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ex-friend asking for £400 in damages!

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  • gilbert_and_sullivan
    gilbert_and_sullivan Posts: 3,238 Forumite
    You know sometimes you hear yourself saying ''that's it i've heard it all''?
    Well every day another one comes along to trump the previous.

    Is there no stone these chancers will not crawl from under in their unending quest for free money, email i ask you! didn't have the guts to ask face to face.

    Hope his next gearbox drops out too, and the one after that, ungrateful low life.
  • maninthestreet
    maninthestreet Posts: 16,127 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    I can understand why you gave this friend the BOOT...
    "You were only supposed to blow the bl**dy doors off!!"
  • pendragon_arther
    pendragon_arther Posts: 1,304 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    You all fell for it....

    wind-up.
    “Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.”
    ― Groucho Marx
  • arcon5
    arcon5 Posts: 14,099 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    pendragon_arther wrote: »
    You all fell for it....

    wind-up.

    Ye were all fools. Tell us then what the give away was..
  • AdrianC
    AdrianC Posts: 42,189 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Aaron3195 wrote: »
    Cheers for the replies! Will be ignoring it
    The worst that he can do is launch a small claim against you for the money. If he does, defend it, and it's very unlikely that any judgement will be made against you.
  • pendragon_arther
    pendragon_arther Posts: 1,304 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    arcon5 wrote: »
    Ye were all fools. Tell us then what the give away was..

    Wellll, he's waited a year to make a claim AND the OP was supposedly considering paying the supposed wally...
    “Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.”
    ― Groucho Marx
  • Edwood_Woodwood
    Edwood_Woodwood Posts: 2,500 Forumite
    Yes, you must pay this £400, why should your friend drive around with your heavy handed imprints on his car?
  • patman99
    patman99 Posts: 8,532 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Photogenic
    A few dents cost little to repair.
    This so-called friend is taking the pee out of the op.
    Never Knowingly Understood.

    Member #1 of £1,000 challenge - £13.74/ £1000 (that's 1.374%)

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

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