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bloodrayne

01-18-2004, 02:22 AM

Lending out your horror?...I was considering sending Mudsliptones my John Carpenter's "Vampires" movies, 1 and 2, when I remembered that I lent them out along with my "Grimm's Grimmest" book...and i haven't gotten them back...You would think that I would have learned my lesson after having to replace Stephen King's "Skeleton Crew" and Ramsey Campbell's "Influence", which, by the way was one tough mother to replace...but NOOOO...I just lent out Soul Reaver tonight...WTF???...Anyway, just wondering how much shit you guys have lost or had to replace because you "lent" it out...

predfan

01-18-2004, 02:23 AM

i mainly watch my horror movies by renting videos, going to cinemas or watching em on tv, i dont have many dvds and videos...

meetthecreeper

01-18-2004, 05:49 AM

I regularly by D&D monster manuals to get tattoo ideas and I just will admit that some of the artwork in the books are just fucking awesome. I lent this book out to someone, which is out of print, for them to get ideas for a graphic arts class, NEVER SAW THE BOOK AGAIN, SOB better be cremated with that book because if he is buried I am digging his carcass up and taking my book back. I also loaned out a Soundgarden CD still hasnt been returned, and I let an X borrow my tape collection you know like a CD case, got stolen out of her car, there goes $1000 plus dollars of Slayer, Megadeth, Overkill, Motorhead, Mercyful Fate and so on. TO THE SOB WHO STOLE MY TAPES, ENJOY THEM WHILE YOU CAN I WILL HAVE MY REVENGE MWAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

bloodrayne

01-18-2004, 08:59 AM

Well Creeper...It looks like maybe me and you are the only ones who don't know any better...I forgot to add that I also had to replace my Bachman Books...and Stephen King's "Desperation", twice.

Haunted

01-18-2004, 09:09 AM

Originally posted by meetthecreeper
I regularly by D&D monster manuals to get tattoo ideas and I just will admit that some of the artwork in the books are just fucking awesome. I lent this book out to someone, which is out of print, for them to get ideas for a graphic arts class, NEVER SAW THE BOOK AGAIN, SOB better be cremated with that book because if he is buried I am digging his carcass up and taking my book back. I also loaned out a Soundgarden CD still hasnt been returned, and I let an X borrow my tape collection you know like a CD case, got stolen out of her car, there goes $1000 plus dollars of Slayer, Megadeth, Overkill, Motorhead, Mercyful Fate and so on. TO THE SOB WHO STOLE MY TAPES, ENJOY THEM WHILE YOU CAN I WILL HAVE MY REVENGE MWAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Never ever ever do that again. If you want to lose D&D shit, ship it to me. :D

You'll understand this as well, Creeper

Every cool book on folk or high magic that I started with, was loaned and never returned. I had some cool ones too. It helps that I can't remember half their titles. Damnit.

Now, I don't loan people shit, especially my cd's or books.

Directing this thread back to the beginning.... Rayne, You need to pull some of that devourer of souls sorceress goodness out on the mofos that don't return your goods. Shake 'em up a little. I'm serious. There's nothing like an old fashioned, "If thou dost not return these my DVDS' I will smite thee....so one and so forth (Trans. If I don't get these back, I know where you live or I can find it in a hury).

Ritualistic

01-18-2004, 09:15 AM

I lent out some books to a friends many years ago, and never saw them again.. Just a few months ago I go to her new house and I see them on the self.. WTF i grabbed them and told her thanx for giving them back ha ha.. Hmm well I dont lend out nothing of mine. I dont even like other people driving my vehicle. But My mother lent out some movies of mine to my brothers ex-g/f one years back and I have never seen them since. Man I was pissed

bloodrayne

01-18-2004, 09:25 AM

Originally posted by Haunted
Rayne, You need to pull some of that devourer of souls sorceress goodness out on the mofos that don't return your goods. Shake 'em up a little. I'm serious. There's nothing like an old fashioned, "If thou dost not return these my DVDS' I will smite thee....so one and so forth (Trans. If I don't get these back, I know where you live or I can find it in a hury).

