisses me off, because if I EVER use something that belongs to someone else (which is extremely rare) I put it right back where I got it from, and in the same condition...Actually, in some cases, I give it back in BETTER condition, cuz if something is dirty, I clean it, or broken, I fix it (if possible) 2 Thanksgivings ago, I borrowed a table from Stupid Shane's mom because we needed more table space...That thing was filthy....I scrubbed it till it looked like brand new before I used it, and returned it the very next day... It didn't kill me...It wasn't even that difficult....Why can't everyone else have the same consideration? |
This is a REALLY interesting topic to me, because it addresses the problem of THINGS WE HATE THAT WE ALLOW OTHER PEOPLE TO DO TO US. It's your stuff, you choose to lend it out and then you fret when it doesn't come back or when it comes back smashed, etc.
Now in the wondrous spectrum of human relationships, no relationship is really tonally pure. Well, okay, maybe some are. But in most, there's a bit of anger or resentment mixed in with the friendship. Or jealousy mixed in with the love. In one instance I know of, there's this fellow who has an anger problem, lashes out in little ways or big ways, makes verbal stabs, tries to get away with little annoying actions and then enjoys the suffering he causes. This is the media-sucking vampire whore who has tried for years to borrow my DVDs, though he knows damn well I don't like to lend them out. BASICALLY, this is a decent person here; but some weird stuff happened to him when he was a kid, and he kinda has an anger problem. A few months ago I started putting my foot down, gently but firmly. If he wants to borrow something, I immediately say "No, no, no, you should watch it here," and into the machine it goes. We fast-forward scan through the disc, see the good parts of the movie, and then he's "watched" it. The disc never needs to leave the house! I know he doesn't like it when I assert control over my own shit. But I feel better knowing he didn't abuse the friendship for purposes of causing emotional distress so he could get off on the power/control of it. |
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My sister STILL tries to irritate me in other ways, though...Kinda 'testing/pushing' me....For example...She KNOWS (and so does everyone else) that I don't let other people (except their dad) hold my babies, when they are little...Babies are susceptible to all sorts of germs and illnesses, so the stupid bitch tries to KISS them, looking right at me when she does it...Almost daring me...grrr...ALSO...She knows that I don't let anyone take my kids anywhere (except me), Seri never went anywhere with Shane (without me) until she was almost 17...Alex is only allowed to go with his dad NOW, because we are divorced, and it still makes me nervous as hell....Anyway, she used to CONSTANTLY ask my kids if they wanted to go places with her, she finally gave up because they kept saying "no", but she still gave me a lot of shit about it....Needless to say, I only see her about twice a year... I fucking HATE people that can't respect the wishes and boundaries of others... I don't do that to people...And they shouldn't TRY to do it to me... Damn...Can I go off on a tangent or WHAT?:p :D |
I think people are all really weird! We must include ourselves too!
;) And if, uh...if your life revolves around pissing people off and then watching it and getting off on the fact that you upset them.......YOU ARE A NUTBAR, YOU NEED THERAPY HUNNY. Get what I mean????? hoo hoo! |
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By the way, I think there's some people who are exempt from this kind of thinking...certain people that I WILL lend something to without a second thought, not just because I know they'll take care of the thing but also because they're a close buddy who kinda has been around longer. That's a different kind of lending that is more of a true sharing because I don't feel my "stuff" is in some other person's "zone," it's more like they are an extension of my "zone" in the first place.
Uh, oooooooohkay, I just read that and it doesn't make a bit of sense, so I can see that I have to make some more coffee now. Thank You! Also, that CAT to the left, in my avatar? That IS me, that is what I actually look like in real life. |
oooh fuck yea..one would think that
one has learned a lesson from the 1st time but nopes..!! Complete Bob Marley collection..given to me by my then fiancee.. Ended up having to rush around for weeks on end trying to replace them.. Then my Al Green collection...same thing.. i allowed the same moron to borrow that set too..same outcome...having to run around like a fool to replace..was getting pretty hard cos most of the songs had been left out when they made tapes almost obsolete. An ongoing problem with the same person..but i still haven't learned..just recently i let him borrow my xbox.. after reading this thread has opened old wounds so today em marching into his house n taking the fucker out. |
Lending Out Your DVD's
when you have friends and family members visiting you, one of first things they see is the big ass dvd collection you have.
