Money Moral Dilemma: Should I pay my friend for a smashed bottle of wine?

pollypenny

REJP wrote: »

Presumably your friend had travel insurance (as always recommended on MSE.).
So she claims for the wine and damage to contents within her suitcase.
Dilemma?

And pays the excess? And possibly sees a price rise next year. :cool:

burn21

Which moral reptile wouldn't give a friend the money to shop for them up front, in advance???

I've already paid, they can keep the money. I'll find someone who doesn't put bottles in luggage in future - why would you do that???
They've now gained double - they've claimed it on their insurance - now will they give me my money back from the claim?

Who thinks these things up???

Why???

Why am I responding to this???

koalakoala

Of course you should. And stop asking people to cart breakables around for you, don't you think most people have enough to carry with their own stuff?

Janet_Hamilton

Absolutely yes + some because it caused your friend a lot of grief

chrisbolter

Definitely, you have to pay. Your friend is in a 'no win' situation - he/she could have turned down your request and risked upsetting you. Having said 'yes', the wine has to be checked in as cabin baggage and even if well packed you are now in the hands of others. As tempting as it is, I would never risk putting wine in cabbage baggage - by passing the risk of breakage on to your friend, you have made it risk-free for yourself.

DigForVictory

Of course you pay, for the wine, for any dry cleaning, for all the fuss & botheration - and you learn to pay overseas p&p & Insurance & import duty etc as well.

A poor position to put a friend in, although a saintly soul might smile & wave it off as “one if those things”, saints are Rare.

browny5678

I’m assuming those who are smugly saying it should be put in cabin baggage haven’t flown in the last 18 odd years since the liquids restrictions in carry on came through.....

WilliamJohnston

It seems to me that you have an odd friendship if you feel the need to contact this forum in order to ask the question.

WilliamJohnston

chrisbolter wrote: »

Definitely, you have to pay. Your friend is in a 'no win' situation - he/she could have turned down your request and risked upsetting you. Having said 'yes', the wine has to be checked in as cabin baggage and even if well packed you are now in the hands of others. As tempting as it is, I would never risk putting wine in cabbage baggage - by passing the risk of breakage on to your friend, you have made it risk-free for yourself.

Cabbage baggage?

lemonreptile

You miserable git. OF COURSE you should pay her!