Keeping is Stealing!

Thankfully the majority of us are honest and truthful. Yes, there are the obvious exceptions that we know about..
I hope the loan scheme is to remain straightforward and simple. It would be a shame to have to wrap it up incomplex Ts & Cs which might detract and also involve more work for the volunteer managers. The cost of pursuing non returns through the law may also not be worthwhile. The small claims court comes to mind, but I imagine that some form of Contract would have to be demonstrated to have been broken.

I would like to believe that the rare occasions when loaned items are not returned are down to loss by couriers rather than deliberate theft. Certainly in my working life this happens from time to time.

The "drop-off at your local store" type couriers tend to lose things, or it takes weeks for the goods to arrive and I consider that to be a sh*t service (don't want to offend - just telling it as I've found it).

If you are able to use a "proper" courier service then that's OK.

If loaning a Majestic which costs £1600, I think the borrower should take a bit of responsibility to ensure it is returned securely.

All loaner program items should be shipped back to the loan coordinators (who do this on a voluntary basis) so they can keep track of things.

Loan coordinators:

Fatmangolf (UK)
Suggs (EU)
BAK (USA)
phibes (AU)
korichards (CA)

Please all bear in mind that they are also members here and offer this as a service for other members to try the goods at home -- incredible kindness. And by doing it this way, there is zero sales pressure -- zero follow-ups -- zero obligation (except to return the goods promptly).

Also I haven't profited from it yet - and doubt I ever will. Retail value of all the loaner stock comes to over £40,000, and growing at each product launch -- just to demonstrate how music can really sound (other system components allowing). This is probably why other manufacturers don't do the same and keep it on a completely business footing.