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Money Moral Dilemma: Should I pay for my flatmate's mistake?
Firstly I find it quite strange that he only realised at your 6 month round up but maybe that's because I check my account payments religiously each month! As others say it's probably not worth falling out about as you have to live together and if you don't he will just bring it up each time you make a mistake - buy more expensive household goods etc etc. So I say pay up but look to get out of the deal as soon as pos unless you are finding that it is much better and you are using the extra facilities of course.....
If not:
Pay up - and use all the extra features until the contract ends. You have access to them, you should pay for them. (oh and cuff your mate round the ear for being a numpty and not reading up on what he's getting) :beer: Gently:rotfl:
Is there a massive cost difference? Everyone makes mistakes, so unless it was absolutely broke I would pay up. I wouldn't lose a friendship over a few quid.
You, however, share responsibility for checking that the right option was selected at the time - a job that would have taken no more than a couple of minutes at best, and left enough time in hand to cancel and rearrange:). Relying on someone else, and leaving it to them isn't sensible, especially when money is involved.
Look at it another way. I'll bet you have a mobile phone or some other gadget that you use all the time; compare the cost of using it with the extra cost of fibre broadband - doesn't look so bad now, does it?
