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Minor tiff with friend...right to be peeved?

  • 12-02-2010 3:25pm
    #1
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭


    Hey,
    Had a bit of an argument/discussion with a friend and just wanted to get some other opinions. It's not a big deal at all, but still kinda bugging me.

    Anyway, a friend and I used to live in the same house, until I was leaving the country to go travelling. I had a Nintendo Wii that was kept in the sitting room. I had told her that she could hang on to the Wii while I was away, to which she agreed. In between then and the time of me leaving, I noticed that the Wii was faulty. I didn't spend much time trying to figure out what was wrong with it, but had said to her that I think there's something wrong with it.

    Anyway, I went away and when I came back I asked about the Wii, and she said she didn't know where it is. She said that she had thought my brother collected it, but my brother is 100% definite he didn't. She also thought maybe an ex-housemate, who is also a friend of mine, took it with her when moving out but she definitely didn't either. She had also said that while I was away, herself and another mutual friend had tested out each individual part of the Wii (ie the controllers, the unit itself, the sensor), and by using a 2nd working Wii had determined that every single part of my Wii was faulty. (I have no idea how this could happen, but we'll leave technical issues aside cuz it's beside the point).

    Her position is that she was free of responsibility of looking after the Wii because it was faulty, that she had agreed to borrow a working Wii and not a faulty one. Since she has no idea where it is now, it is my own tough luck really that it's gone - I shouldn't have assumed that she would look after a faulty Wii while I was away.

    Now, I am not expecting a replacement Wii or even any money or anything in return at all, but I was disappointed that she was not acceptant of responsibility over something that was lent to her, faulty or not.

    Do I have a right to be a tad pissed off over this, or am I blowing it out of proportion?

    Thanks


Comments

  • #2
    Angus Og
    Closed Accounts Posts: 401 ✭✭Angus Og


    I think you have a right to be annoyed. It was your property after all.

    But if it was really faulty, maybe there's no point in being annoyed. Was there a warranty? Maybe the guy who checked it made off with it for parts, hence the reason for saying all of it was faulty.


  • #3
    Dark Phoenix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,185 ✭✭✭Dark Phoenix


    You have a right to be annoyed. Faulty or not she accepted the offer of a lend of the wii and therefore was responsible for it. If it is faulty you can get it fixed. Either way I would ask for the machine back (in a working or not working state) or compensation of some sort.
    Lesson learned never lend this 'friend' anything again!


  • #4
    muppetkiller
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,200 ✭✭✭muppetkiller


    Yes you do. You gave her something as a led and she's lost it. Doesn't matter if it was slightly faulty or not. I'd expect some sort of compensation.


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