Coffeeking
Have you read any of this thread ?
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What would you do?
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Posted 5 months ago #
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Maybe she doesn't/didn't care and doesn't want to pay? I know I probably wouldn't.
Perhaps not but she said she wanted it done and was happy to pay when I asked her before starting the work. If she wasn't interested she could have told me then and I would have just asked the other willing residents for a little higher contribution and I would have left the holes outside her property for her to step in standing water every time she gets out of her car.In fact... The next time she parks there I will dig a hole precisely where she plants her feet on getting out of her big 4x4
Posted 5 months ago # -
Coffeeking
Have you read any of this thread ?
Yes. The first post and several of the latter posts. Not all of it. What have I missed?
In fact... The next time she parks there I will dig a hole precisely where she plants her feet on getting out of her big 4x4
This kinda points to the answer though, she obviously doesn't care (as I wouldn't) about the holes and puddles on a small private road. She probably said yes just to shut you up and send you on your way, not much you can do - this is why it's easier to look after yourself and not try to do everyone else favours I guess.
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Coffeeking - you can't have read it well then
Everyone said they were happy to pay
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Maybe she's forgetful/disorganised/slow? Some people are. It's the other way round, but I'm still waiting for a bill from the plumber up the road 9 months after the work was done, despite reminding him every few weeks when I see him! She might get round to it yet.
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Everyone said they were happy to pay
I saw that, but maybe she changed her mind but didn't want to say "this seems like a waste of time, I'm happy with the bumps and puddles, I own a 4x4" as you'd already rushed off to buy stuff.
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I saw that, but maybe she changed her mind but didn't want to say "this seems like a waste of time, I'm happy with the bumps and puddles, I own a 4x4" as you'd already rushed off to buy stuff.
She could have said that when I subsequently went round to ask for the money after completing the work but instead she just claimed to have not received the flyer I had posted through her letterbox and said she would pop me a cheque around later that day. And even then she didn't have the good grace to thank me for doing it, instead she just came across as defensive about why she hadn't paid. I am quite sure I won't see the money or ever get a word of thanks from her
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So she's a liar and can change her mind at any time?
If she'd said that she didn't want to pay when asked (presumably politely), then the OP could have factored in the extra cost between the others.
That's his point.
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mastiles, mastiles, calm down.
It. Doesn't. Matter.
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can't Mrs Fanylion go round and threaten to kick her head in..?
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mastiles, mastiles, calm down.
It. Doesn't. Matter.
I really know it doesn't - I just feel like she has screwed me over and I don't like it.Posted 5 months ago # -
Go and give her a big hug. She sounds miserable. Overlook this petty crap. Make the road a nicer place to live by reducing your passive aggression.
She's an adult woman - she isn't going to change.Next time, get it all in writing that they agree to pay and take it the legal route if someone doesn't. No big deal.
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Try a new angle:
Ask her out on a hot date, go around to hers all eyelids fluttering, with your tarmac-laying dungarees on, she will be unable to resist.
Take her to the swankiest retaurant in town - order the oysters, foie gras, quails eggs, the full shebang.
Then, when it comes time to pay the bill, claim you have no money and get the miserable old goat to fork out of her moth ridden purse.
You win. You might even get lucky.
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First of all this:
Woody - Member
It never ceases to amaze me the amount of time and effort some people put into their arguments on this forum. Both in the form of subject research and trawling through old threads to find one or more posts to 'prove' a point.Quite staggering. I feel I must be lacking in some sort of fibre in that I just can't be arsed.
Secondly, this would probably wind me up too. And it's got nothing to do with the money, just the fact that she agreed to it and is now being slow to cough up.
Sounds like she's done it before & probably figures you'll give up if she can put you off for long enough.
Probably the only person to never buy a round at the pub too....Posted 5 months ago # -
Richpenny has it.
Dress your twins up and get them to walk past her windows a few times a week. Maybe holding a sign with the number 27 dawbed in red...
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I would love to do that, unfortunately our twins aren't identical.
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Darn it!
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unfortunately our twins aren't identical.
Do you know who the other fella is?
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Dress your twins up
He's got twins?
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He's got twins?
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