If you know it was him, why not whoop his ass and take it back?

Me either! It would be funny if his friend had really bought them and is now sitting around fuming about how his lousy friend stole his DVD's! I believe the original poster though.

I have friends that I lend to and borrow from, and friends that I don't. I have items that are lendable and others that are not. Unfortunately many people cannot be trusted with a lot of things, and it's even sadder when someone cant be trusted with a round piece of plastic that's available almost anywhere.

I'll lend most of my coworkers anything they want. The nature of my job makes it so these are people that I rely on everyday to back me up, watch out for me, and at the very least cover my ass (and vice versa.) I have to rely on them for so much that a DVD is almost meaningless. I also play 'You Gotta See This...' with a c ouple of people at work, so lending is inevitable. Basically we make eachother watch the most crazy, surreal, ridiculous type things we can find.

You don't have a mother in law do you. These are the types of things that will get you moved to the couch on a semi permenent basis. Probably will end up where you would have to appologize for accusing her of stealing.

LOL

I don't have a problem with people stealing DVDs, but I do have a problem with the following:

1. People asking to borrow DVDs and then taking 6 to 12 months to give them back to me (hey, if you don't want to watch it, why do you want to borrow it?!).

2. People borrowing DVDs and then lending them out to a THIRD PARTY for viewing. (Hey, I'm lending it to YOU, not your extended family & friends).

I've also learned, never EVER let another person borrow the box as well (put the DVD in a CD case or something)...the box will almost always come back with the slick ripped, the plastic cracked or worse. (This is the one reason I no longer lend books out to ANYONE!)

Thanks for the plug Yakuza! We'll have to make sure you get a discount on your next order :D

John

I don't give a flying fish who you are, my stuff is off limits since a few episodes in my life. I let my friend borrow a PS1 and he broke it. I let my brother borrow my PS2, he kept it.

They will have to pry the PS3 (when it comes out) or anything else from now on, out of my cold dead hands !

I had a similar situation (someone asking to borrow my PS2). I told him that BBV will gladly rent him one. He brought up some favors he did for me, so I gladly opened up my wallet and gave him a $10 and said "the rental's on me then". He took the $10 but never rented the system! Better to be out $10 than my PS2.

My wife and i recently had a kid so we no longer have any friends.
I borrowed the Man who Wasnt There from a friend after he bought it right after it came out. i still have it and havent watched it, its been over a year.
This thread just reminded me i have to see if my friend still has my GG Allin (Hated) dvd.

Wow, Andy Capp is a friend of yours?

Sounds more like Homer Simpson and Ned Flanders :D

Can-Am, are you the same "John" that posted here a few times under the name karembeu?

Hey, just did a search, and it was me :) About a year ago, must have been right after I started with Can-Am.

Your memory is better than mine Yakuza!


John

Yeah, one of your enthusiastic posts about the Can-Am cabinets prompted me to place an order. Had to wait a while to for delivery because of a major snow storm and problems with the shipper but Can-Am credited me back some of the shipping cost, so it all worked out well. One of the best purchases I ever made.

I have not read this whole thread, but to just comment on the first post, if I had a friend or anyone for that matter come into my home and ask to see a receipt for anything, I would tell them to get the hell out of my house. Just my .02

"I have not read this whole thread, but to just comment on the first post, if I had a friend or anyone for that matter come into my home and ask to see a receipt for anything, I would tell them to get the hell out of my house. "

That is a very good point.

Definitely an appropriate response if you hadn't stolen the DVD's, but what if you had and they had just called you on it (as in this case)?

Suffice to say...these two people just shouldn't be friends.

Friends don't steal.
Friends don't ask to see receipts.

But the way I look at it...the original poster pretty much knew he's been stolen from. Given that, he wasn't asking a friend for the receipt...he was asking a likely suspect. If the guy hadn't stolen them he would have most likely raised cain over him walking out with them in the end.

I've never had a friend steal a DVD from me, because I don't think any of my friends that come over to my house would do that. Whenever we have a party or a bunch of people over I usually lock the door to my bedroom. I've been thinking about getting a locking storage cabinet just for extra security.

The only problem I've had with people taking my DVDs was when my roommates would go into my room, when I wasn't there and borrow a movie to watch. That enraged me beyond belief. I would have gladly let them borrow the movie if I were there, or even if they called to ask me. I just told them not to go into my room when I wasn't there, and that pretty much solved everything.

It's not like I just asked a complete stranger.. like someone else said I suspected him of taking them. The week after my two copies were stolen he had the same movies sitting at his house. Obviously, anyone would be a little suspicious, it's natural.

Had that happen to me with a nice pair of gloves, once. Simply "stole" them back when opportunity knocked. We were about 10, and he was an a hole, still is. We weren't friends after that. I think he managed to escape the gf-beating rap a few years back somehow, completely lost interest in his life after that.

I did loan a setup DVD to my bro-in-law a LONG time ago. He hasn't returned it, or even used it! I should go get it. If it was a movie, I'd have done so already.

People who 'borrow' things (movies, books, CDs) and then keep them for months and months without reading/watching/listening have always confused me.

Maybe I'm just more careful with other people's stuff. I rarely borrow, and when I do, I always make sure to get it back in pristine condition within a few days.

Re: Ever Caught a Friend Stealing Your DVD's?
 

Please never let me get to the point where I need to take a monthly inventory of my DVD's.