Dd1 rarely uses it. DH is always on it. He always leaves it rested on the sofa, he never puts it away. Dd2 also likes to use it and leaves it rested on the sofa.
On the rare occasions I have seen dd1 with it she puts it back in the netbook bag I bought her or puts it on top of my xbox under the TV. I have never seen dd1 leave it on the sofa. I have known for her to hide it from DH and dd2, but generally only in places I myself would keep it.
It has been dropped, the hinge and power button have broken. It will turn on but frequently switches itself off. No one is taking responsibility for it. Dd1 is a bad liar. I firmly believe her when she tells me she knew nothing about it being broken until this evening and that it was working fine when she used it last week. DH and dd2 are better liars and both insistent that it was working yesterday, when they used it. I saw it working yesterday when dd2 was last on it. I also saw dd2 close it and put it down, still working. Somewhere between that afternoon and the evening it has been broken. I did not see anyone using it after dd2, when it was still working but I went out to work. It must have happened while I was at work. No one is admitting to using it in this time.
I think it should be repaired or replaced asap because it was dd1's birthday gift last year and she should not have to suffer because other people cannot look after things they borrow. DH is denying any responsibility and saying she should not have a new one if this one cannot be repaired cheaply.
AIBU?
To think that dd1's broken netbook should be replaced or repaired asap at no cost to dd1?
D0oinMeCleanin · 01/01/2013 20:53
We took it to two different repair shops, the first one, who I never fully trust quoted £130 plus. He said that the casing where the hinge fits has also cracked and so everything would need replacing. He also that the network adapter probably needed replacing, hence the plus bit of his price and I would better off buying a second hand one and oh look, he has lots all at brilliant prices 
The second shop who I deal more often with agreed the casing had cracked and it would all need replacing, which is expensive. He told me that there is no way of knowing if anything inside it needs replacing without opening it up and that it sounds like we need to reinstall some drivers, that is all. He wrote down the name of the drivers we'd need and quoted £100 to fix it. He also agreed that this was more than the netbook itself is now worth.
The lovely man in the second hand shop agreed that it is not worth fixing and said the price of the second shop we visited sounded fair. He knows someone who would fix it for us, but they'd charge around the same. He wrote down the names of some site where we can buy refurbished netbooks and wrote down some brands to watch out for and some to avoid.
Her replacement netbook is arriving at the end of the week.
I will have to have a think about how to keep it safe for her.
I agree that it is ridiculous but dd2 has her own laptop, the only reason she uses dd1's is that it is always out and connected so it is easier than getting her own out, plus the netbook is smaller and easier for her to carry.
DH also has a very high spec PC that he has use of but it is not in the living room so he cannot watch TV and play Facebook games at the same time, so he uses the netbook.
Why should dd1 have to accept her things being damaged because other people cannot be bothered to use the same care with them as she does?
She does share, but until dd2 learns to care for dd1's things the way dd1 does then she shouldn't have to share. And as for DH, well ... 
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