looks like u got lot of browney points over this bird, if she cannot pay why not just be friend with benifits for awhile might make you feel better 
^^that is really funny!
am i the only one who thinks its his own stupid fault for lending out his iPhone?
if it was me who had lost it i would personally think it's the right thing to do to give money to the owner of the lost iPhone but not everyone is like that!
my opinion is it's his own fault and he learns from his mistake and cuts some more grass and saves up for another.....by then iPhone 2 could be out.....
looks like u got lot of browney points over this bird, if she cannot pay why not just be friend with benifits for awhile might make you feel better![]()
You know, if it were me and the girl was a hottie then I would suggest she pay me back with, ehm, services.
yeah i lent it out because im a nice person. ive learned my mistake by having to go back to my old phone and a cd player (sold my ipod). it sucks not having my iPhone. But hopefully her parents will repay either by cash or an iPhone, because thats all i really want right now
I'm confused, why are you terminating your contract? Why should your friend (who IS responsible for the cost of the phone) be responsible for your early termination fee? YOU canceled the account. You do know that the iphone isn't the ONLY phone that works on AT&T's network, right?
How about.......
Dear *parents*,
I am sorry for contacting you in this way but this is a horribly uncomfortable situation so I hope you understand why I am sending you this letter/email.
As you know my iPhone, which I lent to **daughter's name** in good faith, was stolen when it was in her possession. She is obviously in no way responsible for the actions of the thief but I lent it to her on the understanding that she would take good care of it. A moment of absent-mindedness, unfortunately, resulted in it being taken.
If I could afford to replace it myself I would, but I can't. It cost me $??? and there is just no way I can find that money again. **Daughter's name** has accepted responsibility for what happened and said she would like to help me out with the cost of replacing it, but says she is not in a position to do so.
I am truly sorry to impose on you like this but I need to ask you to help **Daughter's name** help me out with the cost of replacing my iPhone. I truly wish I didn't have to do this, I hope you understand that, but without your help I will be left with a serious financial loss I just cannot afford.
Many thanks, talk to you soon........
Whilst this may not be the position in law, I believe that most people regard this as the moral approach.It is a common misconception among people that if you lend something to someone and it breaks or is stolen they owe you the value of it.
This situation is called a bailment. the Bailee (your friend) is only liable for gross negligence or misdelivery (giving iPhone back to wrong person instead of you). Your friend does not owe you any money. Leaving the bag unattended is regular negligence.
Hmm. iPwned, you're oversimplifying a bit. You are right that a bailee is strictly liable for misdelivery. But for situations other than misdelivery, the standard can be either negligence or gross negligence, depending on the particular circumstances. See 8A Am. Jur. 2d Bailments § 81 ("The nature of the duty imposed upon a bailee to care for the bailed property varies, depending upon the nature of the bailment relationship."). So, as with every legal question, the only responsible answer to give as to the friend's liability is, "It depends."
Of course, that still means that you're right to caution the OP about his legal rights. Even if, as a moral/friendship matter, the friend owes the OP this money, it's not clear that she owes him the money as a legal matter -- and he ought to be treating this as asking her to be a decent friend, rather than speaking in terms of legal rights and legal obligations.