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To think she shouldn't overcharge me?!

64 replies

Supermagicsmile · 09/09/2017 21:36

My friend purchased an item with her membership card for me (with a discount). It should have cost £30 but with her discount only cost her £20.
She is insisting I pay her £30 as I'm a non member and not entitled to the discount Hmm
She offered to buy it for me as she had a discount in the first place!!

AIBU to not pay £30? She's currently not speaking to me as I said I felt I should only have to pay £20.

AIBU?! Confused

OP posts:
Maelstrop · 09/09/2017 22:07

What a cow! Ignore her forever more if you haven't yet given her any money.

Anecdoche · 09/09/2017 22:08

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MyPatronusIsAUnicorn · 09/09/2017 22:09

She's a twat. Seems to be a lot of them about judging by some threads on here!

Nuttynoo · 09/09/2017 22:11

She's not a friend. Tell her to fuck off.

tangledup123 · 09/09/2017 22:11

That's stupid. At least if she'd charged you, say, £25 then you'd both benefit (although it would still be a bit rude of her). But by charging you full price you might as well have not used her membership card at all.

PeppaPigTastesLikeBacon · 09/09/2017 22:12

My friend did this to me. I couldn't be arsed with the faff of it but I did think she was being a dick. I would have paid full price for it had she not had offered so all it did was hold up me getting the item Hmm

If she isn't a good friend then just go buy it. If she is supposed to be a good friend then give her the £30, tell her she is being a dick as you would have just got it yourself then move on

Runningbutnotscared · 09/09/2017 22:13

I'm having a complete imagination failure - what kind of thing that you would want costs £30 and she, as a member of a club, would get a £10 discount?
The only thing I can think of is a club t-shirt? And I can't think of why you would want that if you weren't the member of the club.

HeebieJeebies456 · 09/09/2017 22:15

That isn't a friend.

Tell her you'd rather just buy it brand new off the shelf if it's going to cost you the same.....

NevilleBennett · 09/09/2017 22:16

I'd maybe give her a bit extra for the hassle, or pay petrol/postage if she'd made a special journey

SilverySurfer · 09/09/2017 22:19

Absurd - tell her to stick the item where the sun doesn't shine and pay her nothing. End of friendship but with friends like that who needs enemies?

HeebieJeebies456 · 09/09/2017 22:20

no doubt she's getting the benefits of the points etc that she accumulates so she's DOUBLY ripping you off!

I have a Boots card, my friends order through me (online) so i can get all the points (sometimes triple).
If they want something that i can use my discount/membership status on then i return the favour.

I doubt our arrangement would have worked for all of us had i taken the piss like this.

HeebieJeebies456 · 09/09/2017 22:23

Running

My Boots membership gives me discounts vouchers/codes etc that are not available to non-members.

wouldpoisonbesobad · 09/09/2017 22:30

Tell her to bugger off.

ProseccoMamam · 09/09/2017 22:34

GrinGrinGrinGrin

Does she think you're a bank account with interest? Weird woman

Leeds2 · 09/09/2017 22:38

Tell her to return them as you no longer want them. That is not how friends behave.

Confutatis · 09/09/2017 22:41

YANBU
However, pay her the £30 and accept that the extra £10 is your realising that she is not to be trusted as a true friend. If she is really hard up, that is different but it sounds like she is trying to make a profit on you.

kjarvo · 09/09/2017 22:42

Whether or not you are entitled to the discount is irrelevant. She bought something for £20 for you and should expect £20 back.

Gemini69 · 09/09/2017 22:50

OMG is she holding the item to randsom ?! tell her to keep it.. and go buy it yourself Lady Flowers

WatchingFromTheWings · 09/09/2017 23:12

She's not a friend. She's trying to make a profit from this! I'd tell her to take it back.

mysteryfairy · 09/09/2017 23:12

By buying from her you're technically sacrificing your consumer rights as you have no contract if the item goes wrong. Why would you want to pay full RRP under those circumstances?!

Katedotness1963 · 09/09/2017 23:13

A friend wouldn't try to profit from you. If you weren't getting the discount why would you wait for her to buy it for you? Daft!

Gooseberrytart4 · 09/09/2017 23:14

Omg! Awful woman

pennysnow · 09/09/2017 23:15

Give her the 30 quid - then bin the nasty bitch.
Some fuckin' friend. Hmm

gamerchick · 09/09/2017 23:16

If you haven't paid her tell her it doesn't matter and you'll buy them direct.

She doesn't get to profit from you. That's shitty behaviour.

BorisTrumpsHair · 09/09/2017 23:19

not friend.
go buy it direct. Let her have the inconvenience of keeping it herself or returning it.