Feelings on lending and borrowing games?

[djbeatmongrel]

I normally dont lend out games to people but this week i lended Space Channel 5 to a close friend oif mine. I know i can trust him but i still have unnerving thoughts of my collection, and myself, sensation a seperation anxiety, paranoid about what could possibly happen to "my precious". it feels really weird since i treat the games i borrow like gold :o

What are everyone elses thoughts on these matters?

[ReaXan]

Let him or her enjoy the game but casually bring it up in a convo on how long they want to play it so it wont be stuck cracked somewhere

[ReaXan]

Let him or her enjoy the game but casually bring it up in a convo on how long they want to play it so it wont be stuck cracked somewhere

[djbeatmongrel]

i should have said these types of matters instead of just my situation.

anyways, i usually do that, but i trust my friend enough to know the game wont be fudged, just worried thats all(i know it contradicts itself but thats what i feel).

[Half Japanese]

Look at it this way: It WAS Space Channel 5 he borrowed. You should take it back and apologize immediately for letting him experience such a garbage game. That said, I don't loan out games anymore. I had one friend I used to trust, but then he lost a dvd I lent him and no more. He paid for it, but still, that's beside the point. If you're anal about condition and things of that nature (which I assume is pretty much the entire crowd here), lending out games becomes more of a hassle than it is worth in return. Go to Blockbuster, it's not worth the risk unless your lendee is very mature and responsible.

[djbeatmongrel]

you hurt my feelings, i like space channel 5 a lot, thats why i picked up the ps2 rerelease :embarrassed: oh well, SC5 is known to be one of those games that you either love or hate.

other than the brash comment i get what your saying.

[Videogamerdaryll]

I don't lend shit out anymore..I've had two many bad experiences..
People just don't know how to treat my stuff...So it's a no,now.

My Sister In Law has had one of my PS games for 6 months now..
She gave me one back but hasn't given me the other..I have a bad feeling about it..
I think she left it over an EX boy friends house.
I'm going to put a sign over my doorway that leads into this room..

Saying "I don't loan out games

[tholly]

Look at it this way: It WAS Space Channel 5 he borrowed. You should take it back and apologize immediately for letting him experience such a garbage game. That said, I don't loan out games anymore. I had one friend I used to trust, but then he lost a dvd I lent him and no more. He paid for it, but still, that's beside the point. If you're anal about condition and things of that nature (which I assume is pretty much the entire crowd here), lending out games becomes more of a hassle than it is worth in return. Go to Blockbuster, it's not worth the risk unless your lendee is very mature and responsible.

SP5 has got to be the worst game ever...and I mean ever. You should pray that he cracks the disc in two and throws it out.

But anyway, I do agree that even if a game is lent out to my buddies across the hall I still feel weird and nervious knowing that one of my games that are completely perfect is not in my protection.

I try to loan stuff out as little as possible, even though if i ever borrow something i always treat it better than my own stuff.

[Ed Oscuro]

Friend of mine from work asked if he could borrow Halo. I had to say no, a friendly no, but very definite (he said he understood, so it ended nicely). The last game I let somebody borrow was Metal Gear Solid, plus the guide...it came back in such bad shape that I actually traded it off for a copy of TR3 + the guide. :/

I will never let somebody borrow a game of mine, and the only way a game leaves my house is if it stays in my sight the whole time. That's the way things gotta be. Disc games might look cheap, but they sure ain't cheap to replace.

[dreamcaster]

I'm far too possessive to lend out ANY games. And I've got more than enough games to play so I don't see the point in borrowing them (or renting for that matter).

And I'd just like to say that I love Space Channel 5. :D

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

I'm not too hot on loaning out games, especially rarities. Wanna come over and play 'em? Feel free. But unless I'm going with it, or I really, really trust the people and environment my stuff will be in (I'd be OK with the CGE Museum, for example!), it doesn't leave my place.

[calthaer]

The price on games is the deceptive things. While Thief Gold or System Shock 2 or Symphony of the Night or the Zelda bonus discs might be replaceable for $25-50 or so, it's not quite that simple. That $25-50 might not even get you the game if one's not for sale, and even if it does replace the game there might be a slight scratch on it, or there might be some other niggling and annoying thing with it that says: "If I hadn't lent it to X, I wouldn't have this flaw in my collection."

Of course, if you're lending out games that are > $50, then you're asking for trouble - especially if you are lending to a non-collector, but even to a collector it's a bad idea.

[sisko]

On the bright side, it only was SC5. If anything happens, you can replace it with a brand new one for $3.

I don't lend out games anymore. After lending to 2 of my best friends and my cousin, and having them all come back in not mint condition, I got too irritated to even bother anymore..

[captain nintendo]

The only person I would loan games to that are friends is Tynstar.
In fact he has had my Zelda WW for 2 months now. I know I can trust him to keep them minty fresh. :D

[den68]

I have lent games out, but don't like doing it. I am paranoid about them till they are returned. I guess it depends on who it is who's asking to borrow them. I will say no if I don't trust the person will treat the games as I do and certains games are off limits to even the most trusted.

