"Borrowed" Guitar

Confusedandneedhelp

krisalexroberts wrote: »

Theft is:
A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it.

How can it be anything but? He dishonestly borrowed and then sold it on, permanently depriving me of it.

Its frustrating as to how there is no method of regaining the money. Ill just try find his address

He appropriated it honestly, you freely handed it to him.

When he gained physical possesion of the goods, he had legal right to do so, by your permission

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Gigervamp wrote: »

Who says the OP is a man? I'm a woman and have a bass guitar.

What one?

I've got a rather nice Cort, but have been using a musicman recently - weighs a ton, the action's really high and the tension low, but it's got a good sound when playing with a pick.

Also got a cheap as anything (and difficult to play) Aria electric, which actually has a sound I like more from the rough old pickups than from the strat. Plus the acoustics. And Spanishes. And the ukes. And banjos.



It's a common assumption, though. Quite entertaining when I'd be talking to people at gigs and they'd assume I was there to see someone as a sort of music WAG. The shock on their faces was priceless sometimes.

Snakey

Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »

It's a common assumption, though. Quite entertaining when I'd be talking to people at gigs and they'd assume I was there to see someone as a sort of music WAG. The shock on their faces was priceless sometimes.

I remember back in the day when I used to DJ, someone coming up to me and saying how great it was to see a girl getting involved in something like that. She then said in the next breath - and with a completely straight face - "Are those your boyfriend's records?"

I also went to a work conference once and was asked (again, with a bright smile and no conscious realisation of being offensive) "whose wife are you?", but I suppose that is slightly different since everyone (except me) had bought their spouses and all the other actual attendees of the conference were male.

geerex

Find out where he lives.
Buy a balaclava.
Take up baseball.*
When you meet him, don't speak.

If anything else happens... prove it.

*I am in no way advocating baseball as a sport.

DKLS

Gigervamp wrote: »

Who says the OP is a man? I'm a woman and have a bass guitar.

I do apologise, however the curse is adaptable to the feminine.

e.g. I hope your ovaries go square and rub against your abdomen for the rest of your guitar stealing existence etc etc. Although thats amateur in comparison to Romanians they take cursing to a whole new level they are fantastic at it.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

geerex wrote: »

Find out where he lives.
Buy a balaclava.
Take up baseball.*
When you meet him, don't speak.

If anything else happens... prove it.

*I am in no way advocating baseball as a sport.

Take the rest of the band with you. After all, with these rules, you need a couple of guys to hold each leg as he's dangled upside down and shaken.



Heinous crime. I've got a longterm lend of a couple of guitars and I've lent a few things out. None have EVER been maltreated or sold. You just don't do it.


Number one rule for anybody else; if somebody asks to borrow something for more than one gig, and handing it back as soon as they come offstage, say NO.

topdaddy_2

Gigervamp wrote: »

Who says the OP is a man? I'm a woman and have a bass guitar.

So square balls wouldnt be a curse to you then?:rotfl:

happyinflorida

Right - here's what you do.

Small claims courts are brilliant, they aren't like normal law courts.

When he asked to borrow your guitar or you lent it to him - was anyone else there? Hopefully yes, then you've got a witness.

Write a statement for them to sign - stating the truth, eg "Mr (your name) lent Mr small penis his guitar which I knew, or I believe it to be worth £600. This was a loan and not a gift and Mr small penis promised to return it - within two weeks or whatever was agreed" Get your witness to sign it at the end, put his name in capitals under his signature and his address.

If they'll go to court with you, to give his/her statement under oath, so much the better but not essential.

Find out Mr small penis' address and send a letter BY RECORDED DELIVERY and keep a copy of it. Give him 7 days to repay you in full and say if full payment not received I will not hesitate to take this matter to the small claims court.

And do it.

Good luck.

scotsbob

You find out his address and you go to your local pub or club and offer the bouncers £200 to get your £600 back.

gaving7095

My advice is, sadly, just let it go :-(
I also know what it's like to have somebody who you thought was a friend steal something which they asked to borrow. In the end, life's too short, £600 is nowhere near worth years of anger / fretting or even thought about something "unresolved".

Karma dictates that scum like that fool will get what's coming to them.

Also - ROFL @ the "square balls" post - I second that, we'll see the feculent swine in a medical journal perhaps ^^