they dont ask you right away, but before the time spent together is over you'll get "the ask". "yo, do you mind if i borrow a movie?" do you let a piece of your collection spend the night with a stranger?,... or do you make a new enemy?i myself made alot of enemies in my years of collecting, i guess i plan on keeping it that way. |
I've lent my dvd's to friends in the past and on many occasion's I have never got them back.but in the last year I only loan out my dvd's to one friend and that's because he'll loan me one of his at the same time.So it's kinda like a tempary trade.
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Good topic. No, I don't loan the VHS or DVD movies out anymore. If they ever go out, it's because they're being given away or sold. When asked, I politely explain that it's my "policy" because I never know when I'm gonna want to see something. And actually, that's true; I have these in the collection because they're movies I do feel like watching from time to time.
Yes, people have gotten irked about it, but they got over it eventually. I would usually rather give something away because at least the matter is finished there... |
I've never got anything back that I've lent anyone. So no.
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What's going on everybody? I prefer to have backups of all my movies so that I don't have to cough up an intestine when it gets damaged or lost.
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That's a good idea also...
now, I thought I would mention, a movie is a really good gift because it's in a little box, and it's an hour and a half of fun and, I don't know, can reflect your philosophy of life or something. Never give someone a movie if you think they won't like it because that's just sort of insulting. Only give good movies away. If you have a really awful movie and you think it would be wrong for anyone else on the planet to waste their time watching it, then do the world a favor and toss it in the garbage. Smash it a little first, too. That way the movie won't be able to hurt anybody else. |
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I don't lend my dvds or vhs to anyone unless they let me borrow one of theirs.
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Now I can't find my copy of Hitcher
Almost weekly I am noticing that my movies are missing It would seem that MY movies have a tendency to lend THEMSELVES out... I am so grateful for eBay |
Yup it happens to me all the time.I just get excited that someone is interested in watching the movies I like(rare to find people who share my interests here)and to find someone who likes to read that i share my things and never get them back:(It happened with a couple of books and a game I had.
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I have lent CDs and DVDs to my friends 4-5 times, and found out that they either come back with plenty of scratches, or don't come back at all. My DVD of Final Destination was full of scratches when my friend returned it to me about a fortnight later, after constant calls from me to return it, of course. Since then, giving them out is a strict no-no. Any excuse will do, as long as the person asking gets the idea that I am not going to give it to him, no matter what.
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i dont lend them out any more, iv lost at least 15 movies that way or i get them back ruined
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once lent our family car out to our 2nd cousins. They crashed it that same day. Bloody chrysler grand voyager crashing distant relatives we have to pretend we like.
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I've had to replace a bunch of shit. Its kinda weird how friends think you're a videostore cuz you've got lots of movies. I don't lend shit out to people these days unless its something I don't care about and then I'll usually just give it to them.
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I have lost more DVDs and CDs to divorce. It's strange how a $15 movie you introduced them to suddenly becomes the crux of a legal battle.
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Digging up old threads...cool, now I've been here long enough to witness this phenomenon:D
I used to lend movies and books all the time and lost some really ( At least I thought at the time) precious things. Now I am alot more Zen about it (or at least I try very hard) I don't hold on to alot of stuff anymore and when someone borrows something-I try to let go mentallly so that if it doesn't come back, I can just shrug it off like it's no big deal. |
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I can't even find them all on eBay... Very difficult to replace |
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BUT...Look what I just found! Fixed Link So...Has anyone ordered from or heard of this place?...I wanna make sure I don't get ripped off |
Or...Here's another one
http://www.allmyfavoriteshows.com/mo...ightmares.html I really wish I knew SOMETHING about these companies... |
It works now, but i've never used it before.
*rayne, can fix broken links with ease, yet replies to pm's at a rate of 1 letter per 2596956293465234659 milleniums* |
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