So my stepson, against my better judgement, paid for his then girlfriend to come with us to Australia. She has since met a minor celebrity and dumped stepson, just leaving the issue of the £500 she has yet to repay. Her part time job could allow her to repay £100/month however she didnt manage that while they were together

Just to complicate the break-up further…. ex-gf sold stepson her battered and broken iphone4, when she got an upgrade. Stepson then paid to have the phone fixed and is using it.
So Sunday morning, ex-gf’s dad is on the doorstep, asking for the phone back, as he says it was his and not hers to sell.

He wants the phone and is willing to cover the £100 costs. Stepson wants £500 + £100 or will not release the phone.

solutions as i see them.
1. ex-gf’s dad covers her debt and gets the phone back
2. stepson returns the phone for costs as a goodwill gesture and risks never seeing the money he is owed
3. keep the phone and write off the cash owed.

Any better soltions STW

4) Keep the phone, tell the dad his daughter now owes him £100 for the phone and still owes you £400 for the tickets.

blimey!! 8-/

2 – and move on

Tell the father there are photos (wink wink) of said daughter on the phone and 600 notes should see the phone returned to him.

4. Kidnap her, hold her hostage in a grubby bedsit and pimp her out until the debt is paid.

Bearing in mind the reasonable rate of interest you’re charging, of 20,000,347%. She’ll be out by 2025 😉

You know the answer…..

Just wondering- how did the ex-GF’s dad also end up in Australia?

I suspect it was a holiday codybrennan

“What phone?”

I don’t really see how it’s your problem. If he’s claiming his daughter ostensibly stole something from him, then he needs to take that up with her. On the face of it, assuming he’s not lying to try and take advantage, it sounds like you’re both victims of her.

I think how I’d play this would be entirely dependent on the dad’s attitude. If he was polite and seemed above board, I’d probably return the phone for the cost of the repair plus what he’d paid for it (you said she sold it to him?). If he’s all “where’s my bloody phone” then I’d tell him to jog on. Apart from anything else, I would want to avoid setting a precedence where he thinks he can come round for other ‘missing’ items whenever he pleases.

Dare I ask how old they are if shes had to get daddy involved?
All seems pretty petty to me!

Tell him to naff off and demand the £500!

the father is on the face of it trying to be reasonable, he wants his phone back and is willing to cover the purchase price and repair costs £100 which stepson is out of pocket.

stepson figures that he bought the phone in good faith and while he has it, there is a slim chance he will see the £500 he is owed.
Im inclined to agree with stepson that once he returns the phone, all communications will cease. £500 lesson learned.

kids are 17(f) & 18(m)

Im inclined to agree with stepson that once he returns the phone, all communications will cease.

By the looks of things, it might be worth taking the hit for that reason alone.

Stepson got any mates who want a holiday in Oz for £500?

I’m confuddled.

If stepson agreed to pay her fare, how does she owe anybody £500?

The phone? Well if she sold it, it’s no longer hers, or her dad’s. If was really her dad’s, he needs to deal with that with her.

In short, nothing to be done.

I’ve no idea.

But who is the “minor celebrity” ?

If the phone situation is as described, legally it’s still her dads property, despite your son buying it in good faith. Which might become relevant if an amicable solution can’t be found.

How old are these people, if they are going on holiday together and still getting their parents involved in shit like this? Pathetic.

Tell the father to piss off and that its nothing to do with him.

stepson agreed to lend her the money for her airfare and cash while out there, totalled nearly £1200, £700 paid up before departure, £500 owed(!) still

holiday has been and gone

following the holiday, I’m much more significantly out of pocket than anyone else in this mess, but do you hear me moaning, no, you dont, i just get on with it and plan my next escape, which incidently will not include any hanger-oners.

Ive got a bladder full of wee and a lovely set of Z1 Wedges sat here….

Suck it up. Move along the bus. Learn.

point taken about legal ownership of the phone thegreatape, thx.

small claims court thing?

So Sunday morning, ex-gf’s dad is on the doorstep, asking for the phone back, as he says it was his and not hers to sell.

What a plonker. How long has he had the phone? How much did he pay for it? Concerning to legal position of the phone, if what he says is true, he needs to report his daughter stealing his phone to the police 😀

Stamp on phone, shatter screen, jizz into SIM slot….hand phone back to ex-GF’s father with wry smile on face.

Does he have any risque pics of ex-GF to pass around to mates?….i have found that to help in the past.

How did you select your chosen username deviant? 🙂

heh,

can an iphone 4s be locked/barred using the imei?

2 or 3 basically, he’s never going to pay an extra £500, he could just buy himself an iPhone 5 instead

…and on top of that he had to pay for paternity tests and prostitutes, thats a lot of wedge. Sorry wrong thread(s) 😀

Contact the police and tell them that the girl stole a phone and sold it to you.

Tell him quietly but firmly that the next time he comes to your doorstep (or garden-gate for that matter) it had better be to pay his little girl’s debt otherwise the iphone will be the least of his worries.

Then write the whole thing off and move on.

If the phone situation is as described, legally it’s still her dads property, despite your son buying it in good faith. Which might become relevant if an amicable solution can’t be found.

if going down the legal route presumably he would have to report his daughter for theft* first? if so could stepson sue daughter for the cash he paid her for it? and/or would he get done for receiving stolen goods?

*or fraud or something

Ring up Star on Sunday. Picture of Stepson on page 17 looking glum saying “H from Steps* stole my bird” – few hundred quid from that top quality publication for the story, ex-girlfriend gets option to launch dubious glamour modelling career, allowing “H from Steps” to read about how he’s a demon in the sack. Everyone’s happy.

*insert name of plausible minor celeb involved.

the answer involves a pyre. You know what to do

DONK

Yes
Yes (although in the real world a pointless expense)
No (since accepted in good faith)

allowing “H from Steps” to read about how he’s a demon in the sack. no longer gay

I did invite more plausible suggestions. And I can’t remember the name of the other one out of Steps.

Stamp on phone, shatter screen, jizz into SIM slot….

If it had been an Android phone, you could have also jizzed in to the memory expansion slot.

If it had been an Android phone, you could have also jizzed in to the memory expansion slot.

😀

To be honest martinhutch, I think your ignorance regarding H is preferable to my knowledge of him.

ok, i feel the need to defend/deflect H from Steps, who is getting a rough deal.

you have heard of N-Dubz? minor celeb is a ‘mate’ of Dappy.