Drinks out bill not split

user1977

Flatulentoldgoat said:

My friend hasn't seen any payment at all! 

Is there any recourse?

If by this you mean your friend has paid nothing, and you paid the whole bill, then surely the recourse is asking your friend to pay you their proportion of the bill?

Penguin_

So there is no real issue here then, ask your friend for their share of the bill.

Sandtree

Flatulentoldgoat said:

Is there any recourse?

Sue your friend... assuming half the bar bill is worth losing a friend over. Otherwise just have a chat with them... they give you half or the next session is on them.

Manxman_in_exile

Flatulentoldgoat said:

My friend hasn't seen any payment at all! I think the inexperienced bar staff some how messes up with the card machine...They were struggling with it at the time.

Is there any recourse?

I don't understand any of this.  You and your friend go out for a drink and you agree to split the bill, but you end up paying for all of it, and you come here asking if you have any recourse against either your bank or the "venue".  (      )

What does "My friend hasn't seen any payment at all!" even mean?  Do you mean the bar staff never used his card and only used yours?  Didn't you ask yourself at the time why they were only using your card and not your friend's as well?  Didn't you wonder how the bill was going to be split in that case?  Or do you actually mean that your friend also used his card to "pay" his half of the bill, but it has never come out of his account?

Your recourse is simple - depending on what has actually happened.  If you paid the whole bill and your friend has paid nothing, then your friend (not the bank or venue) owes you half the bill.  If you paid the whole bill and your friend has also paid half, then one of you needs to get half back from the venue - that is who owes you the money.

Unless you can explain better what happened, it's difficult to give more advice... 

Pollycat

Flatulentoldgoat said:

My friend hasn't seen any payment at all! I think the inexperienced bar staff some how messes up with the card machine...They were struggling with it at the time.

Is there any recourse?

Can you explain to a lot of confused posters why you think you should have recourse against your bank or the venue in which you and your friend were drinking because you paid the full total of the bill and your friend paid nothing?

GeordieGeorge

Flatulentoldgoat said:

My friend hasn't seen any payment at all! I think the inexperienced bar staff some how messes up with the card machine...They were struggling with it at the time.

Is there any recourse?

Well yes, of course. Ask your friend to pay you his half.

You are over-thinking this.

GeordieGeorge

Are you actually hoping here that you get half the money back from your bank and your friend just gets away without paying anything? I assume not, as that’d be crazy, but if not this then what outcome are you looking for?

phillw

Flatulentoldgoat said:

My friend hasn't seen any payment at all! I think the inexperienced bar staff some how messes up with the card machine...They were struggling with it at the time.

Is there any recourse?

What do you mean messed up with the card machine? Did you both hand over your cards and let the bar staff use them? Your account of what happened is very light on details.

I'd say no that there is no recourse as there was a debt that needed paying and it got paid.

They aren't going to refund you just because you believed you were only paying for half the bill, despite not checking on the machine or on the receipt that you were only being charged for half the amount.

born_again

In future to avoid this problem.. Either buy your own, or agree to buying rounds. Just never buy the 1st 🤦‍♂️😂

Caz3121

I guess you and your friend could go back to the bar, see if they could charge your friend for their half of the bill and then refund you the same amount...seems overly complicated when you can just get your friend to pay you directly