SteelBook™ loaner

[DIRTY MONEY]

Originally Posted by jwbbud

I dont let people borrow stuff period nor do I ask. Seems they always forget where it belongs and never return it. I can even count how many wii games my sister has she has never returned

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I don't borrow period! And the people that know me, know BEST not to ask!

[LuFeng]

Originally Posted by SatinKzo

Do you guys loan out movies to friends? If so, do you DARE lend them a steelbook?

I personally don't let them borrow the case, but I do put the disc in a spare amaray case for them.

Just curious if anyone here dares to let the steelbooks leave their premises?

I do the same...they cost too much to chance them being banged up......its one thing if I do it...

Now if someone does borrow a movie I let them sign it out and they have 2 days....its rude to borrow a movie then after a week they still haven't watched it....that's how you miss movies so I do the 2 day rule.I figure if they don't want to watch it in 2 days they can go buy it and watch it when they want to.

[maxbond007]

I don't even let my friends touch my Steelbooks

[sixteenvolt420]

I'd never lend out the steelbook itself, they movie disc in a generic case, i would. I actually only have 2 people that i lend any of my blu's out to. One is my sister, and the other is one of my friends, that both take good care of stuff. I

[Borgschlumpf]

The only persons i loan movies to is my brother-in-law and my best friend but they never recieve a Steelbook from me just an empty amray case where i place the disc in

[Billz]

After what my sisters kids managed to do with my first Avatar steelbook (how they managed to scratch the BD disk I will never figure out ), then hell no!

[roar]

I gladly lend out my movies, steelbook or not, a co-worker has Clash of Titan's right now. I lent my Iron Man steel to another co-worker and it came back with a scratch on the case, guess what... the earth kept spinning and I can still breath! Gawd we are talking about some metal and plasic here not the bloody mona lisa. Though I do think lending the disc out in an amary case is actually a good idea, I should start doing that

[World_War_BLU]

Originally Posted by Billz

After what my sisters kids managed to do with my first Avatar steelbook (how they managed to scratch the BD disk I will never figure out ), then hell no!

Yea, I remember that happening to you. But, didn't she surprise you with, if memory serves right, a Star Trek, and something else? I remember you hoping it was Iron Man.

[Billz]

Originally Posted by World_War_BLU

Yea, I remember that happening to you. But, didn't she surprise you with, if memory serves right, a Star Trek, and something else? I remember you hoping it was Iron Man.

It was with a replacement Avatar steelbook that she told me she was replacing.

The Star Trek steelbook was a surprise as she didn't tell me she was getting it.

I'm chuffed to have them, and can never repay my sister enough. But i'm still not going to lend them out to anyone else besides her.

[che84]

When I loan out Steelbook movies I loan them out in a empty amaray case.

[D-Blitz]

Originally Posted by roar

I gladly lend out my movies, steelbook or not, a co-worker has Clash of Titan's right now. I lent my Iron Man steel to another co-worker and it came back with a scratch on the case, guess what... the earth kept spinning and I can still breath! Gawd we are talking about some metal and plasic here not the bloody mona lisa. Though I do think lending the disc out in an amary case is actually a good idea, I should start doing that

Well, the same argument can be made about the Mona Lisa.

It's just material - if it's damaged, the Earth will keep on spinning, but I bet you quite a few people would be a bit vexed.

[Marcus Wright]

Sometimes I lend disks only not steelbooks.
But even it happens very rearly, maybe 5 times in the last year.

[Steel Panther]

I dunno, I only have 2 Blu Ray Steel Books and 1 DVD. Both Blu Rays are still in the shrink wrap and god only knows about the DVD one, its sitting on a shelf somewhere lol.. I didn't even really know what a steel book was at the time, but like hell I wasn't buying Transformers with a bad ass Decepticon logo on it =)

As far as regular blu discs go, I'll lend them to one friend, and one friend only and that's because I know it won't come back beaten to shit.

[roar]

Originally Posted by D-Blitz

Well, the same argument can be made about the Mona Lisa.

It's just material - if it's damaged, the Earth will keep on spinning, but I bet you quite a few people would be a bit vexed.

I'm trying to think of a better analogy, one that would make sense. On one hand you've got a priceless... like quite literally a priceless artifact, so naturally, you wouldn't lend that to just any friend because they hadn't seen it before and they'd like to have it hanging on their wall for a while, I mean, I'd get that.

