Ask friend to pay half and chalk it up to a life lesson.
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Moral dilemma: Friend breaks my iPhone screen
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Shame it wasn't confirmed your friend had broken the screen at the time. He may think you have broken it! I would speak to him and see if you can get him to cough up.
If he won't you'll have to pay and seriously ask if he is a 'true' friend though good times and bad.
If he won't you'll have to pay and seriously ask if he is a 'true' friend though good times and bad.
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I think I'm a good person and would offer to pay if I broke someone else's phone. But I agree, if he doesn't offer to replace it I know how much he values the friendship. Oh well.Got more time than me though. They become better friends by losing a good friend (me) or hopefully the OP, should he be a good friend. For all we know he's just as bad. If i was to follow 'civil procedures' for all this **** id have no time for anything else. Learn a lesson and move on. Id consider a replacement screen cost a bargain compared to any other future problems this 'friend' might cause. Suck it up and move on, life is short.
Your argument is valid but only from the perspective of your life and lifestyle, can respect that, but its not how I'd sort it.
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Starting to sound like Judge Judy/Judge Rinder for the UK people
It's $220au to replace the screen at Apple, so I think I'll just try deal with it till September when the iPhone 7 comes out. I wasn't planning on getting it, but my plan allows me to upgrade for $150 after 12 months so not too bad.m
Edit: Also, thanks for your advice!
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Completely agree. I true friendship test!
What's wrong with suing? If it's good enough for Apple then I'm okay with it.
Since the drunk friend dropped the phone & shattered the screen, they would be paying for it.
As others have said, if he really is your friend, or even just a decent person, you shouldn't even have to ask, once they're made aware of the damage they should insist on paying for it. If not, you have every right to ask them to. If he refuses it's up to you if it's worth forcing the point.
I would let your friend know that it was the screen that was shattered and not your screen protector as you had originally thought. Then I would ask him to pay for it since he dropped your phone and shattered the screen. It seems reasonable to me to at least ask as he was the one who dropped it.
If he's unable to pay then lesson learned and move on. Either way get it sorted as quickly as possible.
What a sad thread this is. Not the fact that someone broke an iPhone and at this point knows nothing about it. But the fact there are so many people on here quick to judge.
Shame on you op for not contacting your mate first!
Shame on you op for not contacting your mate first!
I had a friend break an expensive car key and he didn't offer to fix it. I had to ask. He was about 20 at the time, so just out of his teens (since some people in the thread seem to be counting).
Fast forward eight years and he was the best man at my wedding and isnthe single most trustworthy person in my life outside of family.
It's not rude to expect s person who damages your property to pay for it. It's also ludicrous to just dump a friend simply because they didn't automatically offer. With some of threadlike I read here in amazed people are able to make and keep friends at all... Sheesh.
Fast forward eight years and he was the best man at my wedding and isnthe single most trustworthy person in my life outside of family.
It's not rude to expect s person who damages your property to pay for it. It's also ludicrous to just dump a friend simply because they didn't automatically offer. With some of threadlike I read here in amazed people are able to make and keep friends at all... Sheesh.
So my advice would be to tell your friend he broke your screen and see what he says.
Remember he was drunk so may have little recall of the incident.
My second piece of advice would be to not lend your drunk friends your iPhone.
If they ask to borrow your phone to get a taxi, just book it for them.
As for what to do about your friend if he doesn't pay up, only you can evaluate the friendship and decide the best way forward.
There's nothing to argue about here.
He broke the phone, either he pays for it, either he's not a true friend. He may have been drunk but a good person takes responsibility for a mistake. Even if he has no money, a TRUE friend will find some. And as the OP said, he thought the screen protector was shattered so he didn't talk to him earlier. I know you just said you can live with it, but it's not your fault so you shouldn't be the one paying the consequences.
End of story. Stop arguing.
He broke the phone, either he pays for it, either he's not a true friend. He may have been drunk but a good person takes responsibility for a mistake. Even if he has no money, a TRUE friend will find some. And as the OP said, he thought the screen protector was shattered so he didn't talk to him earlier. I know you just said you can live with it, but it's not your fault so you shouldn't be the one paying the consequences.
End of story. Stop arguing.
depends.
1 if you and he had a good time and were both drunk, then its both of your responsibilities. so don't ask him to pay.
2 if you were not drunk and he dropped it while he was drunk, then simply make sure he does know he dropped it and it broke. then let him decide what to do. you'll learn a lot about him.
either way, try to forget about it soon! after all, he was drunk, and you are friends.
1 if you and he had a good time and were both drunk, then its both of your responsibilities. so don't ask him to pay.
2 if you were not drunk and he dropped it while he was drunk, then simply make sure he does know he dropped it and it broke. then let him decide what to do. you'll learn a lot about him.
either way, try to forget about it soon! after all, he was drunk, and you are friends.
Just talk to them the next day after they've sobered up and let them know what happened.
As others have said, a friend is going to take accountability for their actions and pay for the repair. The fact he (and perhaps both of you) were drunk and you didn't think it was broken means they haven't even had a chance to make it right.
As others have said, a friend is going to take accountability for their actions and pay for the repair. The fact he (and perhaps both of you) were drunk and you didn't think it was broken means they haven't even had a chance to make it right.
It is why I would never allow a drunk friend to use my iPhone. Make the call for him next time.
Lesson learned.
Lesson learned.
I would definitely let the friend know that the actual screen is broken and not just the protector. If he doesn't offer to pay the cost to fix it, I would fix it myself and just forget about it. In the future I would just not let him borrow things.
so your plan lets you pay a fee to let you upgrade after 12 months. do you have to turn the phone in? I would check that. I know with at&t I can upgrade after a few months, trade in my phone and get the new one if i want to.
How simple....
My car, no one else uses it
My phone, no one else uses it
My TV, no one else uses it.
Do people do simple anymore ?
My car, no one else uses it
My phone, no one else uses it
My TV, no one else uses it.
Do people do simple anymore ?
sounds like you live a alone, have no bf/gf/wife/husband or family, or friends. lol
Mine have their own stuff, I have no welfare line friends or family for that matter.
Some people don't know how to share... So all your friends and family each have a TV for themselves? Your children shouldn't be allowed to get in your car? That's ridiculous, materialistic, and plain arrogant.
You don't know me Jr. It's more like someone that has been screwed. Anyone that loans out their car, tv or phone is an idiot looking for problems to happen. Like this broken screen.
So your friends and you live off other people, sounds like someone I would not like having family or friends. Anyone that bases friendship on what I would let them use is not a real friend, you will learn that one day.