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pjw

02-14-2004 07:21:34




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Only one thing worse then loaning a tool to a friend. A relative! Any stories out there?




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Craig (GA)

02-24-2004 15:22:44




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 Re: Loaning tools in reply to pjw, 02-14-2004 07:21:34  
Just say no, lol. I've had people ask to borrow tools, and instead of loaning them the tools I usually juat fix whatever they wanted the tool for in the first place. If it is something involved, I convince them they should take it to somebody and have whatever done (usually car stuff in my case).



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Alan Y.

02-17-2004 02:33:03




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 Re: Loaning tools in reply to pjw, 02-14-2004 07:21:34  
I won't loan tools anymore as a rule. They tend to get abused partly because the borrower doesn't know how to properly use them. People who don't own very many tools often fall into this category.

I once lent a brand new screwdriver to a neighbor and she returned it with the handle all hammered on. She was using it as a chisel. It didn't occur to her to ask for a chisel.



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GG

02-16-2004 14:40:01




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 Re: Loaning tools in reply to pjw, 02-14-2004 07:21:34  
I don't have a problem with loaning some tools ONE TIME. I feel this way because I have borrowed tools before, but only ONCE. If I need it again, I need to buy one. If at all possible, the item borrowed should be returned in "as got" or better condition!!



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Mike M

02-16-2004 10:30:49




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 Re: Loaning tools in reply to pjw, 02-14-2004 07:21:34  
Put up a sign WARNING !Loaning tools or money cause amneisa.



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Frank M.

02-16-2004 10:14:56




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 Re: Loaning tools in reply to pjw, 02-14-2004 07:21:34  
I've had people wanting to use my lawn mower. I tell them they can use it all they want, but I just have one rule. It never leaves MY YARD.



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EIL

02-15-2004 19:47:00




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 Re: Loaning tools in reply to pjw, 02-14-2004 07:21:34  
The tools I buy are the best I can afford because I will be using them for a living. The way I look at it is this, if you couldn't find a reason to buy a certain tool, and all of a sudden you need it, then you just found a reason to buy it.



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Mike

02-15-2004 19:06:20




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 Re: Loaning tools in reply to pjw, 02-14-2004 07:21:34  
My lesson came from my Dad. He loaned his Tombstone welder and it was sitting at the back door when we came home some months later, burnt to a crisp, with a note that it quit working ohh yea and there was a twenty dollar bill with the note.
Of course when I bought my first house and needed a post hole digger and a level Dad was kind enough to put a clip board on the shop door so I could sign stuff out but complete starngers had the run of the shop. Yup sounds like sour apples but the bottom line is if my friends need something done and don't have the right tool,come on over and I'll see if I can help but my tools don't leave the shop.

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Larry NE IL

02-15-2004 19:05:54




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 Re: Loaning tools in reply to pjw, 02-14-2004 07:21:34  
I don't like to loan tools, but I do occasionally.
Barrowing tools, I haven't done for probably 15 years. Every time you borrow something, IT BREAKS, then you have to buy a new one anyway and give it to sombody else!!!



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raytasch

02-15-2004 18:15:39




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 Re: Loaning tools in reply to pjw, 02-14-2004 07:21:34  
Stories? Yep, glad I did not loan one. Several years ago a neighbor asked to borrow my tiller to work up a small garden patch. I changed oil and carried it over to his place and started to do the job. About ten minutes into the job the tiller threw a rod without warning. Sure glad I had not loaned him the tiller. Yep, it had oil in it.
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markct

02-14-2004 10:17:17




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 Re: Loaning tools in reply to pjw, 02-14-2004 07:21:34  
well one thing you need to remember is that its a two way street, i loan out tools to people i trust, i have had a few minor issues, but i think that is outweighed by the tools i have borrowed from others, the money that saved me payed for the tools i have lost loaning them out i think. so its a two way street remember, i doubt anyone can say they have never borrowed a tool.



