Loaned money to a friend - i want it back

Ganga

Forget the hastle,write it off and move on.As others have said never lend money to friends or family if you expect it paid back,look upon it as a gift and if it comes back thats a plus.

National_Debtline

Hi k8elou


Scenarios like this are very tricky and only you can really gauge what matters most, whether that be principle or instead just drawing a line under it. You say the amount in question is "only" £176 which suggests that if push comes to shove you can do without this money, but in theory you might feel just as strongly if the amount owed were £5, and that is your prerogative. I would suggest though that whatever happens, in the long run the true loser is the party who's lost the trust of a friend, and how does one put a figure on that?


Dennis
@natdebtline

System

Best of luck. Whilst Judge Rinder is TV it is conducted as a county court hearing with the same levels of proof required and the show is littered with claims like this where the claimant has lost.

Do you have travel insurance? Can you claim on that? What options are there for a refund on the flight from the airline? These are all options that you would be expected to pursue first before putting in a claim as the onus is on you to some extent to mitigate your losses.

Robisere

It's £176. Can you find someone (who you like and get along with) to stump up, say, half that and come with you instead?

Write off the rest to experience. What is your nephew's position on this? Surely, even as an 'injured party' he has some responsibility?

sourcrates

Unless you have a written agreement as evidence of your claim, I wouldn’t bother.
These kind of posts pop up every now an then over the years, not one person has ever come back to say they recovered their money..........I’d forget about it and put it down to experience if I were you.

karcher

The OP posted at 12:04am and hasn't been back :think:

Something tells me you all should save your good advice for a more worthy cause.

sourcrates

karcher wrote: »

The OP posted at 12:04am and hasn't been back :think:

Something tells me you all should save your good advice for a more worthy cause.

You may be right.......

Robisere

OP has not been told what he wants to hear. It's a familiar story.

zagubov

If I had a penny for every time I'd seen that happen in this forum, I'd have £4.83.

k8elou

she's blocked me on everything so cant shame her .. its so annoying that people can scr*ew you over and not much can be done unless you are willing to spend loads