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Cracked a friend's chair..He wants $250

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Originally posted by: batchusa
I wasn't doing anything nuts with the chair, just leaning back.
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I may have to take back what I said. What do you mean by "leaning back". Your weight rearward, or up on two legs? If the former, it's in no way your fault; If the latter, you should pay him for the chair. You're not supposed to do that, especially with good furniture.

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Originally posted by: batchusa
Hmm...he is a stickler for sure. He makes people pay $10 if they spill beer on his poker table. I wasn't doing anything nuts with the chair, just leaning back. Anyways, as cattlegod said, it is my responsibility to get the chair in the condition it was before.
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What a tight ass. I'd tell him to fuck off.

Jesus H Christ, it's just a fucking chair.
 
A friend of mine broke my office rolling chair before.. cracked the metal base in two.. he was nice enough to pay for a new one.. =)

I think if the chair's repairable, he should give you a chance to fix it and pay whatever that costs. If he insists on $250 cash, find a new friend..
 
Originally posted by: lxskllr
Originally posted by: batchusa
I wasn't doing anything nuts with the chair, just leaning back.
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I may have to take back what I said. What do you mean by "leaning back". Your weight rearward, or up on to legs? If the former, it's in no way your fault; If the latter, you should pay him for the chair. You're not supposed to do that, especially with good furniture.
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Sorry should have made it more clear. I was leaning back up on to the legs (ie, only two legs were on the ground). 😱
 
Well in the case of you leaning on two legs it is your fault. But depending how old the chair is I would just get it repaired. Like another poster said, it was already used when you sat down.
 
Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Originally posted by: SlitheryDee
Tell him he shouldn't be hosting poker night if his furniture can't bear the strain. Seems like extremely poor manners to ask for payment if you weren't actually being stupid or rough with the chair.
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"leaning back" => crack! => OP's fault, as he takes responsibility for :thumbsup:

But if a repair would work, that seems acceptable rather than paying full retail. A replacement wouldn't match the weathering of the other chairs anyway.
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I realize that it's the OP's fault. If it comes down to it he should do whatever it takes to fix/replace the chair, but I wouldn't be surprised if their friendship is beyond repair. You just don't act like that unless the person in question is being willfully destructive and you no longer care what they think of you. If you host an event of any sort you should expect to take some losses and not be compensated for them.

If you warn someone repeatedly against something and then they break it; that's a different story. Maybe that's the case here.
 
Originally posted by: SlitheryDee

I realize that it's the OP's fault. If it comes down to it he should do whatever it takes to fix/replace the chair, but I wouldn't be surprised if their friendship is beyond repair. You just don't act like that unless the person in question is being willfully destructive and you no longer care what they think of you. If you host an event of any sort you should expect to take some losses and not be compensated for them.

If you warn someone repeatedly against something and then they break it; that's a different story. Maybe that's the case here.
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No, that wasn't the case, it was an one-time thing. He does warn about the spilling beer on the table though.
 
i dont understand.

had you been being a dick and abusing the furniture, i could see how he could ask you to pay for it.

but if you werent, it's pretty dickish of him to assume you should pay. it's his furniture, and he assumes the risk of damage to the furniture by hosting social events at his house.
 
Warranty and if none pay for a repair, don't pay to get that dick a brand new and better chair.

EDIT: And if that guy is a true douchebag he'll probably tell you there is no warranty without even looking. If he did that, I wouldn't pay a cent.
 
You obviously haven't hosted many parties. Do you realize what a bitch it is to open up your house to your friends, have them use your shit all evening, then have shit get broken?

I love my friends to death, but they can be a bunch of jackasses. Hell, I'm a jackass sometimes. When you get a bunch of 20-somethings together and alcohol is involved, shit happens. Everybody knows that.

One thing I respect about my group of friends is that in the end, they always come correct. If one of my friends does break something, they know how to make it right without me having to tell them to.
 
If a friend was stupid enough to lean back in a dining room chair and break it I'd want them to do something about it. Depending on the chair it could cost $250 but people overpay for furniture all the time so its hard to tell what its actually worth.

To the OP, ask if you can take the chair to a repair shop to have it repaired and also ask where he got it. You may be able to buy a replacement.
 
Originally posted by: SlitheryDee
Tell him he shouldn't be hosting poker night if his furniture can't bear the strain. Seems like extremely poor manners to ask for payment if you weren't actually being stupid or rough with the chair.
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It sounds like he tilted it back on two legs, which I suppose would be considered "rough." It's not the way the chair was intended to be used.

Originally posted by: roid450
Pic of chair, sounds like it might just be a run of the mill dining room chair, for 250$ u could buy a NICE ass chair, he might just be trying to con u for more money thatn its worth.
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I'm sure he just wants a chair that matches the one he already has... $250 is kind of high, but certainly possible for a nice dining room chair.
 
it was probably already cracked and it makes that noise when you lean back and he's just trying to scam you out of $250. That's what people who charge $10 for a beer ring on a poker table do.
 
I do not think you should be liable for damages if your friend saw you leaning on two legs, but did not object. Were I in your position, I would pay for repairs or replacement though. I would never charge guests for damage to my property, unless they were obviously at fault, and doing something they knew to be irresponsible. Your friend is a poor host.
 
Why is your anal retentive friend hosting poker night? Have someone who doesn't give a fuck what occurs to host the event.
 
No, not my fault you want to buy overpriced furniture. I will pay you the going rate of a chair, not $250. Does buying expensive things give you the right to increase the liability of others acting normally in your home? If you have a $10,000 rug and I spill wine on it, do I then owe you $10,000 for that mistake? No, you risked the $10k by using it as a rug.
 
God, one of my friends stayed with us for a month while he looked for a place to live and broke a leaf off of my dining room table (after I let him, on request, set up his desktop computer layout on it and warned him very specifically about scratching it because it was a wedding gift to my parents and my mom's really attached to it) and just smiled, shrugged and said, "gee, I'm sorry." His lack of respect for my things, his failure to offer to pay to fix it, and his ongoing disregard for basic manners have actually really damaged our relationship. He's moving back into the area soon and I'm just grinding my teeth. I'm counting down the days until he breaks one of my housemate's beloved shabby chic dining set chairs.

You, as you stated in the OP, are definitely at fault (stop leaning chairs back on two legs! 😛) Insist that he let you do the work and pay the cost to get the chair fixed. Find a place, pick up the chair, shell out the dough and return it good as new. He's being unreasonable in the price he's asking (unless you seriously broke an extremely valuable antique) and his insistence on replacing rather than repairing.
 
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