LOL...Thanks Haunted...That's excellent advice, but don't think that I haven't already thought of that...unfortunately, most of my "borrowers" are family members...Gotta keep the peace...So...Whatcha gonna do????

bloodygurl02

01-18-2004, 02:48 PM

i lent out a couple cds and cassete tpes to my friend and she said she would return them in a week or so. i got them back a yr later. and i let my ex boy friend sister borrow a couple cds and she also said i will have them back to u next week well a month went by and i asked for them back and she gave me an attitude but i got them back and i don't let her borrow my things any more. i don't let ppl borrow stuffunles i know i will get it abck when they say they will return it. latley my friends has been good about returnign my stuff

billbundix

01-18-2004, 06:08 PM

whenever things like that happen it is for a reason. we never really own anything. if you dont believe me just wait a while and whatever you like the most will disappear. in my opinion, books, music, etc... will go wherever they are needed the most at the time. its kind of a karma thing. its like when you lose something, and you think you really need it, and then a week later you find it and realize you didnt need it as bad as thought. imo:)

Wicked Lady

01-18-2004, 06:36 PM

OMG! Don't get me started!

I lent my favorite Goosebumps books to an ex friend when I was 10, and he kept saying that "he lost them"or "they were in storage" either way I never saw them again, he also borrowed a Nintendo Power magazine, brought it back in a week, "after he destroyed the cover" and borrowed it again the next day.....guess what, I NEVER SAW IT AGAIN....My ex friend Tanna, "accidentally" took my Donkey Kong game in her Game Boy, and kept it, along with the Final Fantasy game she stole from me

Sam The Egg

01-18-2004, 07:56 PM

I loan out movies, yeah. But I think about who I'm loaning it to, first. If it's someone I know I'll get it back from, I'll just loan them the movie. If it's someone I doubt I'll get it back from, or if it's a teacher, I'll copy the DVD so they can just keep it. If I loan something, I make sure I get it back, having learned my lesson from the 'Realms of the Haunting' loaning.

bloodrayne

01-19-2004, 01:13 AM

So kids...Have we learned anything here?

Elvis_Christ

01-19-2004, 02:34 AM

Yeah I've lost heaps of stuff by "lending it out" I'm missing my Cannibal Apocalypse, The Burning and Frankenhooker videos at the moment :( hopefully I can track the people down.

mudsliptones

01-19-2004, 05:17 AM

you seriously wante to send me those movies?????
how sweet of you

but i think it would be allot cheaper if i just went out to a local store and hired them
but i saw them, i know wich ones they are now

anyway, when i was a kid I was a huge indie jones fan, I had temple of doom and last crusade on tape
only one muissing was raiders of the lost arc
now, they gave it on the TV, I taped it and my uncle asked me if he could see it, so i gave it (I was just a kid)
NEVER saw it back, and believe it or not, it took over 5 years till they gave it back on the TV!!!!!!

I never lend out stuff, only to people i see on a regular base, like my GF, off course, her brothr, members of my musicband
but to no one else!!!!!!!!!!
I sometimes say no to them, when it concerns mùovies like battle royal and evil dead wich took me allot of money and effort to get them in my collection

bloodrayne

01-19-2004, 10:43 AM

Originally posted by mudsliptones
you seriously wanted to send me those movies?????
how sweet of you

Yes, Mud...Of course I would have...but...well...you know...yeah...LOL...anyway... Thanks, you're a doll...:)

mudsliptones

01-19-2004, 10:54 AM

Originally posted by bloodrayne
Yes, Mud...Of course I would have...but...well...you know...yeah...LOL...anyway... Thanks, you're a doll...:)

ahum, chucky doll
i don't wanna seem like a sweet little doll hahahaha
tembella

bloodrayne

01-30-2004, 04:45 PM

I just remembered that my John Carpenter's "Vampire's" 1 and 2 were lent out as well as Stephen King's "Needful Things"...Damn, I have to stop doing that

Cerberus

05-02-2004, 11:30 AM

No problems here. I don't lend out my stuff. I KNOW better.

