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[KillerWatt]

why are people so quick to borrow money but slow to pay it back. had a massive row with a mate over it last night when he rang.and ive only got half of it back. the amount of favours i do for people, and never ask for anything in return and im begining to think no more now.

Been there, seen it, done it, got the T shirt.

When you appear to be "nice", people simply take you for a (**t.

Simple answer to the above.....TELL people where they stand beforehand...no room for misinterpretation then.

[Kevin Wood]

why are people so quick to borrow money but slow to pay it back. had a massive row with a mate over it last night when he rang.and ive only got half of it back. the amount of favours i do for people, and never ask for anything in return and im begining to think no more now.

Been there, seen it, done it, got the T shirt.

When you appear to be "nice", people simply take you for a (**t.

Simple answer to the above.....TELL people where they stand beforehand...no room for misinterpretation then.

Amen to that. Better still, keep money and friendships separate.

Kevin

[tunnie]

depends how much you know them, and trust them. I go on holiday with a bunch of mates every year, to make things easier, all group purchases go on a single credit card. (car hire, food, hotels, events) and so on....

When we get back i just divide the bill by 3, never had a problem. But then again known the mates i go with since i was about 14.

Take snowboarding, last year i paid for it all, settled bills later. This year, mate paid, no small sum, about a grand in total for all of us. Of course i paid up in full in a matter of weeks

[Kevin Wood]

depends how much you know them, and trust them. I go on holiday with a bunch of mates every year, to make things easier, all group purchases go on a single credit card. (car hire, food, hotels, events) and so on....

When we get back i just divide the bill by 3, never had a problem. But then again known the mates i go with since i was about 14.

Take snowboarding, last year i paid for it all, settled bills later. This year, mate paid, no small sum, about a grand in total for all of us. Of course i paid up in full in a matter of weeks

Fair enough if it works, but there are some people who will start moaning that they had 3 pints on Wednesday night and you had 4, etc. sometimes because they are picky and a pain in the @rse and other times because the cost of a pint is more significant to them than it is to you.

Kevin

[Entwood]

IME its family who are the worst ... and in my case the wife's family ...

When SWMBO Dad's died he left £6000 to each of the 3 kids. The eldest son emigrated to Australia a while back, but two of his kids were still in england finishing UNI. 8 months after getting that £6000 he was after borrowing £1400 ... £700 to buy each kid a ticket to Aus. My missus would NOT let me ask him just what had he done with the 6 grand and why he hadn't put some aside to get his kids home ..  no .. we just bought their tickets.

She has been asking for the money back twice a year for 8 years ... we got it back 3 months ago ... and not even £1400 ... he transferred exactly the right amount of aussie dollars that equated to buying £1400 on that day in his bank .... so she lost on the exchange rate as it took 3 days to go through .. and she had to pay the banks handling charges. OK  it was less than £10 .. but its the principle that bugs me..

Bloody family ....   

Rant over 

[KillerWatt]

ive still 2 more who owe me nearly 400 between them and im not letting it go. i told my mate last night i want cash up front now if he wants me to partition his room off, or he'll have to get someone else to do it. take it or leave it. 

My response would be "pay for the work I've done, or it's all coming out first thing tomorrow morning" (and that would happen).

Unfortunately, people take the piss if you let them get away with it...so the ball is ultimately in your court.