Money Moral Dilemma: Who should pay for my non-refundable concert tickets?

Pollycat

meknowalot-51 wrote: »

A "suprise birthday gift" which she doesn't want and you expect her to pay for it,how come?You can easily sell both on ebay or outside concert,possibly even making a profit.Next time take the easy option and buy her some shoes or something.Spending this amount for a band you don't even like tells me your loaded so stop moaning.

Read the original post.

The friend is double-booked for the day in question.
The concert and her step-sister's wedding.

Nothing about not wanting the tickets.

JayD

No she shouldn't pay for both tickets - or even one of them.

If you wanted to splash out on a treat like that, you should have let her know all the details before you booked it up. How was she to know you had planned something so extravagant? She was asked to keep a date free - it could have been for anything from just a a get together at your home or shopping day out together ...

You took a risk - it went wrong - so take someone else with you and try to enjoy it.

KARO

cyantist wrote: »

Yes. In the original post the wedding was arranged long before the concert, but when the OP checked with her friend, the friend forgot about the wedding and insisted she was free on the date in question.

..in which case I would be mighty annoyed with the friend in question.

However she probably didn't know that OP was going to buy £200 worth of tickets :eek:

But you can't really ask her to pay for them. I would try and sell them on. Shouldn't be too difficult if it's an A list band.

Lily-Rose_3

Haven't read hardly any of the posts, but was this not a topic about a month back? :huh:

Pollycat

Lily-Rose wrote: »

Haven't read hardly any of the posts, but was this not a topic about a month back? :huh:

Yes it was and that fact has been discussed widely in this thread.

There is also a link to the original thread in one of the posts.

A_Frayed_Knot

Read only the 1st post, sell the tickets at face value, and go buy her a nice less expensive pressie amd have a meal out with her at your expense, still using up all the monies that you would have spent and as you were going to the concert - that you didn't like - a meal would be more enjoyable.

Pollycat

A_Frayed_Knot wrote: »

Read only the 1st post, sell the tickets at face value, and go buy her a nice less expensive pressie amd have a meal out with her at your expense, still using up all the monies that you would have spent and as you were going to the concert - that you didn't like - a meal would be more enjoyable.

If you read the rest of the posts you'll see that this 'dilemma' was posted by somebody else previously and had lots of replies.

There's a link to the original thread too.

The OP of that thread had lots of people advising her to sell the tickets.

A_Frayed_Knot

Pollycat wrote: »

If you read the rest of the posts you'll see that this 'dilemma' was posted by somebody else previously and had lots of replies.

There's a link to the original thread too.

The OP of that thread had lots of people advising her to sell the tickets.

Hope they told them to still spend the money on friend, by sharing a meal they both still get a night out.

Pollycat

A_Frayed_Knot wrote: »

Hope they told them to still spend the money on friend, by sharing a meal they both still get a night out.

Oh, the original OP had lots of advice.
Not sure if she ever embraced that there was any way other than her own though.

Read the original thread, the link is on page 1, post #8.

On that thread the original OP listed 3 choices if the tickets weren't sold - see page 4 post #77.

terributtons

I am amazed at some of these comments, yes it was a surprise but you did ask her to keep the date free so clearly you had something special planned. What a good friend you are not only to spend so much money on her but also to be prepared to suffer a band you do not like simply for her enjoyment. I'd tell her what you have done and see how she responds. Depending on what time and where the two events are taking place can she do both? Maybe just make an appearance at the evening do of the wedding perhaps or turn up late to see half of the concert? I guess it all depends on who is getting married (if a close family member surely she would have known about it for some time). If she does not at least offer to pay for the difference that you manage to sell the tickets for (if there is a deficit) then I would rethink your friendship.