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Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By ItsGrimUpNorth on Fri 09-May-08 10:58:32
I gave my friend £20 because she said she could get me some great olive oil from Spain.

The oil has never materialised.

I've asked her for the money back but she says she's lost money too and can't/won't give it back. She said she sent the money in good faith to a friend in Spain to place the oil order.

What to do?
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By merryberry on Fri 09-May-08 11:01:18
i'd have to write it off to experience.
and not trust her with my cash again.
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By Dynamicnanny on Fri 09-May-08 11:01:37
I would ask for it back - and remember never lender or borrower be - I lost a good friend after lending her around £100 never got the money back and lost her friendship
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By LMAsMummy on Fri 09-May-08 11:24:30
That's really annoying. I would be hacked off. And never give her money again!!!
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By ItsGrimUpNorth on Fri 09-May-08 11:53:33
I know I won't give her money again. But I want to give her a piece of my mind too but then again I think it wasn't really her fault. Perhaps we were all suckered. . ..
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By shouldbeworking on Fri 09-May-08 11:57:49
Depends how much you value her friendship really. Is it worth falling out with her about? Can you afford to lose the £20? I know at the moment I couldn't but whether I would risk losing a friend over it would depend on the friend.
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By ItsGrimUpNorth on Fri 09-May-08 14:37:31
Oh it's not really the amount. It's the don't-care-ish attitude.

If I had done that to friends, I would be really apologetic and try to make good.
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By nobodyputsBBinthecorner on Sun 11-May-08 19:27:58
£20!! for oil!! shock i personally wouldnt of spent that on oil, unless of course it would was up too grin
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By ItsGrimUpNorth on Sun 11-May-08 19:38:21
It was for seven litres of virgin olive oil!
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By Custardo on Sun 11-May-08 19:39:06
what merryberry said.
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By nobodyputsBBinthecorner on Sun 11-May-08 19:47:26
when would you use that?? lol the mind boggles eh grin we'l all see your friend on the real hustle with the virgin olive oil scam lol
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By MsHighwater on Sun 11-May-08 23:26:08
When I was a teenager, my best friend broke my favourite necklace carelessly one day. She point blank refused to replace it and refused to accept any responsibility for breaking it - she just said that as it was my necklace, it was up to me to replace it. It took me a good while and more than a broken necklace but I did eventually realise that she was no friend.

Your friend, going by your story, reminds me of her.


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