how to deal with friends and property damage?

[TW]Fox;25367270 said:
Thats generally how it works, yes.

Buy new car. Crash car 14 months later and write it off. You don't get the list price of a brand new car in settlement, you get the current value of a 14 month old example the same as yours*

*don't confuse this with insurers offering 'new for old' - this is a policy decision and not a legal requirement.
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with insurance companies sure with friends you shouldn't expect them to be screwing each other over.

any true friend would just accept it was his doing and foot the bill.

odd's are it's only the motherboard
 
Macro said:
You need to be left with a working PC of the same spec at the end of it. Take it to somewhere to get it repaired and he foots the bill. If he can find somewhere which will repair the PC to same spec with same (second hand) parts then fine. The point being you need a working PC at the end of it, not a quantity of money.
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I currently work part time in the only local PC shop so it'd end up coming to me anyway :P, for me second hand parts don't cut it ( have gotten stung with them before) as I don't know where they have been or for what use
 
Nadrian said:
I currently work part time in the only local PC shop so it'd end up coming to me anyway :P, for me second hand parts don't cut it ( have gotten stung with them before) as I don't know where they have been or for what use
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second hand for me is a no go unless I can trace their history also.

like members market + check their post history to see just how far they have posted about pushing the cpu/gpu is almost risk free.

second hand from an auction site or somewhere on the other hand and you could be asking for trouble
 
How did a beverage spill cause fatal damage? :confused:
Apart from hard drives and PSU's all other components can just be washed in warm distilled water and run work fine again. My system was soaked around the GPU area for hours before I noticed it was leaking.
 
You should really evaluate how you see this 'friend' from here on in OP. The fact that he even contemplated "a friend who said to him he should only have to pay second hand prices for the kit." highlights that he's a bit of a scummer. So is the third party that so daringly thrust in his opinion on how he should do you over. That is if the third party is a friend of yours too.

No longer allowing them to drink at yours, buying them pints or lending money/lifts/help seems only fair. People have to learn they're privileges, not rights ;)
 
ikillbears said:
yup. I'm always amazed when threads like these pop up. some people on here obviously hang around with some real scummy people.
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Unfortunately its not until its too late that you find this out - and its usually when something to do with money crops up!
 
Just to clarify a bit of backstory, it was a gathering and i brought the pc to a friends as we always get some co-op/multiplayer done etc, and now i should foot part of the bill because there was apparently nowhere else in the room the drink could have gone (bar the desk, shelf or windowsill ^^ but the unlevel surface of the top of radiator seemed the most appropriate, oh joy of joys
 
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