Lending out your anime DVDs and manga books

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

I only lend to my friends if they promise they'll be careful with it, because anime is not inexpensive.

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.

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.