Kind of, sort of, ranting, depressing...
I have lent out some of my tools, you know, the unique ones that either help with the impossible riveting solutions, or maintenance stuff that one would rather not buy but make maintaining and troubleshooting our aircraft easier.
Well, I have lent them out to other builders and flyers with the promise of having them returned within the week. I did not bother with writing down names or insisting on some type of collateral "hostage" and I just forgot about the lent out tool. Turns out they just didn't get return...even after a year +. And I just don't remember who I lent them to. So, the tool(s) are just gone and I find myself having to buy the same tools again. *%@!.
Then there are the tools or material that I provide with the stipulation that they just replace what is used...and they never get replaced or restocked. It's like I am providing the builders with free material so they can move forward with their projects and I am left with empty bens of parts solutions that I use for my own projects.
If any of the VAF readers recognize my signature, I am putting out a notice that I am no longer lending out any of my tools or parts for any reason whatsoever.
I have lent out some of my tools, you know, the unique ones that either help with the impossible riveting solutions, or maintenance stuff that one would rather not buy but make maintaining and troubleshooting our aircraft easier.
Well, I have lent them out to other builders and flyers with the promise of having them returned within the week. I did not bother with writing down names or insisting on some type of collateral "hostage" and I just forgot about the lent out tool. Turns out they just didn't get return...even after a year +. And I just don't remember who I lent them to. So, the tool(s) are just gone and I find myself having to buy the same tools again. *%@!.
Then there are the tools or material that I provide with the stipulation that they just replace what is used...and they never get replaced or restocked. It's like I am providing the builders with free material so they can move forward with their projects and I am left with empty bens of parts solutions that I use for my own projects.
If any of the VAF readers recognize my signature, I am putting out a notice that I am no longer lending out any of my tools or parts for any reason whatsoever.