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Money owed from friend and no luck getting it back

TyLupo · 2014-05-23 00:00:46

Hello, Well, I've gotten myself into a bit of a predicament. For personal reasons I bought my 'friend' something of high value (£400 approx) in January and he promised that he would pay it back in instalments. He said he would set up a direct debit to send me about £60 every month until the full amount is payed. The first…

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patman99 Posts: 8,532 Forumite

24 May 2014 at 6:04PM

Asking him via facebook (if you are friends on there) would be good. As all your shared friends would see the message, it might embarrass him into paying.

You could try the SCC route, but you would need to prove that you had loaned this man the money and not gifted it to him.

Never Knowingly Understood.

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3-6 month EF £0/£3600 (that's 0 days worth)

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