1. ‘Durable’ goods are strongly recommended – a canoe, tool, volleyball net, bicycle helmet, baby crib or a book. Pants are quite susceptible to damage.
2. To start out with – don’t lend anything you aren’t prepared to loss (that still adds up to a great deal of stuff for many of us!)
3. It is reasonable to make amends through repair or replacement if an unfortunate event occurs.
4. BorrowMe is not for everyone. It is for those who believe in less consumption, a smaller environmental footprint and a renewed sense of community in helping each other.

People Can’t be Trusted – so give it up: http://blog.borrowme.com/beta/2005/08/people_cant_be.html
Why Do I Need BorrowMe to Borrow With my Friends?: http://blog.borrowme.com/beta/2005/08/why_do_i_need_b.html
Someone broke my stuff!: http://blog.borrowme.com/beta/2005/10/someone_broke_m.html
Risk of Breaking or Loss? Nothing Beats Common Sense.: http://blog.borrowme.com/beta/2005/10/risk_of_breakin.html

Lastly, there may be better reasons for many of us to take a chance, and risk a few bumps on the road to BorrowMe. Our unsustainable need to personally own and store everything is suffocating us; isolating us in our own communities and contaminating the air & water that sustain us.

It costs $10,000 in new ‘baby stuff’ to have a first child while quality cribs and strollers sit in basements and storage lockers; students are heavily in debt, responsible families arrive in the area with children and very little else; trustworthy elders on fixed incomes struggle to enjoy a quality of life and frequently go without hobbies or activities; established theatrical and artistic groups struggle on meager budgets – all the while, millions of us average folks seek lives with less stuff and more connection;

So – it’s not perfect, but neither was or is Ebay.com, Freecycle.org or Craigslist.com Do have a careful look to see if BorrowMe is for you. We might just make you a believer.

– Sean, President & Captain BorrowMe