Friends DH broken loaned item

[welshmist]

OH lent an electric meat slicer to a friend for a party, he broke it apparently, his DW has messaged us saying she has bought her DH a new one because he liked it so much, should she throw out our broken one. I paid £150 for the item as a present, I am annoyed that she is being so cavalier about this, DH says to say nothing but I feel bloody annoyed that it will cost us another £150 to replace it.

Was yours on its last legs when you loaned it out OP? That might make a difference.

How old is the machine? I had an expensive juicer and the motor broke within about a month and they sent a courier to pick up the old one, accepted it was faulty and sent me a complete new one. Wasn’t too much hassle but don’t think they’d do that if it was over a year old.
So contact them and if it’s in warranty, great, if it’s not get a cost for a replacement and get it in writing and forward this to the friends that borrowed it with a pleasant note saying something like ‘we use our meat cutter quite frequently so I’ve looked into repairing the one that has broken, the company have agreed to fix it for £x so it seems fair that you cover this cost?’. They couldn’t possibly refuse could they?!

Meant to read ‘get a cost for a reason lacement motor’ ...

Ah - replacement. !!

I would assume that dh has told them not to worry about replacing it and is annoyed at himself for doing so, hence the complaining to you!

Nothing you can do apart from move on.

If it is a Magimix definitely get in touch with the manufacturer. Our Magimix mixer had a 20 year warranty on the motor. We've now had it longer than that now but you can still get the parts.

Simple. Go veggy.
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On what planet is that progress?

Maybe your DH does not want the hassle of getting it replaced and will use the aforementioned chainsaws instead?

Borrow theirs. Get quotes for new part of yours. Send text to that effect suggesting they bring round x amount ASAP. If they don't, suggest you just keep theirs.

My husband would do (or not do anything) the same. That's why we are always broke, our expense on leisure for someone or something else is more than his own family.

I would assume the one bought is for you but if clear it's not would tell them to keep hold of old one until the one they have bought to replace yours arrives. They could at least repair it. And don't lens them anything else. Should be covered by their house insurance if accident?

DH lent it out, it was his to lend. Mate & his wife are knobs, DH too chicken to say anything. I say, don't replace the meat slicer, let DH live without it. That'll teach him.

And I'd start backing away from knobish friends.

I think my reply to the text would be thanks so much for getting us a new one, they are so useful we can’t live without it, so it would be great if we could pick it up/you can drop it off as soon as possible as we’re looking forward to using it for the weekend. Just throw the one you broke away. They are soooo cheeky!

Please can we have it back so we can try to fix it. In the mean time please can we borrow yours... oh managed to fix our, but yours broke I’m afraid, shall we bin it?

You break something of anyone’s if you borrow it - you’re mortified beyond belief you don’t just suggest you bin it! Esp not something expensive. Is she lying?

It depends how it broke, was it through misuse or wear and tear, meaning it was near the end of its life anyway?

She needs to buy you another one- it’s really cheeky. Part of me is also thinking tho- who actually needs an electric meat slicer?!

Pamish

I would not reply but get DH to say something like 'no please don't throw it away, please can you get it repaired as I use it all the time and will be lost without it. Thanks.' This makes it clear that he wants it back. If he is not prepared to tell them this then he needs to shut up about it and move on.

If I had broken something like this I would assume I should replace it. I borrowed vacuum cleaner recently. Used once then would not work. Bought replacement on ebay and returned this. Owner has since got theirs repaired for free (turned out it was not broken but a faulty bag and just needed cleaning out) we now have the ebay one and everyone happy.