Anyone ever let someone borrow a game and not have it returned back to you?

This is what I get for being too nice. I let my friend's childhood friend borrow Onimusha Dawn of Dreams. I was being cool because it's the first time I met the guy and I wanted to be a good host. I trust my friend, but obviously the guy I lended the game too turned out to be a scumbag.

But I kept it cool and didn't say anything. And even when I was going to move back home, he still didn't return the game. Even my friend's other friend reminded him and the punk still didn't bring it back. Then the following week, he moves back to his dorm which is a university out of state.

I never saw my game again.

Anyway, I will never trust people I don't know too well, even if it's one of my friend's closest friends.This is a lesson I learned the hard way.

Anyone else have a similar experience?

Lesson one of life

What is mine is mine, and not yours to use

First and last time: I lent Quake 2 for N64 to a friend, never got it back. I later asked if I couldborrow his copy of Mega Man 8 for PS1 from him... somehow I forgot to give it back.

But that ended my adventures in game lending.

I loaned out my copy of the original Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen and never got it back.

This is what I get for being too nice. I let my friend's childhood friend borrow Onimusha Dawn of Dreams. I was being cool because it's the first time I met the guy and I wanted to be a good host. I trust my friend, but obviously the guy I lended the game too turned out to be a scumbag.

But I kept it cool and didn't say anything. And even when I was going to move back home, he still didn't return the game. Even my friend's other friend reminded him and the punk still didn't bring it back. Then the following week, he moves back to his dorm which is a university out of state.

I never saw my game again.

Anyway, I will never trust people I don't know too well, even if it's one of my friend's closest friends.This is a lesson I learned the hard way.

Anyone else have a similar experience?

ASK_Story

Yeah. Metal Gear Solid for PS1, back when it was the hottest thing on the planet. Let my neighbor borrow it... and a week later, he left the state for college.... with my game. Lesson learned.

I've lent out a couple games back in the day and never got them back. I think AD&D for the Sega Genesis was one of them. I lent that to an ex-girlfriend who kept it, but that's because I ditched her and didn't see her again for a couple years. Oh well, I got what I wanted from her LOL so it was worth losing that crappy game.

And when I was in junior high school, I lent this pudgy kid from school 3 gameboy games for his copy of "The Legend Of Zelda : A Link To The Past" for the SNES the first week it was out. My family and I moved the next week, and I never saw that kid again. I feel bad now, but at the time I was a stupid selfish kid. I have a few more similar stories, but I won't go in to it.

But being older now I realize how stupid and selfish I was, and I don't borrow games nor do I lend them out. They either don't come back, or they come back in bad shape.

I've lent a friend diablo 1 around 3 years ago and still haven't gotten it back, although that's mainly becuase I keep forgetting to follow up on me asking for it.

I also gave a friend one of my Halo novels which I had to source from the US (I'm from Aust btw) and he moved back to Melbourne... while he still had it. :(

One time I lent out SimFarm and never got it back.

Another time, I let a friend borrow Wario Land II. His sister ended up erasing my save file, and I never got the game back.

Don´t remember me...Castlevania:SotN...:cry: