HELP - Major screw up has taken place!

williacg

masterbuddy wrote: »

Thank you so much for your really helpful advice, NOT!

I never questioned if i had to pay them back, i questioned if i had to pay them back in full. I am not a thief, and would never think about keeping money which i knew was not mine.

If you have nothing helpful to say, it's best not to say anything!

I disagree, I think that you have been given some exellent and helpful advice with regards to paying in installments and tax, however, you really can't blame people for being curious as to how you could spend £5K, when you didn't know it was in your account.

DVardysShadow

masterbuddy wrote: »

Thank you so much for your really helpful advice, NOT!

I never questioned if i had to pay them back, i questioned if i had to pay them back in full. I am not a thief, and would never think about keeping money which i knew was not mine.

If you have nothing helpful to say, it's best not to say anything!

Thanks for brightening up the day.

You are not a thief and would never think about keeping money which you knew was not yours. So far, so good. Now you want to know if you have to pay it back in full. Now, if you accept that some of it is not yours, why do you need to come here and ask if all of it is not yours?

People have rightly picked up on the second rate sophistry of saying that it went into an account you had stopped using and without your knowledge it got spent on settling your credit cards.

You may not think that pulling you up on this is helpful, but to be truthful, you are making a fool of yourself and the advice given should help you avoid a repeat. You make a bigger fool of yourself to suggest that people should not give you advice you obviously don't like.

Googlewhacker

DVardysShadow wrote: »

Thanks for brightening up the day.

You are not a thief and would never think about keeping money which you knew was not yours. So far, so good. Now you want to know if you have to pay it back in full. Now, if you accept that some of it is not yours, why do you need to come here and ask if all of it is not yours?

People have rightly picked up on the second rate sophistry of saying that it went into an account you had stopped using and without your knowledge it got spent on settling your credit cards.

You may not think that pulling you up on this is helpful, but to be truthful, you are making a fool of yourself and the advice given should help you avoid a repeat. You make a bigger fool of yourself to suggest that people should not give you advice you obviously don't like.

Wow I'm in shock!!! You're not defending the OP!!!!

I am surprised that you haven't even brought up the 'make them pay double' crap you normally spout!:D

Well done, I like the new you!

sho_me_da_money

DVardysShadow wrote: »

Thanks for brightening up the day.

You are not a thief and would never think about keeping money which you knew was not yours. So far, so good. Now you want to know if you have to pay it back in full. Now, if you accept that some of it is not yours, why do you need to come here and ask if all of it is not yours?

People have rightly picked up on the second rate sophistry of saying that it went into an account you had stopped using and without your knowledge it got spent on settling your credit cards.

You may not think that pulling you up on this is helpful, but to be truthful, you are making a fool of yourself and the advice given should help you avoid a repeat. You make a bigger fool of yourself to suggest that people should not give you advice you obviously don't like.

Hey man, that is harsh. Clearly the OP didn't know.

Please can we stop giving her a hard time.

SIKE.

I tried to be the first +ve comment on the thread but couldn't help myself. Pay it back. Getting a refund on the items you used the 5 GRAND on (not hundred but GRAND) will help.

scooby088

It never ceases to amaze me when threads like this come up, it wasn't your money and yes you have to pay it back and how on earth can anyone not know money is going into an account and not using the account in my opinion is no excuse, i have an account with a balance of £5 in it, i do know nothing is set up to go in there and not using it, but i do check just in case.

viktory

masterbuddy wrote: »

Deleted as I'm not a liar, and people are implying that. I did not know!

Lair, liar pants on fire. Pointless deleting your original post as someone has (thankfully) quoted it.

DVardysShadow

Googlewhacker wrote: »

Wow I'm in shock!!! You're not defending the OP!!!!

I am surprised that you haven't even brought up the 'make them pay double' crap you normally spout!:D

Well done, I like the new you!

This one does not herald a change of approach on my part. The ones where I advocate paying double is as you know full well where the employer has alleged an overpayment in the final pay cheque and demands the money with very little justification after several years. In those cases, I never advocate withholding the money, but I do advocate making the employer prove their point, making them spend a lot of time and effort. I am fairly convinced that in a significant proportion of those cases, it is a try on anyway - and the delay has led to the former employee being disadvantaged by the passage of time in respect of having the ability to check the accuracy and in respect of having the money to hand.

The difference here is that the OP has spent money which has come in over several months and she is asking us to sanctify her taking the mickey. i will always disagree with anyone who argues that the money should be paid back who does not also advise checking that the money is in fact owed first. OP in this case clearly accepts that the money is owed.

PasturesNew

The OP said they'd overpaid their credit card.... so, technically, they've still got the £5k.

Blitz01

masterbuddy wrote: »

Thank you so much for your really helpful advice, NOT!

I never questioned if i had to pay them back, i questioned if i had to pay them back in full. I am not a thief, and would never think about keeping money which i knew was not mine.

If you have nothing helpful to say, it's best not to say anything!

You are a thief.....just one that has been caught!
It is blatantly obvious to anyone that you knew that cash shouldn't have been paid to you, and now you are stamping yourfeet because you were caught out.