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Actual Advice Column: "I threw out an IPOD lent to my daughter and now the friends parents wants me to pay. Am I obligated to?"....(link)

Posted by Walt_Disney (aka Walt_Disney) Feb 5 '15, 06:51

Yes you are!!!!!

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/julie-blais-comeau/etiquette-_b_6615488.html (www.huffingtonpost.ca)

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I don't even know how this is a question. -- nm - Kim Pine Feb 5, 06:56 7
- "My child wrecked a stranger's car. We don't have to pay for it, right?" -- nm - David Feb 5, 07:42
- Though telling the kid that they'll be working off the cost is also perfectly valid. -- nm - Ender Feb 5, 07:19 2
  - but he threw it out! -- nm - Beaker Feb 5, 07:24
  - oh, the kid should do that. for sure. -- nm - Andie Feb 5, 07:21
- Apparently, the mom would have been okay with the request if it was someone she knew better? - Inigo Feb 5, 07:09 1
  - Well, she just assumed she stole it so there's that. -- nm - spamlet Feb 5, 07:12
- like, no wonder her kid is shitty. -- nm - Reagen Feb 5, 06:59
"threw out an IPOD"? Did this happen in 2006? -- nm - Reagen Feb 5, 06:56 10
- why would I pay cell rates for my kid to play games? IPod = free, cell phone = at least $30 per month for a plan. F that -- nm - Beaker Feb 5, 07:34
- Hey, I still use my iPod....... oh. -- nm - Polar Baron Feb 5, 07:19
- a lot of kids get an iPod Touch instead of a phone because you can get on the internet and message with it. - spamlet Feb 5, 07:02 7
  - (also without the cost of a cell plan) -- nm - Beaker Feb 5, 07:34 6
    - I've never actually heard that compliant. - spamlet Feb 5, 07:41 5
      - US mobile costs are insanely more affordable than they are here. If you want data at all, you are already in the $40 range, and that's for like 100mb. -- nm - Shaun Feb 5, 07:55 3
        
        yup, for a new IPhone (just 1); the cheapest plan would have run me $80+ a month. F that. -- nm - Beaker Feb 5, 08:08
        
        my friend's 8 year old has an ipod for this reason. plus she can text her friends (the texts also get pushed to all the moms phones, so they know what - Andie Feb 5, 08:01 1
        
        Definitely. -- nm - Shaun Feb 5, 08:02
      - I'll breakdown and get a decent phone eventually, but right now it would jump our costs alot :) -- nm - Beaker Feb 5, 07:43
um, yes. -- nm - Andie Feb 5, 06:54

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