Each pack of strings around $60 and bought 7 of them since I own seven guitar. Cobalt wound high quality Ernie Ball strings. So I come home from the gym and everything is fine. I go to my room, get undressed, and get ready for a shower. But then I turn around to my wall where my guitars are all hanging on their respected wall stands. It was like turning to a horror scene. All the strings, cut, the tool used to do it was even sitting on my night stand. Wire cutters. The only person who could have done it was my nephew. May I remind you that I was steamed and about to explode. So I go to him and rip into him, he then has the audacity to say "common Mick chill out it was a prank." At that point I exploded and was close to plundering a hammer into his head. So now he has to pay me back the estimated total (including tax) of 424.78 so I can replace my strings that he cut. Well how exactly is he going to make that money? Well lucky for him he turned 16 a few months ago and double lucky, THE JOB I WORK AT IS HIRING. So today I forced him to fill an application and then had a person talk with my boss (which whom I'm really good friends with cause I've known the guy since I was a kid) and now he works as a dish washer at the restaurant I work at till he can pay me back. So what's your guy's take on this? Am I being to cruel or is this proper justice? Edit: so I not only served proper justice but I also helped him in return by getting him a job without hassle. Sadly though he'll most likely quit as soon as he pays me back so. Also I found out that I might be getting shamed on the price of strings from my local Guitar Center and boy do I feel stupid. Edit: So I learned a lesson. Just because a guitar store is selling strings for $60 bucks doesn't mean it's a good price. For now on ill be buying strings online. [spoiler]please stop pointing out how -blam!-ing stupid I am I get it. Been playing for 6 years and even I realize how stupid that is now.[/spoiler] SAD EDIT: My beginner guitar from when I first started playing 6 years ago has had a crack in the neck but it was never big enough to worry about. But after the prank my nephew pulled the tension being released from the cut strings caused its crack to get bigger. Big enough to be concerned about it. I don't really play it much since its so old so I'm not gonna pin a repair cost or even get it repaired. I'm just going to retire her and not get her a new set of strings. Instead she'll just be on display as memories of when I started. R.I.P. off brand strat. Maybe I'll get you repaired when I have children and let you be played by them. ;-;