Not an Indian giver

Did you say that she could have the TV or that she could use it..?

Cause if you said she could have it then it's hers... but if you only said she could use it then what she has done now is steal the television...


It's like when I recently lent a game to a friend, I told him that he can use it/play it etc... but in doing so I am not transferring ownership of the game... so he has no right to just give it away to someone else... same for your TV situation it seems...

Shannon Alexander said:

Did you say that she could have the TV or that she could use it..?

Cause if you said she could have it then it's hers... but if you only said she could use it then what she has done now is steal the television...


It's like when I recently lent a game to a friend, I told him that he can use it/play it etc... but in doing so I am not transferring ownership of the game... so he has no right to just give it away to someone else... same for your TV situation it seems...

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This is a good point, but I figure that because she brought the TV back to him that would likely signify that he lent it to her rather than transferring ownership. Of course it's possible that I'm wrong here, but if so, I would have a hard time understanding why she brought what is now her property back to the previous owner. And if I lent a friend a game that they felt it was a good idea to give away, I would be pretty mad. That game cost me good money, and I didn't give it to you.

DuplicatePie said:

This is a good point, but I figure that because she brought the TV back to him that would likely signify that he lent it to her rather than transferring ownership. Of course it's possible that I'm wrong here, but if so, I would have a hard time understanding why she brought what is now her property back to the previous owner. And if I lent a friend a game that they felt it was a good idea to give away, I would be pretty mad. That game cost me good money, and I didn't give it to you.

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Exactly mate, and especially because I pre ordered the game and all...

Shannon Alexander said:

Exactly mate, and especially because I pre ordered the game and all...

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Did that actually happen to you recently? I thought you were making a comparison. If so, you need to make sure to get your game back. I can't stand people like that. I remember, back-in-the-day, leaving my property at my friends house too long, and out of no where they start to think that it's their stuff to with as they please. But like they say...sometimes...if all it cost you was x amount of money to find out that this person wasn't a real friend, and get them out of your life, then good. Of course at some amounts of money this saying goes right out the window.

No, It didn't happen... I was just making a comparison because I recently lent a mate of mine a game I hadn't had long and it was a pre order with special shit... And I wouldn't like it if he gave it back to me then one day gave it to some else... That'd shit me off

Shannon Alexander said:

No, It didn't happen... I was just making a comparison because I recently lent a mate of mine a game I hadn't had long and it was a pre order with special shit... And I wouldn't like it if he gave it back to me then one day gave it to some else... That'd shit me off

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I agree. The only difference for me is that I couldn't see myself lending out a game that I had just recently bought. Just for example I'm thinking of Halo 4, which I really hope doesn't disappoint me like ODST, and I can't see myself doing that. I may bring it to a friends house so we could both play, but I would definitely be leaving with it. It's entirely possible that your friends are better people than the ones that I have had through my life, but I wouldn't trust those guys to be responsible with their own prized possessions, let alone mine. Not that I would consider a video game to be a prized possession, I just couldn't think of a better term at the time of this post.