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Exactly. The cuter the friend, the more she could get away with, and it is a Seinfeld DVD.

:whofart:

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i get it! the pay in natural resources thing :D

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A real friend would take care of it without you having to ask. At least that's what my friends would do.

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A similar thing happened to me. I let my friend borrow my Sin City deluxe edition. He ended up stepping on the case and crushing it. He offered me the discs back as they were unharmed. I told him I want the $35 I originally paid for it. He has yet to pay me and this was well over a year ago.

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I would be very wary of loaning dvds out. Blu-ray's I wouldnt mind since they don't get scratched the way dvds do. Especially, I would never loan out things that are out of print or expensive or both. Take, for instance, my complete series set of The Beastmaster. They put out the set but then the company lost the rights or just gave them up, so they recalled the set. Fortunately, a few sets got out to Best Buys stores, which is where I found mine. I will never lend that to anyone, because if it got scratched, lost, or broke, the sets are over 100 dollars on ebay. I only payed 37 dollars. My brother often lets his movies lay around, sometimes not always in the cases. So, he can't borrow anything of mine.

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I don't lend anything to anyone. IT's mainly because I have a bit of OCD and can't stand seeing an empty space in my organized shelves, but also because no matter how nice your friedns are, most of them don't give a shit about your property because it's not theirs.

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The single best piece of advice I was ever given came from this commercial.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKu78xJ6g1k

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bingo! thats unfortunately the core of the problem!

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that makes sense too, if he wasn`t a cheap ass in the first place, he
probably would have visited the video store, rather than to bother you :D

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:lol:

And to the OP... don't charge her $40. That's a dick move.

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Hm.

Maybe, before loaning a DVD out, you guys should ask for security deposits. Make someone pay you the replacement costs for a DVD that is damaged or lost up-front, and then return the full amount of money to them when the disc is safely returned.

It would probably be seen as a dick move, but the borrowing party is taking your valuable property from your possession for their own personal use, so it seems quite equitable to hold their money while they're keeping and using your property.

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I wouldn't pay you either. $35 for just a crushed case? Go buy one for a buck and switch out the artwork!

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i think the sin city case was some sort of collectors edition, not a simple
amaray case.
however your attitude proves exactly what we have been talking about!
people don`t give a shit and have no guilt or concience!
if i borrowed something and destroyed it, basic manners and good upbringing
would make me feel so bad that i would of course replace the whole
thing without even asking!! when borrowing an item it is an unwritten law that i should be treated with respect and returned in the same flawless state!! thats just coming from someone i guess who still
had parents that tought manners and values....
unfortunately in today`s society there are too many punks who don`t give a shit about anything but themselves and don`t even feel guilty or responsible
when they damaged something.
also, when i borrowed movies from friends in the past, every once in a while i would buy them a dvd as a present just to show my appreciation and to thank them!
friendships where just one side borrows for free all the time and never
gives anything in return as a token of appreciation are not really healthy
friendships either. thats just taking advantage of friends in order to save
rental costs.
i agree with other users that it can be a great experience to recommend
a friend a cool movie that you would like to share, but usually in these
cases you actually have to insist he borrows it and the whole lending
idea is coming from your side. people or so called "friends" who would never spend 1 dime in a blockbuster and take advantage of you as a free alternative i have luckily learned to spot from miles away :D

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Exactly...people's myopic sense of entitlement and disregard for how their actions might affect others is amazing...

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Wow. This is exactly what this thread is talking about. And FYI, it wasn't a regular DVD case as others have said.