McDonnyDude666

05-02-2004, 12:01 PM

I only lend stuff out to people who I can trust to keep it in good condition.Theres only about 6 people I will lend stuff to.

jay o2 waster

05-02-2004, 12:34 PM

did you lend them out to people through the mail

Sam The Egg

05-02-2004, 12:52 PM

I also won't lend out some of my stuff. Ask to borrow, say, Tremors, and I'm fine with it. But any of the Scorsese movies, MST3K DVD's, or some (most) of my other movies, and I'll either offer to copy it for you at some vague point in the future or just say no, depending on what you want to borrow.

jay o2 waster

05-02-2004, 12:59 PM

can i borrow your house? Please? I promise i won't scratch it

Targangil

05-02-2004, 04:07 PM

My brother has my Deep Space Nine season 3 DVDs and a bunch of movies, but don't worry, I'm holding his Farscape videos to ransom.

orangestar

05-02-2004, 07:13 PM

I dont rent out my horror, just my others. Im like you, Targangil. My brother has my Forrest Gump so Im holding Family Guy DVDs hostage.

Rotting Eye

05-02-2004, 07:42 PM

I lent out my vibrator to Evisc, and I still haven't gotten that mother back. :mad:

Usually I don't lend shit out, because I know too many people that have lost their stuff. If I do I'll only let them borrow it for a day, then I'll get it back, even if they're not dong with it muuwhwhahaha.

I think I've lost some pencils, and other minor items, over the years, but nothing major. Suckers :cool:

evil_blonde

05-02-2004, 10:09 PM

i dont own any decent movies (harry potter..? LOTR...?)
only kiddies movies which arent mine

.....so i cant really lend stuff i dont have

people have asked me to borrow stuff adn i never get around to giving it to them

i lent my Misery book to this bitch last year but she was such a dumbass she couldnt even finish it and she gave it back

what a dumbarse

and she bent all the corners over

havent people heard of like book marks??

dmubasses......meep

Rotting Eye

05-02-2004, 10:24 PM

Originally posted by orangestar
I dont rent out my horror, just my others. Im like you, Targangil. My brother has my Forrest Gump so Im holding Family Guy DVDs hostage.

You should make that trade final.

Family Guy > Forrest Gump

evil_blonde

05-02-2004, 10:50 PM

are u saying u dont like forest gump?

*mumble....retard...mumble*

Rotting Eye

05-02-2004, 11:05 PM

Originally posted by evil_blonde
are u saying u dont like forest gump?

*mumble....retard...mumble*

Do people just not read my posts? I can't understand it.

Nowhere did I say I didn't like Forest Gump. I actually really enjoyed that movie. I just happen to like Family Guy better.

Understand now? Or having further problems?

btw, there's nothing wrong with retards.

bloodrayne

08-13-2004, 05:34 AM

Well...Now I have lent out (lost/given away) Phantoms...Little Nicky...and Corky Romano (these last two are/were Demon Seed's)

*sigh*...Guess I'll be checking eBay for replacements:rolleyes:

ShankS

08-13-2004, 05:42 AM

i'm too protective of my vhs and dvds now. Use to lend em out...either didnt see them again or got them back with dodgy screwed up tape, or the disk had scratches on it.

the only people i'll lend to is my brothers.

hellfire1

08-13-2004, 05:48 AM

Originally posted by bloodrayne
Well...Now I have lent out (lost/given away) Phantoms...Little Nicky...and Corky Romano (these last two are/were Demon Seed's)

*sigh*...Guess I'll be checking eBay for replacements:rolleyes:

ah... you just never learn your lesson, huh bloodrayne ! :p

my dvd's and cd's are my babies. and IF i am stupid enough to lend them out, i'm all over the person because of course, now that they're gone, i want to either watch/listen to them ( yup... i'm a pain in the ass ! what ? ) so i just stopped altogether ! better for my mental health, and especially their's ;)

Stingy Jack

08-13-2004, 02:38 PM

Man, this thread has really put a chap in my ass.

YES I have lent out shit that 1) I never saw again; 2) saw again, only MUCH later; 3) saw again, only it was so beat to shit I didn't want it back. This has happened to me SEVERAL times! :mad:

I even tried to systematize my lending. See, I'm the type of guy who wants to share his shit, just so he can pass on an experience to someone else. So, after being a burned a couple of times, I decided to make a "sign out" list. Friends would write their name on the list, the item they borrowed, and the date they borrowed it. This way, I could keep track of where my shit was and how long, exactly, it had been missing.

But this crap didn't work either. I still got shit back in bad shape, or the people I lent the thing out to lost it or something.

