Lending out your anime DVDs and manga books  |
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| For all you anime and manga owners out there are you picky about who you lend your DVDs and books out to? I was just wondering because I know some people who are very possessive and wouldn't let anyone borrow their things and others who don't really care. These days I'm leaning more towards the possessive type. I used to let people borrow my DVDs/books left and right but after a few unfortunate incidents I've been really careful about it. I've had people return my DVDs with cracks and major scratches, books with torn pages and even a few with soda and food stains on them. This gets really irritating because I spend good money on these things and I hate for them to be ruined. Is it too much to expect the things I loan out to come back in the same condition as it was before? | | | | | |
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1. kaylachan (4778)
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2 years ago
| | I don't lone anything out. Most often I lose contact with that person and don't get it back. Th though when my husband lent our neighbor a screwriver (I know not the same thing) my husband got drunk and accused me of "giving it away". But, I made a cd and had an extra copy. I sent the one to my friend through another friend. By the time my friend recieved it, the girl who played carrier pigon for me had scratched and damaged the disc beyound all kinds of repair. And, I never felt safe lending anything before that happened, but that only cemented my belief. | | | | | | |
saizo6 (1456)
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2 years ago
| | I had to laugh about the screwdriver thing. I remember loaning things out and never getting it back. I'd have to go to the other person's house to retrieve my things and then they act like I'm trying to whats theirs. It really irritates me. | | | |
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2. keinah2 (234)
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2 years ago
| | I don't really own any DVDs..but as for manga, I own a lot. To be honest, I don't let anyone borrow them except my sisters. It's not that i'm being possessive or what, it's just that i'm being careful...each manga volume costs 200 yen, you know. The only way for your DVDs and Mangas to remain the same condition as it were when you bought it is either not to lend it to anyone, or remind the borrower to take care of the dvd & manga or whatever it is that you lend them. | | | | | | |
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saizo6 (1456)
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2 years ago
| | What Boyetski says is so true. All we can do is sigh and regret letting people borrow our things. It's not so much that I care for it being in pristine and super new condition or anything. I just don't like having one of my books coming back with torn pages hanging out of it and things like that. | | | |
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3. nangisha (2596)
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2 years ago
| | Hai... I used to lend my manga books to my friend, but now I only let few friend to borrow it because from experience who I lend the manga books tend no to respect others people property sometimes when I get back it already in bad conditions and sometimes it hard to get it back, because few of my friend seem doesn't understand the term of borrow. | | | | | | |
saizo6 (1456)
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2 years ago
| | I can understand that. I've loaned out DVDs to people before and never got it back. Everytime I would try to get it back the person would make some kind of excuse. Then they'd act really angry when I demand for my things back, which makes me irritated and annoyed. | | | |
nangisha (2596)
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2 years ago
| | Don't you find that odd! I think we are the one who have the right to angry, they only have to borrow, without have to pay a penny for it, and we are the one who buy it. | | | |
saizo6 (1456)
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2 years ago
| | Yes, it is strange. They act all offended and everything. Then they get mad and stop speaking to me for a period of time. Which does not bother me in the least because I honestly don't have to patience to deal with people like that. | | | |
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4. machivado (476)
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2 years ago
| | I don't think you expect too much. It is a natural thing to do so. During my experience, it has never happened..so think twice before you lend those with someone. I don't lend something that's very dear to me unless for a few exception. | | | | | | |
saizo6 (1456)
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2 years ago
| | Yeah, I've learned my lesson now. I rarely let people borrow my things these days and if I do it's only for a few days at most. | | | |
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5. madteaparty (2652)
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2 years ago
| | Wow, it's horrible when people are not careful enough and damage the stuff you lend them. About my anime dvd and manga books, I only lend them to people who I trust enough, so they will give it back some day, won't damage it, etc. If they're trustful, I see no problem on lending them my stuff. | | | | | | |
saizo6 (1456)
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2 years ago
| | Yeah, you're right about that. My list of trusted people is pretty short these days but I never have to worry about letting them borrow anything. | | | |
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6. EnslinPorter (1318)
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2 years ago
| | I was trusting when I was a kid. I would lend my books to others. There was one time I lent my original Dragonball sticker book to my classmate. Since then, I never got it back...which makes me feel sad because it was the first stuff I bought as a kid from my own pocket. I saved a lot for a week and didn't eat that much just to buy that and the person who borrowed it never gave it back. That was when I was around 11. In high school, I lent my anime magazines. I only got two out of four I think. When the two came back, they look like there were magazines from an office's waiting lounge that was always read by the people waiting, and like the magazines were used for tears. It was torn and the pages had lots of creases. Sorry to add this unrelated item. But to further prove our point: When I was in high school my classmate borrowed a book from me for his friend so he can use it for another class. When it came back, I saw some pages with paragraphs where all the words were underlined. Yes, whole paragraphs! I would appreciate if those were straight lines but those were carelessly made messy underlines. Since then, I never let anyone borrow my stuff especially those part of my collection, even my friends. I'm afraid they would be badly damaged or worse, I wouldn't get them back. And no, it is not too much to expect things we lend to come back in the same condition as before. As a matter of fact, I think people who would do damage to something he/she borrowed without remorse is very disrespectful. Aren't these things something supposedly were taught when we were children? Nice topic...so I'm not alone. Others call me, and I admit, obsessive-compulsive about how my stuff should be handled. But in turn, I'd say I'm also just plain rational about how borrower's handle what they borrow. I guess neatness also tells something about a person. | | | | | | |
