Talk Morgan Forums Community The Malvern Arms borrowing stuff

Lets say I borrowed a tool from another forum member (I haven't). I drove 75 miles to pick it up and the agreement was I could keep it until the owner wanted it back. After 3 years, the owner wants it back. Would I be right is asking that he comes to collect it or do I deliver it back to him?
Thoughts?

Simon

I would deliver it as I was the borrower.

Yes, agreed.

Most definitely

Deliver it back in the condition it was in when you borrowed it.

As an aside, I very rarely lend tools out and then only to people I trust implicitly. I lent my socket set to my cousin once and the only thing I got back was the rachet.


Arwyn

Sounds like he's the one who's ratchet.

OK, thanks guys.
I actually let a forum member (different forum, NOT Morgan related) borrow an engine crane and stand for three years, when I asked for it back, he insisted that I collect from him. I did (75 round trip) but I can't deny it really pee'd me off. No payment changed hands, I was simply doing a good turn for a fellow enthusiast. He turned it around and said I should collect as he'd "stored it" for me for three years...
Lesson learnt!

Simon

I would take it back to him and tie it to a bottle of something as a thank you. Standard practice when I have been a lender or borrower. The right hand washes the left as my old foreman used to say ;-)

I had a pain of a friend who believed when you borrowed an item you kind of kept it.

He had borrowed two separate items three months appart and this was six months later.

He phoned me to borrow a third item.

I advised that when items one and two were returned he could borrow item three.

He called me a cheeky Bas...rd and was very annoyed with me!

He did not return items one and two and I had to go round to his house to get them. He said he did not have them.

I went into his shed and found them, he was less than pleased when I took them away.

Now I have a large garage, people no longer come round to borrow tools, they put their cars on the car lift and use the tools at the garage.

Please don't let one bad experience cloud things, a fairly new to Morgan owner who lives locally was aware that the spring storms had badly torn my large sheds roofing. Get some rolls of felt and timbers that you need and let me know and I will give you a hand, he was aware that after the new knee and problems with the other my days on ladders are over.

He came round in the recent heat wave and we both worked from dawn till dusk and him doing most of the heavy stuff. No money exchanged hands, but let's just say he and his wife had a small gift a week later and he will never get a bill for his cars servicing as long as I am able. Right hand and left hand again.....