Now, I don't lend out ANYTHING! Seriously. If someone wants to watch a movie or something, I make them sit at my house and watch it. If they want a book, I'd sooner go out and buy them a copy than lend it to them. This has led to some people actually trying to lift stuff from me. Whenever I have my good friend down from Jackson, I always have to check his duffle bag before he leaves to make sure he's not about to smuggle out any of my crap. It's ridiculous. My wife, even though she knows this about me, offered to lend one of her employees my copy of Aswang! I offended the guy when I vehemently refused, but hey ... fuck him.

People just don't realize that the stuff you lend them has a LOT more meaning to you than it does to them, and they treat your shit accordingly. I can't stand it.

Which reminds me, I need to return this copy of Un Chien Andalou to somebody ... he's probably missing it. Need to clean the soda off it first, though.

evil_blonde

08-13-2004, 06:55 PM

Originally posted by predfan
i mainly watch my horror movies by renting videos, going to cinemas or watching em on tv, i dont have many dvds and videos...

same here

bloodrayne

04-14-2006, 10:39 AM

Dammit!!!

I am missing the following movies (at least these are the ones that I am AWARE of) :

Needful Things
Cube
Cube Zero (but, I just bought another copy)

And yes, I HAVE learned my lesson....I did NOT lend these out....It would seem that Seri's friends have lost them...

The last time I saw Needful Things on my shelf, was when Seri said, "Hey, Shane hasn't seen that one yet"...:rolleyes:

Why don't they lose the ones that I can easily replace?

hammerfan

04-14-2006, 10:47 AM

I learned the hard way not to lend movies out, especially to family. I loaned Aliens and An American Werewolf in London to my cousin, who loaned them to a friend who promptly "lost" them.

bloodrayne

04-14-2006, 10:55 AM

Originally posted by hammerfan
I loaned Aliens and An American Werewolf in London to my cousin, who loaned them to a friend who promptly "lost" them. Yeah...This is a point that I can't seem to get across.....How can you lend something out, if it isn't even YOURS???

hammerfan

04-14-2006, 11:00 AM

Originally posted by bloodrayne
Yeah...This is a point that I can't seem to get across.....How can you lend something out, if it isn't even YOURS???

I feel your pain, my sista!

bloodrayne

04-14-2006, 11:04 AM

Originally posted by hammerfan
I feel your pain, my sista! I know you do :)... And...This thread reminded me that I still haven't replaced 'Phantoms'....I did, however, end up with 2 copies of 'Sphere' because I replaced one, and then eventually got it back....Irritating....

hammerfan

04-14-2006, 11:10 AM

This doesn't have anything to do with this thread, but........

I was a bad girl with my credit card yesterday - I bought all 7 seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer off Amazon for $140.00! I can't wait to get them and, no, I will NOT be lending them out!

bloodrayne

04-14-2006, 11:13 AM

Originally posted by hammerfan
This doesn't have anything to do with this thread, but........

I was a bad girl with my credit card yesterday - I bought all 7 seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer off Amazon for $140.00! I can't wait to get them and, no, I will NOT be lending them out! HaHa...Don't feel bad...We just spent over $600 on movies in the last 2 weeks :eek: ...I never do that...Well, not to that extent...There were just too many to pass up this time (Blockbuster Sale)...

And I will NOT be lending mine out, either....But...That doesn't mean they won't disappear:rolleyes:

filmmaker2

04-14-2006, 11:18 AM

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?

hammerfan

04-14-2006, 11:28 AM

Originally posted by filmmaker2
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?

Makes perfect sense to me! :)

The_Return

04-14-2006, 11:56 AM

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!

filmmaker2

04-14-2006, 12:30 PM

(clutches his NOTLD Milennium Edition DVD case)

mine! eep!

Tat2

04-14-2006, 02:16 PM

Originally posted by bloodrayne
Lending out your horror?...I was considering sending Mudsliptones my John Carpenter's "Vampires" movies, 1 and 2, when I remembered that I lent them out along with my "Grimm's Grimmest" book...and i haven't gotten them back...You would think that I would have learned my lesson after having to replace Stephen King's "Skeleton Crew" and Ramsey Campbell's "Influence", which, by the way was one tough mother to replace...but NOOOO...I just lent out Soul Reaver tonight...WTF???...Anyway, just wondering how much shit you guys have lost or had to replace because you "lent" it out...

