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Friend borrowed and ruined a £4k bag

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hugebelly · 01/02/2011 14:10

Asking on behalf of a friend.

She lent a Louis Vuitton weekend bag to a friend as she was going away. The bag cost £4k. The bag is now covered in marker pen thanks to a toddler and it won't come off. Her friend won't offer to buy her a new one and has basically told her to f**k off as it's not her bag, not her problem .

My friend acknowledges that she didn't say, if you break/ lose it, you pay for it.

What can she do? Small claims court?

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compo · 01/02/2011 14:12

Why on earth would your friend buy a 4k bag and then lend it?
Is this post for real?
I don't think it's a legal issue tbh, what a fool for lending it

Coca · 01/02/2011 14:13

If she needs to go to court over it prehaps she spent too much on a bag.

compo · 01/02/2011 14:13

Ps are you the owner of the bag or the one who borrowed it

whomovedmychocolate · 01/02/2011 14:13

Well first of all it's cosmetic damage rather than ruined. Has she sought advice from a dry cleaner as to what might repair it?

She can take action in the small claims court. Personally I would not loan something worth that much to a friend who clearly is an idiot, but that's just me

pinkhebe · 01/02/2011 14:13

insurance?

jonicomelately · 01/02/2011 14:14

This doesn't ring true to me.

TotorosOcarina · 01/02/2011 14:14

she shouldn't have lent her the bag!!

whats wrong with her buying a£20 from TJHughes to take?

tis her own fault.

Lulumaam · 01/02/2011 14:17

if you borrow something that £££££ you really have to keep it out of harms way.

i would be contacted LV and seeing if they have any advice re getting the marks off

MoonUnitAlpha · 01/02/2011 14:18

Stupid to lend an expensive bag - and unless there was some agreement about it's condition then I don't see how she can claim.

NicolaMarlow · 01/02/2011 14:19

Why would someone lend a £4k bag to someone who had a child? Or why would they lend it at all?

Eglu · 01/02/2011 14:21

What kind of LV bag is it, that it cost that much anyway. I know LV is expensive but £4k.

Agree stupid to lend a bag that expensive. I would bin the friend though.

scurryfunge · 01/02/2011 14:21

House insurance should cover it, if it is true.

StuffingGoldBrass · 01/02/2011 14:22

WHy lend an expensive item to a 'friend' who is fond of telling you to fuck off?

expatinscotland · 01/02/2011 14:22

I'd say she was stupid to loan a bag like that out.

If I were the judge I'd tell her she's too stupid to own a bag like that and award her FA.

ThePosieParker · 01/02/2011 14:23

Insurance, make her read all conditions as she may have a maximum for a single item.

MotherMountainGoat · 01/02/2011 14:24

How can a bag cost four grand? OP, your friend lives people in a parallel universe to everyone else I know. And this person lent a presumably diamond-encrusted receptacle to someone with a TODDLER. How dopey is that? TBH your friend sounds over-rich and naive and the person she lent it to sounds revolting, from her rude answer. They go well together.

RunforFun · 01/02/2011 14:26

Odd kind of frienship...

MotherMountainGoat · 01/02/2011 14:26

Eh, where did that 'people' come from between lives and in? This is what happens when people shock me with the news that bags exist that cost about the same as the GDP of a third-world country.

Ciske · 01/02/2011 14:26

This reminds me of that awful episode of Sex and the City where Carrie gets all upset because she lost a pair of expensive shoes on a party and the mum offers to pay, until she realises they cost hundreds of dollars. Which she rightly feels is way too much for a pair of shoes.

Back to the issue at hand:

-- £4k is a ridiculous amount of money to pay for a bag.

-- However, the mother agreed to take it and therefore accepted responsibility for it. She shouldn't borrow such expensive items if she cannot keep them safe.

-- I would look into whether insurance would pay out, either your own or hers. It's accidental damage.

redrollers · 01/02/2011 14:27

if she owns a bag like that it should be insured, but should be valued and itemised already.
If it's not then she is very stupid and it there will probably be a £1000 limit that she is covered for

that's if this is real. I have never said that on here

GetOrfMoiLand · 01/02/2011 14:29

expatinscotland Tue 01-Feb-11 14:22:31
I'd say she was stupid to loan a bag like that out.

If I were the judge I'd tell her she's too stupid to own a bag like that and award her FA.

Totally agree with that. Expat are you indeed Judge Judy?

expatinscotland · 01/02/2011 14:32

I love Judge Judy.

I love it when she throws up her hands and exclaims, 'And I went to law school for this?!'

Her husband's a judge, too (although now retired).

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hugebelly · 01/02/2011 14:36

The bag in question was bought at auction, it's an old LV holdall. I don't know any more about. She is a collector of all things vintage. She doesn't have children, so I guess she spends her money on luxuries.

She lent the bag as a favour (don't know the details). When she went to pick it up, the bag was by the door and that's when she noticed that it had been marked marker pen as had the hall table and wall. Her friend laughed it off, my friend got upset and said that she'd have to pay, her friend told her to f**k off.

Yes, she was stupid to loan the bag, but that's none of my business.

whomovedmychocolate - a dry cleaner may help, thanks!

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DuelingFanjo · 01/02/2011 14:36

if you're stupid enough to spend 4k on a bag...

EldritchCleavage · 01/02/2011 14:37

No need for a specific agreement to cover damage. Friend borrowed it, it was damaged in her care, friend is liable. Small claims court.

Agree she was daft to lend it. But since she did, and has been stuffed, she may as well try to get her money back. Why let the so-called friend get away with it?

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