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I live on a private lane (ie, potholed muddy mess) along with several other homeowners.
I recently decided that it needed repairing so I went round all the neighbours, told them of my plans and asked if they would be happy contributing towards the cost of materials (which I estimated to cost around £50 per resident)
Everyone said they were happy to pay and thanked me for doing it. So I sent a flyer around everyone outlining what I would be doing and asking them to pay promptly as I had paid for the materials/equipment hire etc.
Everyone paid within a couple of days/popped round to personally say thank you/ply me with wine etc.
Apart from one resident - so I popped around to her house at the weekend and she said she hadn't seen the leaflet but said she would write me a cheque out that evening. Which I still haven't received.
Now I am really pissed off - I did this as a huge favour to everyone as no-one has done a thing about it in the 8 years I have been there, I took three days off work that I could have spent with my family, instead getting cold and wet and knackered and this woman hasn't had the common decency to stump up the £27 it eventually cost her - so that means the repairs have cost me £54 + all the effort of planning and doing the work.
So - do I put this down to experience and wait for Karma to catch up with her or do I go back round a second time and ask again for the money - it isn't as if I *need* the money but right now it is the principle of the fact she seems to be thinking she can get away with bullshitting me.
you've already won. Why make yourself grumpy griping about someone elses lack of thought?
Chill, it's £27. You spend more than that on brake pads 😉 Life's too short to spend it with high-blood pressure.
+1. Then let Christmas / New Year happen without you giving it a second thought.
Then, if you bump into her in the new year, mention it again and see where that gets you.
Also (less sure this wise, TBH), if anyone else from the group who have paid tells you how great the road is, perhaps try to slip into the conversation that you're still waiting on some money?
set fire to her hair.
Chill out, enjoy Christmas and your newly surfaced road.
If you ever get the chance, make sure you let everyone else on the road know she didn't bother paying.
Although she might just be busy, it is Christmas and all..
Chill, it's £27.
Yeah but it isn't the £27 as much as the 3 days hard graft shifting 3 tons of type 1, whackering down, cutting other high spots off etc.
Even if she had come round and apologised, saying she really couldn't afford it because it was Christmas and given me something of no monetary value (a homemade Christmas card for example) I would have been happy.
I would look at it as a major result that all but one person paid up - I would have expected a few more non-payers!
you're determined to be upset arent you? 😉
Tell all the neighbours about the one that hasn't paid and start a hate campaign to hound them out your estate 😉
If you ever get the chance, make sure you let everyone else on the road know she didn't bother paying.
I was talking to her immediate neighbour last week and it turns out she also owes her money for some turf they had put down on their shared lawn too...
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you're determined to be upset arent you?
Sort of - at the moment it IS eating at me and I feel like she has shafted me. I posted here to get some reasoned arguments as to why I SHOULDN'T set fire to her hair....
Well, there you go, you can light a brazier outside her house and be grumpy together. 🙂
Maybe she can't spare it at the moment, but was too embarrassed/doesn't know you enough to say anything.
set fire to her hair, pubic of course.
You could ask for payment in kind.
Make a pubic disgrace of her.
Stick afew pot holes outside her house 🙂
Does she keep her shoes in her porch?
set fire to her hair.
Nice. And cause her severe injury not to mention untold mental trauma, over twenty seven pounds?
This happened to a good friend. Private lane, needed repairs, everyone paid up except one woman.
There is still time for your neighbour to appear with the money.
I would pop round after Christmas and just politely ask again.
agreed - she may well not be able to spare the cash but didn't want to say so as suggested above. leave it til into Jan and then make a note to go and ask again. in the meantime, forget about it.
Bury her!
maybe she doesnt like the quality of the work so far and is waiting for you to finish? 😉
agreed - she may well not be able to spare the cash but didn't want to say so as suggested above. leave it til into Jan and then make a note to go and ask again. in the meantime, forget about it.
When I first asked she jumped on it saying she was more than happy to pay. When I said it was only going to be £50-ish she was even more up for it saying that she thought it would be hundreds. She did have ample opportunity to tell me she couldn't afford it when I first asked and before I had confirmed costs to everyone - at least that way I could have simply asked for a little bit more from everyone else - this way it is just me that loses out.
Write her a letter threatening small claims court, stick it in an xmas card and drop it through early Sunday morning.