saizo6 (1456)
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2 years ago
| | That's really sad to hear about your sticker book. I would have been mad if I was in your shoes. But I can relate. I remember loaning out some anime DVDs to some friends (they were precious because I just started collecting at the time and they were the first ones I owned) and it took months to get it back. Apparently they loaned it out to someone else who lived out of town without letting me know beforehand. I had to threaten them a bit before they brought it back and when they did three of the DVDs were cracked and unwatchable. I was afraid to even touch them. That got me so mad and I flat out told them that they could never borrow any of my things again. That schoolbook bit is another thing too. I recall letting someone use one of my books and they really damaged it by writing in it, highlighting and even ripping some pages. It was so bad that I couldn't even sell it back to the school bookstore after the semester was over. So, I ended making the person who borrowed it buy that book from me instead. And don't worry, you're not alone at all. There's nothing wrong with being a bit possessive about your things especially if you paid really good money for it. | | | |
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saizo6 (1456)
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2 years ago
| | Haha...sure, no problem. It's always nice to rant about something and have someone understand what I'm going off about. These days I don't even bother to come up with excuses why I don't let people borrow anything. I just flat out tell it like it is. It's a bit harsh but it keeps my things in good condition. | | | |
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7. warvial (743)
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2 years ago
| | For one, I seldom lend out things to people. This very person whom I really trust, she is the only one that I will lend her my stuffs because I know the way she handles things are with such care that I might even see my stuffs returned in a much better condition. Because I have the mindset that once I loan something to someone, I have to think of the worse case scenario, which is that person might even not return it to me. I have loan my stuffs out to friends and one of them whom I know since young, misplaced the CD which I really like so much and it had gone missing by the time he moved house (I still stay in contact with him though). And another friend, he still hold on to a set of drama which I loan him like 3 yrs ago. Thus, unless you are prepared that such situations will occurs, else come up with something to tell your friend that you can't lend them. It's bad to do that but it's better than getting your stuffs back in such a bad condition when you paid the full price for it and then to get depreciated because your friends mishandle it | | | | | | |
saizo6 (1456)
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2 years ago
| | I try not to think about worst case scenarios, that just makes me fret more but I still do it sometimes. There have been one or two times when I've never gotten my things back, I ended up moving so I basically cut my losses. Three years is a long time, you might have to go and 'borrow' it back or something. | | | |
warvial (743)
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2 years ago
| | I see, glad that you have found a solution to minimize your losses. Actually I would stay charging people if they see it as something of a must to lend them, or maybe, an eye for an eye, borrow something from them. Sometimes, they need to be taught a lesson before they knew that they should be grateful to you for lending your precious collection to them. As for the three years loaned set, because I already had in mind that the worse case scenario could happen, so I just forget about it since I know he really likes that the show. | | | |
saizo6 (1456)
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2 years ago
| | One of these days I should try it. Borrow something and never bother to return it until the person comes looking for it. I'd like to see the reaction of the person. That would be interesting. Hmm...I have to say that you took that 3 year thing well, I'd probably forget about it too if I was in that situation. Just get it over with and go buy a new copy, that's what I'd do. | | | |
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| 8. MysteryGuy (36)
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2 years ago
| | I lended a film to a friend...it's not an anime one...but after about 4 years of telling my friend to return it, I went to his house and asked him to give it to me. He started looking for it...and after about half an hour, he found it...under his bed, with about 5 huge cracks, and the front part with the pictures had almost disappeared. It also had food spills, and even an ant! I NEVER lended anything else to that friend. | | | | | | |
saizo6 (1456)
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2 years ago
| | Ouch...that's pretty bad. Did you at least ask him to pay you or at least buy you a new copy of that film? That's what I would have done. There's no way that disc was salvageable after all. And you have a point there, I'd never let a person borrow anything else from me if that's how they'd treat my stuff. It's almost unforgivable. | | | |
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9. ReViewMeMedia (2742)
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2 years ago
| | I only lend to my friends if they promise they'll be careful with it, because anime is not inexpensive. | | | | | | |
saizo6 (1456)
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2 years ago
| | So true, they are a bit cheaper now than years ago but they are still up there. I usually have stipulations when I lend mine out. For example they have to return it within a certain amount of time. I had to learn that one the hard way. I lent some out to some friends and never got it back until months later. The only reason I got them back in the first place was because I demanded them back. After that I decided to have a set time limit depending on what the person is borrowing. | | | |
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