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"san francisco" -- heh, heh!

well, i truly hope that it works out for the best. your patience with the situation is definitely inspirational, and i appreciate you sharing the story with us... :D :spyder:

Thanks. My patience comes from seeing Star Wars too many times, listening to the sage advice ...

just saw this thread for the first time... maybe i'm too cynical, but i'm amazed that:

1) you were so patient!

2) he actually coughed up a substantial amount of dough!

in situations like this, i'd typically do what i call "the new york city" -- just completely forget about everything ...

OK, so it's a few months later and the situation is now pretty much settled. I did not give my friend the knife for his birthday because just as I was about to, his combative demeanor over the stolen knife demanded that he feel the pain of restitution.

So he has now paid me $220 out of the $240 I ...

SpyRC,

Do you have the knife in your posession?

Either he pays you $150-$200 for the knife or he pays you $150-$200 for the knife.

I would really press the issue with him, because there is no friendship left there. Don't let him back in your house ever. Let him know you will contact his employer ...

He betrayed your trust; he violated your right to privacy and private property by stealing from you. Then, he used excuses to belittle the graveness of the actions. He still doesn’t even think that it is stealing, or even wrong :eek: :mad: ! It sounds like he has a moral compass that is somewhat ...

Sounds like this whole issue has pretty much ruined the friendship at this point. I would take the $150 and call it a day.

However at this point, I am not really sure he will pay up.

Looks like a good case for Judge Judy! :D

LOL! Yeah, I think Judge Judy would have a field day with this one ...

OK, now I'm really pi$$ed off again. :mad:

I just had a chat with my friend as to how we were going to work out the knife situation, and I tried to point him to the ~$240 eBay result as an indicator of value. He wanted to pay me $150 for the knife, and it was "on his list" to do sometime when he ...

snip It seems that he had done this before to others, was the "stealing" of the same nature as here? Or was he stealing things for personal profit? You might also examine if you are putting yourself at far too much risk in this relationship? Are you the one who needs to also "learn a hard lesson ...

Couple things to take into account when "setting a price". Model matters - the C19 Terzuola Jr. generally fetches a somewhat higher price than the larger C15. Edge matters - plain edge always fetches more than serrated. Condition matters, there's a difference in price between a knife that is in ...

I would definitely show him the Ebay links to impress upon him the value of the knife and situation (check completed items also). It seems like there is a mentor relationship here as much as a friendship. You have a chance, if handled correctly, to possibly change the way he looks and does things ...

Thanks to all who responded so quickly.

The situation is actually a little more complicated than I first explained. After the reality of the situation sunk in, and after I restrained myself from "choking him unconscious", we did have a serious "chat" about property, stealing, etc.. I asked him what ...

Years ago I bought 2 Spydies, a Harpy and a Terzuola. I bought the Terzuola because of the collaboration, and at the time I thought "How cool." But I never really liked the knife, and preferred the Harpy for my daily needs, so the T just sat unused in my desk drawer. OK, I used it occasionally to ...