(to MF's post two above this)
understood, but it's almost xmas so try to put it out of your mind or you'll work yourself up into a right old tizzypop.
as also pointed out above, you took a risk by not taking the money up front so i'm actually amazed you've managed to get all but one contributions back!
as also pointed out above, you took a risk by not taking the money up front so i'm actually amazed you've managed to get all but one contributions back!
Perhaps I gave my neighbours more credit than deserving or perhaps I am simply naive. 😕
i'm available for lolcatting her house?
go round and ask her again but film the conversation and upload it to you tube if you dont get any cash, let the whole world know how tight she is
Wee in her wellies . Simples
I wouldn't worry about the money, it's Christmas and you've received enough gratitude from everyone. I would, however, give her the look everytime I saw her.
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Does "more than happy" mean orgasmic?
You have twins, right? Wait until they're old enough to conspire with you then use their identical appearance superpowers to start sneaking small doses of arsenic into the old ladys tea. As the dementia starts to set in, gradually persuade her to start signing her entire estate over to your daughters. It might take a while, but you will have your revenge 😈
If asked a month ago, would you have been happy for the end result of no potholes to have cost you [i]only[/i] £54?
I suspect so, and I suspect you enjoyed doing the work. On that basis have a happy Christmas.
MTFU imo
Dig a hole in the drive and bury her in it
It's all right saying 'forget it, it's Xmas' etc, but if she's done it before (the turf episode) she'll do it again.
Saying that I probly wouldn't pursue it for £27 but I'd make a point of mentioning 'how nice the road is since EVERYONE ELSE chipped in to have it done'
I hate being ripped off myself.
i would hound her mercilessly for the money and never miss an opportunity to publicly shame her /abuse her
****s like this deserve the contempt of their peers - what a tight arse and that is not at all publicly spirited and at christmas
I would not get angry about this but I would never ever let it go and then puncture her tyres once a year to teach her about good turns and karma.
OK some of this may be internet hardman but I would be very very unhappy and make sure she knew this and after giving her ample time to pay and making sure she could afford it etc I would be unkind at every opportunity...you reap what you show and she has shat on her own doorstep.
GRRRRR
idave e-mail in profile for £27 ta you generous so and so. First you make us less flabby now you gift us all £27 is there no end to your kindness?
Wish her a merry christmas. Then "first foot" her on newyears and drink £40 of her booze bringing noting but a can of diet lidl own brand cola.
Chill and put it down to experience, at least you have gained a lot of kudos with the rest of your neighbors so don't let the actions of one spoil it, she may be very embarrassed about in anyway.
Czech's in the post JY
Ok , Maybe weeing in her wellies wont see £27 dropping through your door . So , How about sort of a round robin generic Christmas Card . Same for every house , including hers . Paraphrase the following " Big thank you to all who actually contributed to the upkeep of the lane , Merry Christmas "
Just enough to leave it hanging so every one knows someone didnt pay up.
Shame her into paying .
Unless she is brassic , then leave it to the karma police
That over-reaction is about what I've come to expect from JY 😐
Even if she had come round and apologised, saying she really couldn't afford it because it was Christmas and given me something of no monetary value (a homemade Christmas card for example) I would have been happy.
Did you explain this to her? If not, I would pop round and make it plain that this is the case - and be prepared to stump up the money. I would expect some gratitude even if she has no cash.
It is incredibly rude and inconsiderate, but as above there are more important things in life.
Wee in her wellies
Or even better; poo in them. Then, right, when she puts them on it'll squidge between her toes. 😀
Mind you if she don't wear them for a while, it might dry up and harden then she could just tip it out onto the floor and it'll go bonk! as it lands.
If it really dries out, it might just crumble to dust and not smell at all.
I'm not sure it'll turn white though.
Why not just go round when she's in, knock on her door and her nicely for your £27? She might give you £27 in cash, or a cheque or might not be able to pay. Whatever happens please, please update us as quickly as you can.
I thought you northern types were all refreshingly straightforward and stuff, didn't realise there are little yorkshire princesses too. 😉
That over-reaction is about what I've come to expect from JY
how can you say that about me eh I though we were friends well if that is how it is you are not getting the JLS CD now
and me over reacting
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Dig a new pothole the same width as the others were, but 10 feet deep. Hopefully she'll fall in and drown herself to death. Finally, use any left over material to fill the hole back in. Then kill her pets and burn her house down if you're still angry.