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buck

02-14-2004 09:45:06




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 Re: Loaning tools in reply to pjw, 02-14-2004 07:21:34  

You may have caught a post I made here about tool you have that are in the way or are the type that everyone wants to borrow. I had a tiller that I really had no use for so I loaned it to a neighbor and sorta forgot about it. About 6 months later this guy that I had never seen before comes to the shop asking for me and said that he had my tiller but it no longer worked. He did help me take it off his truck and I learned that he was the fifth person who had had it since my neihbor borrowed it. Now when Dad passed away Mom contacted a buyer of horse drawn equipment and sold all Dad's equipment in a one shot deal. Years later I found a set of harrows under the barn and ask Mom why the buyer didn't take those. Mom said those belong to uncle X but Dad only used them when he did work for uncle X so she couldn't sell them. Uncle X remembered the deal and I took the harrows and put them in his barn. Although I take pride in my many good quality tools I have to say that the rewards of borrowing others tools far outways the losses I have taken from loaning out my tools.

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Mac

02-14-2004 08:58:42




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 Re: Loaning tools in reply to pjw, 02-14-2004 07:21:34  
I "used" to loan good tools to the guy down the road, Oh, when he broke them he replaced them OK, but with some tiawan junk. Only loan stuff you have no further use for.



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John,PA

02-14-2004 08:31:09




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 Re: Loaning tools in reply to pjw, 02-14-2004 07:21:34  
Loaned some expensive woodworking tools to a friend. He was involved in a car accident and passed away. Had to go to his estate sale to buy them back. KEEP A RECORD OF WHO HAS WHAT!



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Rob

02-14-2004 08:15:18




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 Re: Loaning tools in reply to pjw, 02-14-2004 07:21:34  
I have a saying, "The guy that lends tools lives on wyomissing street" and its true. I just dont lend tools because a man without tools is not a man, but a moron.



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Johnski

02-14-2004 07:44:35




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 Re: Loaning tools in reply to pjw, 02-14-2004 07:21:34  
Had an old timer as a customer in the power equip shop I worked at in back in the 70's. He must have been pushing 80 but still ran his own sawmill. I was sent over to his place to pick up some chainsaws for service. I got the three saws in the truck and then asked him about another saw sitting by the door. "Leave that one there, that's my lending out saw". He went on to explain that when anyone came around to borrow a saw he would give them that saw. Apparently it hadn't run in years but when it was returned no one ever said a word about it. No one ever fixed it for him either. LOL

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Davis in SC

02-14-2004 07:34:57




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 Re: Loaning tools in reply to pjw, 02-14-2004 07:21:34  
Might as well give it to them. If you ever get it back, it is usually ruined anyhow. Recently, I loaned a OTC slide hammer with the small expanding bearing puller to a "friend" . He told me he would replace it if he damaged it. He did damage it, new head for it cost me 75 dollars..... Never again...



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JF

02-14-2004 07:23:23




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 Re: Loaning tools in reply to pjw, 02-14-2004 07:21:34  
Only if you need a new one.
And have extra cash laying around to buy it.



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goofus

02-15-2004 17:56:58




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 Re: Re: Loaning tools in reply to JF , 02-14-2004 07:23:23  
This is 99% certain. You have a friend that insist that you come by his place and use anything you want, (he usually don't have anything worth using) then he in return will come by your place when he needs something. Very soon everytime you need one of your own tools it will be at his place. You will be surprised at how quickly his statue of memory limitations run out, and they become his property. If i'm lying, i'm dying. goofus ---

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rexb

02-17-2004 06:17:02




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 Re: Re: Re: Loaning tools in reply to goofus, 02-15-2004 17:56:58  
HandSaw, Pickaxe, Rake loaned to neighbors that were dirt poor, had no tools, and didn't like to work. Next spring found my tools scattered, rusted, and foul around their driveway. Them Never again.



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