I have one friend who used to always want to borrow my NES games. this was like 17 or 18 years ago. He always got a big fat "no way". I always kept my games in the little cases and in a carrying case, my system was always covered when not in use. To this day all the NES stuff I bought in the late 80's is immaculate. Well my buddy was on the "no way" list because whenever we played at his place his carts were all strewn across the carpet loose, the system also lay on the floor with the door open. Manuals were either lost or being used as coasters. There was no way in hell my gleaming carts were ending up in that environment.

The funny thing is, is that last time I was at his place his PS2 was on the floor with the CD tray out and his games were in a stack on the TV all out of the cases. Needless to say he won't be borrowing any games.

I once lent Kingdom Hearts to a girl I work with and when I got it back it looked like it was used as a coaster.

I have loaned games to my brother in law. He has found games for me a few times and taken me to few places that resulted in significant scores so I feel obligated to let him borrow. He once wanted to borrow some NES games to take with him to a teachers conference. I said sure. He ended up wanting a bunch that were from my original collection all bought new. Qix, Klax, Blades of Steel, Galaga, Super Dodge Ball. He ends up having to head home early from the conference and tells me he left the games there and one of the other teachers was bringing them back for him. I did get them back but now when he borrows it's on condition that they don't leave his house and I now have an off limits list.

[Oobgarm]

I've got a couple of games on loan to some friends right now, but I work with both of them, so I see them often and I'm sure of their ability to care for other's property.

I'm not a huge fan of lending things out, I never have been, but exchanging things with someone for a little while is OK.

I've never had a bad experience *knocks on desk*, but I can tell you, as with most of the others that have chimed in, there are things in my collection that would never be lent out.

[Atari7800]

Want to play one of my games? Come to my place.

Want to play a game at your own place? Stop by the game store on the way home and buy your own.

Never a borrower or a lender be.


:D

[SegaTecToy]

Lending/borrowing is the fastest/surest way to destroy a friendship!
I try to avoid it because it's a dangerous thing to do.

[Retsudo]

I learned my lesson when it comes to lending games. Once I let a friend borrow Super Street Fighter 2 for the Snes, and when I went to retrieve it it, he wasnt home and his nephews were playing catch with it.
:angry: :angry: :angry: :angry:
So I dont lend out JACK anymore. Nobody's going to take care of your games better than you can. I dont have a massive collection like most of you, but I still treasure what I do have.

[Bratwurst]

Ah, the horrors stories. I had a friend back in middle school that I'd regularly loan games to, knowing full well they'd come back with my saved games gone. I didn't really care back then and he usually got the new systems every Christmas, so I'd be there playing right beside him.

My cousins were worse and their behavior gradually groomed me into a miser where swapping was concerned; they'd borrow my games and then let -other- people borrow them.

Just don't do it no more.

[ddockery]

man, you guys need to get some better frineds, or stop being so possesive. If a specific person screws something up, then yeah they're out, but otherwise I loan/borrow stuff (mainly games and DVDs) all the time. It saves both parties money to actually buy what they want, so what's to lose? If I ever told someone "Sorry, you can't borrow game X because I just don't trust you" I'd feel like a real ass. Now if I had anything really rare and worth a lot, that might be a different story.

[Bratwurst]

On the other side of that coin, one of my neighbors stopped by and mentioned how they liked Punch Out when my NES collection came to light. I picked them up a 2$ copy at the flea and gave it to them.

[§ Gideon §]

If I ever told someone "Sorry, you can't borrow game X because I just don't trust you" I'd feel like a real ass.
Yeah, I would feel that way also. Thankfully, it's not too much of a problem for me; I'm told that I have an aura in person that is somewhat aloof, and I'm not asked to loan things often.

But, when the situations do arise when I would feel uncomfortable loaning to someone who happens to ask, I find it easy--almost satisfying--to deny the request, knowing that I saved myself some worries. If for some reason, I felt uneasy in just denying politely, I would pull a "You're just using me for my game" routine. That sounds like the ticket (even though I've never tried it).

I have a 50% track record with loaning: Off the top of my head, only two people have recently asked me. One was my brother, whom I politely refused. The other was my room-mate, whom I "loaned" my GBA with Super Ghouls 'N' Ghosts--which was really easy to say yes to; he's a great guy, and he wasn't even taking it out of the room.

All this banter I put out makes me realize what a relevant topic this is for out forums. Thankfully, I got my word in before it becomes a 4+ page mess!

[gamergary]

If you want to come over to play it then I don't care but if you want to borrow it then go somewhere where somebody would let you.

