Bad Samaritan family won't return found expensive camera
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Well, a friend borrowed a video cam from me for his father birthday back in 1986. Those days, it was expensive.
The feedback was "Your camera not good. Quality lousy!"
I din charge him one single cent.
Unexpectedly the following year, he called again. Asking if he can borrow the same video camera.
I told him. Coz he said the video camera no good, I sold it.
Imagine you can get this kind of treatment from friends. Don't expect so much from a complete stranger lor. :faint:
The feedback was "Your camera not good. Quality lousy!"
I din charge him one single cent.
Unexpectedly the following year, he called again. Asking if he can borrow the same video camera.
I told him. Coz he said the video camera no good, I sold it.
Imagine you can get this kind of treatment from friends. Don't expect so much from a complete stranger lor. :faint:
wildstallion
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stupid family, thats pathetic parenting, JOKE! If it was my lovely camera id walk up to the kid and take it back and walk off!!!
kenna tekka b-cos of other ppl create trouble, den i hav 2 quit d job... ;(There are ppl of these kind around. The best method is to make them talk and check out their personality before u lend anything to them (relatives, friends or even colleagues). If their personality are as mentioned, there's no point in lending anything to them.Benign said:
Kena dis kind of incident last year made me open my eyes to these crap.
Before the shoot, "Oh no lah... I need someone of ur expertise. My camera not so good. blah-blah-blah."
After the shoot (unpaid somemore), start telling others behind my back "I showed his photos to a friend... he professional leh. Said his photos look very normal."
And on a seperate email, "Dun take it to heart, I appreciate ur effort...."
Very dulan but dun wanna pass any personal judgements on that chap, so ppl asked me abt it, I juz related the account word-for-word. Let them see who's right who's wrong. I juz relate exactly what happened nia.
P/S: The fella comes to CS as well, but is a lurker and only ask questions when needed help. His postcount less den 60. I wun say nicks or say names. But if he's looking at this, lets hope this guy had this 1 bit of conscience left and at least apologise for his remarks (regardless how long ago the remarks was made) to me in person instead of hoping the problem would simply disappear by its own.
Its not a matter of money, but a matter of principle & personal integrity.
slaam said:
Regretfully, given the finder keeper's law/defense, I know of instances in Singapore where DSLR systems ($10k ++) had been "found" by certain persons who later decided that they were not gonig to return it.
Sad eh... but oh well... keep your equipment properly, I guess
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How come don't want to say the name? If it is true, then there should be no problem - noticed a trend here for complaints but no identification.
Besides, the person may not know you are talking about him and may not therefore have a chance to tell his side of the story - and you will think he's being dao and therefore further misunderstandings occur.
Besides, the person may not know you are talking about him and may not therefore have a chance to tell his side of the story - and you will think he's being dao and therefore further misunderstandings occur.
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vince123123
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Looks like dai-chi power also exists in the police force of other countries.
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