Or set fire to Elfnsafety and make me feel pleasantly contented over Christmas.
Or creep around into her back garden and smash her back door in, pouring white dulux all over the walls as punishment.
Or just put it down to experience, not fussed which to be honest.
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Chill out M_F. Stress is a killer. You don't want your family to have to contact this guy:
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She may have no money, having just spent the last few peenies on keeping the heat on, and getting a few luxuries for christmas from the local pound shop.
or pehaps she wouldnt lie still long enough for you to cover her in ready mixed tarmac.
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i understand where youre coming from, its not about the money, its the principle of not being told the truth.
its simple bad manners, all it would take is 'im really sorry, i dont have any money just now' etc.
id say try and forget it over christmas, but ask her again in the new year.
folks occasionally owe me money.. i look at it like this.. i dont need the money desperately but... my kids eat about 30 quid a week its a tenner each for after school clubs which is easier manning up and knocking on a door and being blunt or telling the kids no food or guitar lessons this week ..
you ve done the graft now get the cash.. cos one things certain she wont be on mumsnet worring how to break it to you that she still owes you 27 quid..
Why not just go round when she's in, knock on her door and her nicely for your £27? She might give you £27 in cash, or a cheque or might not be able to pay. Whatever happens please, please update us as quickly as you can.
I did that at the weekend and she promised to pop a cheque round that night.
Liking the responses now though - making me smile:-)
Forget about it till the new year then if she still hasn't paid up have a wee party for all your other neighbours apart from her, that'll teach her the tight bitch 😆
I did that at the weekend and she promised to pop a cheque round that night.
Then gut her like a stinking fish
Wait till it rains and all the holes reappear there will be an angry mob baying for blood.
Tar and feather her seems a simple solution.
Has the OP's job been snagged yet?
Dig potholes in her part of the road
As above. Bury her. Make sure theres no sharp edged diamond ring left on her finger and use quality 3M parcel tape.
Everytime you see her point and shout 'Paid-0'
This is obviously causing you a problem so go and speak to her about it or just MTFU and move on with life
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Is she fit?
Go round and ask to pay you off by giving you a right seeing to?
This ^^I would pop round after Christmas and just politely ask again.
Not worth getting steamed up just yet but after 3 days hard graft I'd make bloody sure I got it eventually and presumably she will get paid at the end of the month. The non-payment to her neighbour sounds like she makes a habit of it. DON'T LET HER OFF!
Bombers.....it's the only way to resolve neighbourly disputes.
Ask yourself, what would Flanders do?
Joolsburger - loving the pictorial revenge!
chillout FFS - you seem to get so wound up about stuff. IIRC this is at least the third post about your private road. there was somone parking on it and claiming bits with white stones. you couldn't get it agreed to repair it. FFS one person hasn't paid up straight away? Get a grip. Save your angst for important things
dig a trench across the entrance to her drive.
Save your angst for important things
Principles are important.
If you continue to maintain the road for x amount of time can't you make a legal claim for the land? a work colleague is doing similar on a patch of grass next to her house, but that may be a local byelaw that doesn't apply to your situation.
Set up a toll and tell her others have paid for season passes
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TandemJeremy - Member
chillout FFS - you seem to get so wound up about stuff. IIRC this is at least the third post about your private road. there was somone parking on it and claiming bits with white stones. you couldn't get it agreed to repair it. FFS one person hasn't paid up straight away? Get a grip. Save your angst for important things
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As usual you aren't actually recalling previous posts correctly and as I have told you before I don't make shit up so basically your post is utter bollocks which is probably - as I am beginning to realise - the same for most of your posts.
Go round in the evening on Christmas day, and take any money/gift-cards people sent to her as Christmas presents.
TandemJeremy - Memberchillout FFS - you seem to get so wound up about stuff.
That has made my day 😆
Or set fire to Elfnsafety and make me feel pleasantly contented over Christmas.
Nice.
I bet you don't need to spend much on heating, what with all that hate keeping you warm.
You sad, pathetic nomark.
Invoice her - first step to recovering the money via small claims court
or just a poster at the entrance to the road
'wanted, have you seen this woman, dead or alive, reward £27 you tight cow'
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What keeps [i]you[/i] warm on nights like this when you're out prowling around naked?