Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The other kid should have offered immediately. It shouldn't be on your kid to ask. What has the other kid said about it?

Maybe the other kid can’t afford to replace it.

Then the other kid needs to get a job to earn the money to replace it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC tells roommate that laptop is not repairable and could he check if he has insurance that covers campus items because a new one is really expensive.

Insurance that covers other people's things? Very unlikely

I know but it might spur the kid to now offer to replace it or at least open a conversation making it easier for OP's kid to say, "A new one is going to be a thousand bucks and I don't have that kind of money." Remember, the spiller thinks Op's kid is taking it home for repairs and likely thinks those are not that expensive.