[youruglyclone]

I'm alright with lending but I usually give it in a generic but secure case with all the inserts removed.

and if it can't fit in your jacket pocket chances are I'm not lending it to you
(someone once asked me if they could borrow steel battalion, needless to say a prompted "hell no" was in order)

generally it's gotten to the point where I enough games where if someone wants to borrow it go ahead at least I know someone is enjoying the game rather it sitting on my shelf and collecting dust.

[Flack]

I have about three people that are on my "good" list. My dad, and one of my friends. That's it. If you're not on the list, the answer's "no". I also have a whiteboard set up -- I know it sounds anal, but when people borrow stuff, the name and the item goes on the whiteboard. This helps me remember who has what, and helps them remember to return it.

When people want to borrow movies or music CD's I usually just copy them for them and give them the copy and tell them to toss it when they're done. That way I don't lose the item and they can keep it for as long as they want.

Everytime I loan something out I assume I'll never see it again, so if I do, it's always a pleasant surprise. And if I don't I don't get too broken up about it.

[Atari7800]

I learned my lesson in 7th grade.... I'm like, 13 years old or so.

I took the bus to school, and it always got there early before the school opened. We would have to wait outside for 10-30 minutes.

I'd occasionally get into conversations with a couple of the younger school bullies about video games. They were assholes for the most part, but we still enjoyed talking about games.

I mentioned one time that I had just gotton the 2600 version of Popeye, one of my all-time favorite arcade games. They started bugging me to loan it to them, and I finally brought it to school when they offered to trade the game Haunted House for a week for my Popeye. They talked it up, saying how it looked at 3-D and was a fabulous game. When I got home, I was disappointed to find that the game wasn't that great, but it was something new.

After a few days, I brought back Haunted House and asked them to bring back my Popeye game. They said they would (I kept the HH game for the time being.) I asked almost every day after that... the answer was always the same. "Oh! we forgot! We'll do it tomorrow."

Of course, they had no intention of returning it. They were just switching out a sucky game for a good one.

I had an idea... I bragged to them one day that I had a new game... It was one of the hot new ones, I don't remember which one. They wanted to play it, so I told them to bring Popeye back. They promptly did so and gave it to me the next day. Guess what... I had "forgotton" to bring the new game in that day, but I would bring it the next... and the next... and the next. The school year eventually ended and they forgot. I got my Popeye back, and I still have the Haunted House cart they tried to stick me with.

Never loaned out another game.

:D

[§ Gideon §]

Ha! Is that a true story? I like it.

[kai123]

I loaned my Mortal Kombat 2 for the genesis out to a friend. I thought I could trust him. I get the game back the label is torn the box where the plastic was is torn and the manual is missing pages. I was pissed off. I had bought it new with my allowance. :angry: I only let my one friend borrow stuff just because he is about as anal as I am about the condition of games.

[hu6800]

I loaned my japanese first generation playstation 2 unit to one of my friends
and he sold it for money to buy heroine...

The only people i would loan games to is Maxlords and Geelw...

[Retsudo]

I loaned my japanese first generation playstation 2 unit to one of my friends
and he sold it for money to buy heroine....

Damn man, thats rough @_@ Bet you learned your lesson on that one! :eek 2:

[§ Gideon §]

Odd. My friend once loaned me his heroine, and I sold it for a Game Cube!

[GamecubeFreek]

I leant my friend my Super Mario Kart around 6 years ago. He then changed schools, and he lived about a mile away so I did not see him often. I knew his cousin though, so I asked her to get him to return it. After about a year of this, I find out that he sold it because he thought that I gave it to him for some reason. :angry:

Now the only people I lend my games to are my brother and my best friend because they are both really good at taking care of their games, and even though they arent collectors, they understand my views on the condition of my games.

I never did get another copy of Super Mario Kart, though.... :(

[Barbarianoutkast1]

It all depends i live in a dorm building now and i hear about peoples stuff geting stolen all the time so im really paranoid. But i did let my friend borrow one of my sega genesis consoles and 2 games then it turned into 5 games then i just went up into his room and took them back. I know it was an asshole move not to tell him but i did put his things i borrowed from him back. But bottom line is not where im living now to many people leave there doors open so they dont have to answer when friends come over. But even if i have to get up out of bed to answer the door at least i know my videogames are all safe in my locked closet

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

Loaning games to a family member cost me a box of 2600 carts that included Mr. Do's Castle, Q*Bert's Qubes and several other now-highly-prized ones - which, of course, I didn't realize were that valuable at the time. So I don't feel like I'm being stingy or out of line. :roll:

[Bighab]

Most of my friends aren't that big into videogames. A few will ask to borrow Starfox64 or Dukenuken64 so lending those out isn't a big deal. I would lend any game to my good friend Maxlords and vice versa. But the thing it we each have alot of the same games. Also if he had a game I wanted to play he would just bring it over to try. I wouldn't need to borrow it because I have a stack of 20+ games on my playlist I should worry about first :)

[crashdummycow01]

i had just gotten a new 007 game for my psx.. i let my uncle borrow it.. his house was robbed and it was stolen.. :(