Money Moral Dilemma: Should my family share the cost of my more expensive ticket?

Pollycat

The author of the dilemma was baulking at paying the price of a single ticket i.e. £40.00.
Now we're up to him/her paying £56.00. :T
Maybe they should quit whilst they're ahead...:D

rach_k wrote: »

If your sister is paying for your parents, I'd say you should offer to pay £56!

At £140 for 5 people, that's £28 each. You should pay for yourself and one of your parents (or half of each parent's ticket), totalling £56. Then it's a gift to your parents from both of you. Your sister would pay her £28, her husband's £28 and for one of your parents - £84.

Beauborg wrote: »

If everyone is paying for their own ticket, then it should be split 5 ways.

However if your sister and her husband are paying for your parents’ tickets it should be split 3 ways between your sister her husband and you. So you’d pay £140/3 or £46.67.

marich

As the two folk above have said - you are paying less than your sister (and her husband) and are complaining .


The simple question is "Do you really want to go ?" .


If so then stump up and shut up . If not then let them enjoy their treat without your long face there also .


Really - you do wonder about some people (if this is a real one , that is) .

Malthusian

Yes, you are being unreasonable. Had you been invited as part of the original invitation, you could not have been expected to pay more, so you would have paid £28. Due to the belatedness of the invitation, you are now expected to pay £40. If this was originally planned say 3 months in advance you are looking at an inflation rate of well over 150%.

The increase needs to be discounted to the present value using the formula




and then revalued in line with gilt yields since the date the event was announced as follows





which indisputably shows that you should pay your sister £24.76, your sister should pass on £32.91 to your parents, and they should pay you £18.94 each, which will leave you all square. Providing you remember to leave 4 minutes and 6 seconds before the end to take into account that you can't subdivide the pennies.

Alternatively stop being a tight git and either go and pay the £40 or tell her you have other plans if you don't want to go.

thewren

of course they should unless they're totally penniless, or at the very least count you out of buying drinks or whatever

Memajules

Malthusian, love your sense of humour
:rotfl: :A :beer:

Fitzmichael

I think we should ask Martin to guarantee that these questions are genuine, and not invented by anyone, however remotely, connected to MSE. If genuine, this guy is scum, who doesn't deserve any attention from me. I think it's not, as who wouldn't know that's how he'd be judged, and wouldn't care?

Pollycat

Fitzmichael wrote: »

I think we should ask Martin to guarantee that these questions are genuine, and not invented by anyone, however remotely, connected to MSE. If genuine, this guy is scum, who doesn't deserve any attention from me. I think it's not, as who wouldn't know that's how he'd be judged, and wouldn't care?

I shouldn't take it so seriously if I were you.
As MSE say:

Unfortunately the MSE team can't always answer money moral dilemma questions as contributions are often emailed in or suggested in person. They are intended to be enjoyed as a point of debate and discussed at face value.

Cyclamen

I'd pay for my ticket at the price it cost .... the time for discussing prices was before purchase then you could have looked around for a deal. Unless of course you can't stretch to the extra amount but then ask for some help with cost from loved ones.

Why not use your energy to take some nice snacks, picnic, flask or some such to keep the cost down if it's appropriate.

You could also look out for deals on restaurants, parking, souvenirs etc.. using vouchers, clubcard points etc..

However forget the money.. find other ways to save and just enjoy a family trip. Good memories are worth so much more.

Pollycat

Of course, one could wonder why the author of the dilemma's sister chose to exclude her from the original invitation in the first place...:think:
Maybe that should be given more thought than how much should be paid for the extra ticket. :whistle:

crmism

Is it really worth making a fuss over £12?

I don't think so.