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cprescott

Junior Member
What is the name of your state?I reside in California.

I'll try to make this brief:
I temporarily swapped musical instruments with a friend (trumpets) at his request. His is twice as valuable as mine(market-wise), which was the only way I would make the short-term trade since mine holds great personal value, is vintage, and is hard to find.

My horn was stolen while he was borrowing it. He wants to sell me his horn minus the value of mine. This is fine, but we can't agree on what mine was worth. I would rather he just find a replacement.

Legally, can I keep his until he replaces mine?

By the way, we have nothing in writing :(

Thanks!
 


panzertanker

Senior Member
cprescott said:
What is the name of your state?I reside in California.

I'll try to make this brief:
I temporarily swapped musical instruments with a friend (trumpets) at his request. His is twice as valuable as mine(market-wise), which was the only way I would make the short-term trade since mine holds great personal value, is vintage, and is hard to find.

My horn was stolen while he was borrowing it. He wants to sell me his horn minus the value of mine. This is fine, but we can't agree on what mine was worth. I would rather he just find a replacement.

Legally, can I keep his until he replaces mine?

By the way, we have nothing in writing :(

Thanks!
"horn? what horn?"

:rolleyes:
 

cprescott

Junior Member
Hmmm...I like your style :)

So, I'm guessing there is nothing to keep me from hanging on to his instrument until he comes up with a suitable replacement?
 
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