But on the other hand, you have a movie, a movie that for all original intent was meant to be watched, the original thought was proabably meant for it to be watched more than once, perhaps even countless times, it may have cost $30 to buy origianlly, and heck, may even be worth a couple hundred to someone today, would you really not lend that to a 'friend' or a family member? I mean, really? You'd say no? You'd say, no, I don't trust you take care of my $30 piece of plastic for a night?

I will put aside not lending the steelbook, especially if it isn't open, if that's you thing, that's your thing, I don't think a real friend or family member would have the nerve to ask you to open it, but if it is open, I really like the idea of just putting the disc in another case, I honestly had never thought of that as obvious of a solution as it is and I think the next time I lend out one of I mine I will take that route.

Well obviously the respondants to this thread must be at least 10 - 1 who would not lend the movie and a great number of those people also said they wouldn't lend ANY movie, nevermind steelbook or not. If you can't lend a material item that isn't worth case a beer you either have some serious trust issues or your just selfish. I don't know how else to explain it.

[World_War_BLU]

Originally Posted by Billz

It was with a replacement Avatar steelbook that she told me she was replacing.

The Star Trek steelbook was a surprise as she didn't tell me she was getting it.

I'm chuffed to have them, and can never repay my sister enough. But i'm still not going to lend them out to anyone else besides her.

Yea, I don't blame you! I will lend out a disc, but not with the steelbook. But, there are only a few people I will lend my movies to.

[Blu-vie]

My Nephew lent out my District 9. Just when I was yelling at him to put the disc in a slim CD case...the Steelbook was out the door. Then a few days later I found out he lent out Wall-e too. But every thing came back just fine.

[LuFeng]

Originally Posted by roar

I'm trying to think of a better analogy, one that would make sense. On one hand you've got a priceless... like quite literally a priceless artifact, so naturally, you wouldn't lend that to just any friend because they hadn't seen it before and they'd like to have it hanging on their wall for a while, I mean, I'd get that.

But on the other hand, you have a movie, a movie that for all original intent was meant to be watched, the original thought was proabably meant for it to be watched more than once, perhaps even countless times, it may have cost $30 to buy origianlly, and heck, may even be worth a couple hundred to someone today, would you really not lend that to a 'friend' or a family member? I mean, really? You'd say no? You'd say, no, I don't trust you take care of my $30 piece of plastic for a night?

I will put aside not lending the steelbook, especially if it isn't open, if that's you thing, that's your thing, I don't think a real friend or family member would have the nerve to ask you to open it, but if it is open, I really like the idea of just putting the disc in another case, I honestly had never thought of that as obvious of a solution as it is and I think the next time I lend out one of I mine I will take that route.

Well obviously the respondants to this thread must be at least 10 - 1 who would not lend the movie and a great number of those people also said they wouldn't lend ANY movie, nevermind steelbook or not. If you can't lend a material item that isn't worth case a beer you either have some serious trust issues or your just selfish. I don't know how else to explain it.

I understand your point and I loan stuff out to family and some close friends but I can somewhat understand the other side too.....were talking $5000 plus in collections if not more.....that's a lot of money to spend to aquire the movies you want to loan to people who may not care as much about them....Hell I know 2 people that have over $10,000 in movies and I can't blame them for being nervous....everybody has the right to handle a collection of movies how they want....we work hard for the money we spend on these movies and nobody wants someone who could care less anywhere near them....but again I see both sides...I've been burned and not gotten a movie back or got it back in worse shape...that's why I changed how I lend them out and I have rules.

[roar]

Originally Posted by LuFeng

I understand your point and I loan stuff out to family and some close friends but I can somewhat understand the other side too.....were talking $5000 plus in collections if not more.....that's a lot of money to spend to aquire the movies you want to loan to people who may not care as much about them....Hell I know 2 people that have over $10,000 in movies and I can't blame them for being nervous....everybody has the right to handle a collection of movies how they want....we work hard for the money we spend on these movies and nobody wants someone who could care less anywhere near them....but again I see both sides...I've been burned and not gotten a movie back or got it back in worse shape...that's why I changed how I lend them out and I have rules.

You are absolutley right, I do agree with you, we do work hard for our money and do spend it where we want and it certainly is disappointing when you lend something out and someone doesn't respect it the same way, I do agree with you and I am in no position to tell anyone to do anything other than what makes them happy. I guess you can lump me in with the group of people who are willing to lend, as small as that group may be, I know I'm in it

[Blu-Boy in BKK]

I will only lend out my movie to you if you are over 95 years old and accompanied by BOTH parents.....

[enaej1]

If it's a chick I want to impress...hell yeah!!!