Here's a little tip on lending...DON'T!

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.;)

Bunman

04-14-2006, 03:10 PM

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.

Haunted

04-14-2006, 04:01 PM

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.

bloodrayne

04-14-2006, 10:23 PM

Originally posted by Haunted
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. Oh...I still know where he is:)...

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?

filmmaker2

04-14-2006, 10:40 PM

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.

bloodrayne

04-14-2006, 11:00 PM

Originally posted by filmmaker2
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. Oh...My sister is like that...I wouldn't let her borrow my new steam cleaner (I had only used it once)...So...She complained to my mother! :eek: ...How childish?....Anyway, my mother gave me shit for it, so I eventually lent it to my sister, just to make it stop...AND...The stupid bitch broke the hand tool...No big surprise, but NOW I can make mom feel guilty about it, so NEITHER of them ask to borrow shit from me anymore...

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

filmmaker2

04-14-2006, 11:10 PM

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!

bloodrayne

04-14-2006, 11:13 PM

Originally posted by filmmaker2
I think people are all really weird! We must include ourselves too!
:0 Well...I never said I wasn't weird:D

filmmaker2

04-15-2006, 05:36 AM

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.

stubbornforgey

04-15-2006, 10:25 AM

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.

bloody_ribcut

04-22-2007, 12:38 PM

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.

Freak

04-22-2007, 12:59 PM

crabapple

04-22-2007, 01:27 PM

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...

VampiricClown

04-22-2007, 01:41 PM

I've never got anything back that I've lent anyone. So no.

bloody_ribcut

04-22-2007, 01:56 PM

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.

yeah, i was gonna do "the hostage" too.
but most of the time they dont have anything i wouldnt mind keeping over mine.
plus, ever notice that if someone other then you touched the disc it gets scratched?

bloody_ribcut

04-22-2007, 01:57 PM

bloody_ribcut

04-22-2007, 01:59 PM

I've never got anything back that I've lent anyone. So no.

yeah, that sucks.

pstamer

04-22-2007, 02:01 PM

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.

crabapple

04-22-2007, 02:09 PM

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.

massacre man

04-22-2007, 02:39 PM

That way the movie won't be able to hurt anybody else.

Until part 2...

Geddy

04-22-2007, 02:45 PM

I don't lend my dvds or vhs to anyone unless they let me borrow one of theirs.

bloodrayne

04-22-2007, 03:15 PM

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

darkmoon

04-22-2007, 03:21 PM

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.

bloodrayne

04-22-2007, 03:24 PM

It happened with a couple of books and a game I had.Oh yeah...That reminds me...Seri lent my Eternal Darkness game (brand new, I only played it through ONE time) to a friend about 6 months ago...Looks like I'll be replacing THAT, too

Kane_Hodder

04-23-2007, 05:04 AM

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.

bleeding_angelgirl

04-23-2007, 05:08 AM

i dont lend them out any more, iv lost at least 15 movies that way or i get them back ruined

ferretchucker

04-23-2007, 01:03 PM

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.

Elvis_Christ

04-23-2007, 05:50 PM

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.

AsylumSeeker

04-23-2007, 08:02 PM

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.

novakru

04-24-2007, 12:20 PM

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.

bloodrayne

04-24-2007, 12:50 PM

MPD-Psycho TV Series Oh yeah, that reminds me...My Freddy's Nightmares (tv series) are gone :(

I can't even find them all on eBay...

Very difficult to replace

Posher778

04-24-2007, 12:53 PM

Oh yeah, that reminds me...My Freddy's Nightmares (tv series) are gone :(

I can't even find them all on eBay...

Very difficult to replace

You lent that out! You're dvd promiscuous!

bloodrayne

04-24-2007, 01:02 PM

You lent that out! You're dvd promiscuous!
I know...That was the stupidest mistake I've made...

BUT...Look what I just found!
Fixed Link (http://www.tvboxset.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=74&products_id=410&OVRAW=freddy's%20nightmares&OVKEY=freddys%20nightmare&OVMTC=standard)
So...Has anyone ordered from or heard of this place?...I wanna make sure I don't get ripped off