Do you think i'm responsible for my friends broken item? how much?

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-My friend has a really nice stereo system in his basement.

-I was working for him doing some maintenance in his basement, he told me I could plug my laptop into the stereo system to play music while i work. so I did.

- during work I noticed it was cutting out here and there a bit, I called him and he told me to check the settings, I did and it seemed to help. he says that he said to call him if it happened again, I remember asking if it was okay to play it if it continues and him indirectly sort of implying that it was not a big deal.

-It did cut out again a few short times during the work day and i didnt call him.

-later the next day we discover that likely due to the vibration of the bass/ music the center channel speaker had fallen on its back covering the receiver vents, the unit was no longer working likely due to over heating

- the loudness of my music may have contributed to the vibration but also the copper box he had the speaker sitting on in which he thought he had grip pads but didn't may have contributed to it falling.

-he thinks i'm an idiot for not noticing that it had fallen back, but Im unaware of how it should look and when i used it i just didn't notice that it wasn't supposed to be laying face up like that as i was mostly concerned with getting my work done.

The repair bill cost $200 and he put about dozen hours into related work/time waisted because of the ordeal.

How much compensation is fair? Am i responsible for paying the whole repair bill and compensating all of his hours put into working on it ? part of it? none of it? any and all thoughts appreciated!

0$ 0
Half of repair bill / none of his hours compensated 6
full repair bill / none of his hours compensated 1
half of repair bill + all of his hours compensated 1
full repair bill + half of his hours compensated 0
full repair bill + all of his hours compensated 0
Half of repair bill + half of his hours compensated 1
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  • SwickDinging
    4 years ago

    The hours of his time thing is fucking stupid. You are friends, and you were actually doing work for him...

    I would give him some money towards the cost of repair though since it sounds like it was you that broke it. Up to you though... I guess you don't actually have to give him anything but he might not speak to you again

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      4 years ago

      well ya i was doing paid work for him though, its not like I was volunteering. Thing is he's super sensitive about how he spends his time, he seems to think i should pay the whole repair bill + compensate all his hours of work at a relatively high hourly wage. but yes i agree It seems a bit much, at the same time i feel bad for doing it and wanna make things right, Ill probably just pay the bill and bite the bullet and never use his stuff again lol

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      • SwickDinging
        4 years ago

        I would pay the repair bill but I wouldn't even entertain the idea of compensating him for his time. You guys are friends, that's just way too far.

        I guess if you highly value his friendship then you could just pay what he's asking to avoid a huge fight. He's being totally unreasonable though, so it's up to you what you do...

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  • curious-bunny
    4 years ago

    I would say about half is fair.

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  • WeirdGuyFromTheSouth
    4 years ago

    Idk what you should pay if anything but dont pay him hourly for working on his own stereo. Dude sounds like a psycho.

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  • SebastianP
    4 years ago

    Imho giving him 100$ is enough, to be honest, you did not do it on purpose, so I'd say you're not obligated to pay anything. But isn't there any insurance, like a household insurance or something that would cover that? I think your household insurance would pay for things you break at other peoples houses (at least it works that way in europe)

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  • Ummitsstillme
    4 years ago

    I voted half the repair bill 0 hours. What does hours mean? Like hours he could be working instead? He should fix it on his own time. Or are you talking about the hours for the job you did? That had nothing to do with his busted stereo. I think it is actually generous and in very good faith to pay 100$. He told you to use it, and again after it started acting up.

    I understand how he was a bit like wtf when the center channel was on the amp pointed up, that should have been sort of obvious to you but not necessarily if you weren't previously familiar with the system.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      4 years ago

      He's pretty sensitive about how he spends his time , its complicated but basically hes a busy man, so there fore the hours are all the time he had to invest in diagnosing the problem tinkering around with the unit, driving it to the repair shop ....ect. he seems to think i should pay the whole bill and compensate his hours at a pretty high rate ( well a high rate for me)

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      • Cuntsiclestick
        4 years ago

        Yeah all you owe him is the repair bill. That nonsense about paying for missed work is ridiculous. Pay him and cut him out of your life. This dude is a lousy friend.

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      • Ummitsstillme
        4 years ago

        Regardless how busy he is or how valuable his time is that is nonsense.

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