DrewDad wrote:nimh wrote: Like, I dunno, if I lend someone four books, they get lost, and that person tells me, well they were used, dog-eared books anyway so I'll offer you to buy you an Amazon gift card that you can buy two of the books anew with - well, then I'd be pretty pissed to be honest. You lost it, you replaced it, period - kinda.
My motto is, never ever, ever, ever, ever lend a book.
Give it away or keep it, but don't lend it.
That's so true! I loaned a real important book to me, Shogun, with the author's autograph, James Clavell, on it to my brother-in-law, and he lost the book.
