Losing money due to birthday party no-shows

LittleMrsThrifty

One family from Cornwall are tackling the issue of no-shows by sending an invoice :eek:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-30876360

loubie_lou

LittleMrsThrifty wrote: »

One family from Cornwall are tackling the issue of no-shows by sending an invoice :eek:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-30876360

Maybe ask for a deposit in future? Really though, to go to the media is silly. Should've been sorted out like grown ups with face to face reasoning and communication.

mgdavid

Parents more childish than the children.

getmore4less

There is no loss unless the guests were being asked to pay in the first place.

browneyedbazzi

That poor child - imagine how humiliating it must be for the kid whose mum sent the invoice!

peachyprice

browneyedbazzi wrote: »

That poor child - imagine how humiliating it must be for the kid whose mum sent the invoice!

I bet they won't be getting invited to too many parties after the appalling behaviour of their parents.

Hermia

browneyedbazzi wrote: »

That poor child - imagine how humiliating it must be for the kid whose mum sent the invoice!

And for the kid who received it. I imagine being the child of parents who blab to the media rather than dealing with problems isn't going to result in many invitations!

tea_lover

Accepting an invite, not turning up, not even bothering to contact the hosts and then moaning to the media.... that is a truly stunning lack of manners.

*max*

All that about a 5 year old's birthday party...The world has gone mad.

SailorSam

Read the rest of the story here.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5156141

BigAunty

I think it might be a case of one idle and impolite set of parents versus an over-reacting one.

Legal redress is not required, I think they were just trying to make a point (badly though), hoping to shame the other parents into paying the shortfall caused by their rude no-show.

The usual remedy of having a disorganised or rude friend is to either accept it and maintain the relationship or learn the lesson and not bother making the effort in future, not taking them to court for wasted costs....The invoice is likely to be completely unenforceable.

I don't believe that an invite would have no contact details on it but I can believe that someone could merrily stand up an event and not give a t*ss about the expense incurred by others. The mother of the birthday boy said they gave full contact details.


If I understand the following article correctly, the parents who missed the event are both claiming not to have received an invite in the first place while also saying the invite didn't have contact details.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2916379/Five-year-old-misses-friend-s-birthday-bash-INVOICED-15-95.html

A politer person would have given sufficient notice, apologised or perhaps offered to pay for the unused ticket without prompting. A more organised person wouldn't have double booked their child or would have re-arranged the clashing visit to the grandparents to a different time that day or new day.