T i m wrote:
On Sat, 17 Feb 2018 12:32:36 +0000, rick
wrote:

I have an old KEW Hobby 88 pressure washer

A few years back lent it to a friend, came back with broken female
fitting ...

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No answer to your question (but interested in any replies) but isn't
it frustrating when you lend things to people and they come back
broken. ;-(

I leant my Kew Hobby PW to a 'good mate' on the *strict* instructions
he looked after, didn't let his kids play with it as I didn't
generally lend it to anyone.

Long short, it came back broken (damaged under tray where the mains
cable had been ripped out) and I eventually forced out of him that it
got broken when he was 'mucking about', spraying water at the kids and
one of them had tripped over the cable. ;-(

He didn't want to pay the £45 quid or whatever it was at the time for
a new tray as 'you could get a new (cheap / sh1t) pressure washer for
similar'.

I didn't force him to replace it (and repaired it myself) but learned
the lesson of 'Never a lender or borrower be'. Unless you can trust
the 'if you break it you buy it' would be understood, even if unsaid.

Cheers, T i m


Bloke next door borrowed my very ancient german made pressure washer and
I told him to be careful of the inlet water connection as it is in a
vulnerable position,He broke it and kept quiet till he got in touch with
Germany and found they still had spares then he imported a new one and
fixed it, then told me.