How would you react?

[I have WHAT in my yard?]

If some one asked to borrow a piece of farm equipment, expensive equipment, and you were pressured to lend it by people who told you the guy was in need, and then you found out the person used the equipment to do a job for some one else?

a.) well, he was in need, and he needed to make money....

b.) not cool, he used your equipment to make a profit and in effect became a competitor using your equipment!

He is asking again, to use another piece. I am torn between both feelings, these are hard times for everyone, but just replacing fuel doesn't seem enough to me. And I feel like he was deceptive the first time by not being honest about his "need". Am I right or being uncharitable?

 

[chixie]

I choose b and I would not let him use it... thats just me

 

[Boyd]

I have WHAT in my yard? :

If some one asked to borrow a piece of farm equipment, expensive equipment, and you were pressured to lend it by people who told you the guy was in need, and then you found out the person used the equipment to do a job for some one else?
a.) well, he was in need, and he needed to make money....
b.) not cool, he used your equipment to make a profit and in effect became a competitor using your equipment!
He is asking again, to use another piece. I am torn between both feelings, these are hard times for everyone, but just replacing fuel doesn't seem enough to me. And I feel like he was deceptive the first time by not being honest about his "need". Am I right or being uncharitable?

His need ends when what he does damages you IE being a competitor. I'd tell him to go FOUR letter word himself.​

 

[Goose and Fig]

That would be like someone asking to borrow our industrial planer, and then finding out they were making a table for someone.

They should ask you to be the outsource for that machine required part of the job. If you don't want the "work" part, they should compensate you for equiptment rental.

I could see if it was a close friend/relative that needed to do a few jobs to buy their own equiptment, but sounds like you're being taken advantage of.

 

[Slywoody]

Ya gotta charge rent.

 

[HEChicken]

Hmm....I'd be concerned about what happens if the equipment is damaged while he is using it. If he has only borrowed it, you probably have no contract detailing who is responsible for getting it back to the condition it was in when it left your custody? I'd vote B.

 

[CoopCrazy]

Since he is using it to make a profit them you should charge him a rental fee for it.. Not something major just enough to cover the inconvenienc of it.. I would however be worried about it being damaged, simply because you would be stuck paying to repair it...

 

[Subgauge]

Just say NO.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

You were already charitable once. He needs to use someone else or find another line of work.

 

[Southernbelle]

CoopCrazy has an excellent point.

I probably wouldn't lend anyone something that expensive unless I knew them very, very well and even then, I'd be nervous.