On 10/9/2013 8:45 PM, Larry Jaques wrote:

The easiest way to stop that is to charge a $50 refundable deposit
upon the loan document which states that they pay for repair should
anything go wrong. ...

Do _you_ do that?

... Any friend who won't do that doesn't deserve to borrow your
equipment, period.
...

I dunno ... my concept of friendship excludes that. A friend always
gets the benefit of doubt and if he screws up he gets shut off. But a
deposit and a loan agreement?? I don't think so.

YMMV.

Bob