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

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Originally posted by: Farang
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.
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Normal use doesn't include leaning back on two legs of the chair though.
 
1. Your friend sounds like douchebag by nickel and diming his friends wrt to the poker table.
2. You should offer to pay for repair. If it's unrepairable, offer to pay for a new one.
 
Originally posted by: Farang
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.
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Leaning back on two legs of a dining room chair is not acting responsibly. It's bad for the chair and the OP realizes that.

Sorry, but some people have nice stuff and like to keep it that way.
 
Crazy.

My kid broke my dining room table. An 80 year old Duncan Fife. I took it to a furniure repair place and they fixed it for 60 bucks. Our chairs would cost about 200 to replace and they are actually nice.
 
Originally posted by: Bignate603
Originally posted by: Farang
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.
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Leaning back on two legs of a dining room chair is not acting responsibly. It's bad for the chair and the OP realizes that.

Sorry, but some people have nice stuff and like to keep it that way.
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So don't volunteer to host gatherings then.
 
Originally posted by: her209
Originally posted by: Bignate603
Originally posted by: Farang
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.
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Leaning back on two legs of a dining room chair is not acting responsibly. It's bad for the chair and the OP realizes that.

Sorry, but some people have nice stuff and like to keep it that way.
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So don't volunteer to host gatherings then.
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When you're a guest in someone's home, you should behave in a mannerly fashion that doesn't endanger their possessions. The OP obviously gets this and feels some responsibility for the two-leg lean on this chair.
 
Originally posted by: her209
Originally posted by: Bignate603
Originally posted by: Farang
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.
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Leaning back on two legs of a dining room chair is not acting responsibly. It's bad for the chair and the OP realizes that.

Sorry, but some people have nice stuff and like to keep it that way.
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So don't volunteer to host gatherings then.
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Yea : shit happens, it's the cost of doing business. If you stuff is that nice, don't invite people over (for a poker game no less).

If a friend broke a chair, I'd probably laugh and laugh real long and real good cause I'm that kinda jerk (I'd hope that I wouldn't be the only one laughing.. I'm not that kinda jerk). Granted my stuff isn't particularly nice, but it's not particularly bad. I'd hope he'd offer to work it out, but even if not, he was at my place my stuff such is life.

It's not like leaning back = slamming a chair into a wall.
 
Originally posted by: oogabooga
Originally posted by: her209
Originally posted by: Bignate603
Originally posted by: Farang
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.
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Leaning back on two legs of a dining room chair is not acting responsibly. It's bad for the chair and the OP realizes that.

Sorry, but some people have nice stuff and like to keep it that way.
Click to expand...
So don't volunteer to host gatherings then.
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Yea : shit happens, it's the cost of doing business. If you stuff is that nice, don't invite people over (for a poker game no less).

If a friend broke a chair, I'd probably laugh and laugh real long and real good cause I'm that kinda jerk (I'd hope that I wouldn't be the only one laughing.. I'm not that kinda jerk). Granted my stuff isn't particularly nice, but it's not particularly bad. I'd hope he'd offer to work it out, but even if not, he was at my place my stuff such is life.

It's not like leaning back = slamming a chair into a wall.
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If my 300 lb friend broke a chair when sitting on it, that's just cost of having people over. Leaning back places stress on the chair that it was quite obviously not designed to bear, and it's easily avoidable. Not normal use = guest's responsibility, not host's.

[edit] The friend does sound like a douche, but I agree with the OP that damage is his fault and repair costs are his responsibility.
 
Originally posted by: SlitheryDee
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.
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God I Love it when 7th graders try to give advice on these forums.....hahahaaa
 
Pay him back but get something out of it.
When he's not around (upstairs doing his business or out in the yard), get his wife or girlfriend on the sofa.
Offer to pay $125 to fondle one boob, double the amount for both.
At first she will be offended, then confused, then flattered. Have at it, a nice long feel, put the money on the table and haul ass when your friend comes around. Find a new friend, possibly a new address.
 
Originally posted by: Lurknomore
Pay him back but get something out of it.
When he's not around (upstairs doing his business or out in the yard), get his wife or girlfriend on the sofa.
Offer to pay $125 to fondle one boob, double the amount for both.
At first she will be offended, then confused, then flattered. Have at it, a nice long feel, put the money on the table and haul ass when your friend comes around. Find a new friend, possibly a new address.
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Classic video. 😀
 
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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$10 for spilling Beer? Guys sounds like a Wanker, you need new friends.

 
Originally posted by: lxskllr
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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Your friend sounds like a dick. I'm not seeing how his defective furniture is your fault.
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quoted for truth. Your friend is a fucknut. Furthermore, I can't believe you are considering paying anything. Tell him to shove his defective chair up his ass, if he doesn't like it do it for him.
 
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