What would you do? (Friend owes me money)

[ScotiaLass]

Either man up and ask him outright (which is what I'd do), or accept your loss, but don't book anything again without the money upfront from him (and tell him so).

 

[stephec]

If you don't ask you don't get.

Shy kiddies get no sweeties.

 

[MontyVeda]

If you don't ask you don't get.

Shy kiddies get no sweeties.

askers don't get, according to my Nan... it's a no win

as for Fnaar... just mention it in passing... "Ere.. remember that £30 you owe me for that concert you never went to?"

since you mentioned he's notoriously tight with money... he's probably fully aware that he owes you but... he's tight so he's trying to avoid it.

 

[winjim]

Just leave it, and spend the rest of your life resenting him and feeling awkward in his company.

 

[Saluki]

askers don't get, according to my Nan... it's a no win

as for Fnaar... just mention it in passing... "Ere.. remember that £30 you owe me for that concert you never went to?"

since you mentioned he's notoriously tight with money... he's probably fully aware that he owes you but... he's tight so he's trying to avoid it.

I think that this is probably the truth. I'd go with @MontyVeda's way of asking @Fnaar He will either cough up or he won't, at least you have asked for the money that he did say that he'd reimburse you.

 

[jnrmczip]

Just say have you got the money for those tickets yet. And I'm sure he will say yes or when he can give you it

 

[Mrs M]

I'd just put it down to experience
Been caught out like this myself, doubt you'll see the cash unfortunately.
It's his embarrassment not yours.

 

[Easytigers]

I'm really bad at this kind of stuff so don't necessarily take my advice! You said he was a friend...I'd always ask myself if a true friend would do you out of money. If I really thought that he was avoiding paying, I'd not be spending much time with him in the future.

 

[TVC]

Get your wife to talk to his wife about it.

 

[Smokin Joe]

Remind him that the interest is accumulating.

 

[Dayvo]

My ex best mate owes me about £3,000, a third of which goes back to 1981!

He's an alcoholic, so I won't be seeing either the money or him again, although in a drunken email to me a year ago, he said he'd pay me back every penny he owed me. Yeah, right.

 

[Fnaar]

You said he was a friend...I'd always ask myself if a true friend would do you out of money. If I really thought that he was avoiding paying, I'd not be spending much time with him in the future.

This is probably the closest to the real situation... our kids used to be mates at school, now they have gone their separate ways, and that link is gone. It's a shame though, as we kind of see eye to eye, musically, and he's introduced me to some fabulous music (music being a huge part of my life) and I like to think I have returned that.

Mrs Fnaar tells me to "leave it".

Miss Goodbody is otherwise occupied.

 

[ufkacbln]

 

[Dave 123]

Glyphosate.




It's the active ingredient in the weed killer "roundup".
Go round to his house in the dead of night and spray "you owe me 30 quid" and the obligatory huge cock on his lawn.

You may never get your money back but it'll cost him more redoing his lawn

 

[John the Monkey]

Just leave it, and spend the rest of your life resenting him and feeling awkward in his company.

This is the most British way to handle things.

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