Not gonna go too much into it but somebody I thought I knew for the better part of 12 years has moved away. I lent him a 3DS XL and Pokemon X+Omega Sapphire nearly two years ago because he was a big fan and was had no hope of affording them.
I keep in contact with him through Steam still and recently asked about the 3DS and getting it back. He skirts around or straight up ignores every question regarding it and the closest he's come to even acknowledging the subject was when I asked him if he thought it belonged to him now to which he was quite defensive. He has made no offers to return it or any information when he may visit to bring it back. All he has bothered to tell me is that he's still living where he is living and won't be coming back.
I'm not going to accept or suggest sending it through the post as it could easily 'get lost' in the mail if you catch my drift. It's pretty shocking somebody would act like that after being good friends for so long, we weren't acquaintances or just occasional friends, we were 'best friends' (though that term makes me cringe) and hung out for all of it until he moved quite recently.
Has anybody else been in a situation like this? I'm not going to go to the police because I feel that's just a poor way to handle the situation nor am I going to beg or anything silly. I will try to get it back a few more times and failing that will cut all contact and remove him from my life completely. It's only £200 or so, which is not a small amount of money but also isn't worth travelling across the country for drama or going through the courts for. It mostly just stings that somebody could act like that to somebody they called a brother and over something so petty, a situation like this just isn't something you create with anybody let alone a real friend.
It's amazing how little you actually know people!
Thoughts?
I keep in contact with him through Steam still and recently asked about the 3DS and getting it back. He skirts around or straight up ignores every question regarding it and the closest he's come to even acknowledging the subject was when I asked him if he thought it belonged to him now to which he was quite defensive. He has made no offers to return it or any information when he may visit to bring it back. All he has bothered to tell me is that he's still living where he is living and won't be coming back.
I'm not going to accept or suggest sending it through the post as it could easily 'get lost' in the mail if you catch my drift. It's pretty shocking somebody would act like that after being good friends for so long, we weren't acquaintances or just occasional friends, we were 'best friends' (though that term makes me cringe) and hung out for all of it until he moved quite recently.
Has anybody else been in a situation like this? I'm not going to go to the police because I feel that's just a poor way to handle the situation nor am I going to beg or anything silly. I will try to get it back a few more times and failing that will cut all contact and remove him from my life completely. It's only £200 or so, which is not a small amount of money but also isn't worth travelling across the country for drama or going through the courts for. It mostly just stings that somebody could act like that to somebody they called a brother and over something so petty, a situation like this just isn't something you create with anybody let alone a real friend.
It's amazing how little you actually know people!
Thoughts?
