Should she replace it? Part 3

[Langarg]

I can’t believe we have a part 3 🤣 this has provided some lighthearted entertainment at a time where I’m feeling really let down by someone I considered a good friend. So thank you! I have posted an update on thread 2, will post it here also.

I have sent the following text message ‘Having reflected on what you have said, how the airwrap was lost/broken or otherwise is irrelevant. I considered asking you for pictures of the broken airwrap or asking to speak to your sister to ask her what happened but it will get us nowhere. All that matters is I am down a Dyson airwrap and I want a new replacement. You’ll need to either transfer me the £399 tonight to pay for this or purchase it yourself from boots and send me the email receipt this evening. You can then sort out with your sister whether she is going to contribute to the cost of it. We can then put this behind us’

I have no interest in maintaining the friendship after this for obvious reasons. I am worried that she’s seen the thread (how can she not have 🤣) and knows this fine well so will have no intention of replacing it sadly.

I don’t think I’ll ever get the truth (was there even a wedding at this rate?! 🤣) all that matters to me now is getting a replacement airwrap!!!!

with all due respect, what a load of bollix

Following. (Sorry, not sorry)

Do not feel guilty.
She's lied, then lied again, then lied some more. Who knows what the truth is, other than the fact she owes you your Dyson Air Wrap or a new replacement.

The op's friend is not a teenage girl. She's a grown up woman who had the opportunity to go straight to her friend when an issue arose. Had she done that the op would not have felt the need to ask for advice online. Instead she lied. Then lied again. At no point has she actually given any the op any suggestions of how she might make the situation right. Despite being an actual adult woman.

@Langarg I don’t believe your friends version of what happened to your air wrap. Do you know where it is now? Dyson are really good with repairing their items so if you don’t get a new one from your friend, would it be worth getting the broken one from said friend and getting Dyson to repair it? Not sure if they give a warranty on repairs but at least you would have yours back in working order? Hope you get it sorted.

Do not feel guilty.
She's lied, then lied again, then lied some more. Who knows what the truth is, other than the fact she owes you your Dyson Air Wrap or a new replacement.

She knows it's in the dailymail now but yet has still kept posting all the updates.
It's so childish and petty.

Are you for real ? This so called 'friend ' deserves all she gets, she a deceitful liar, and doesn't deserve a kind friend, and absolutely she needs to replace the air wrap ASAP.
Shes lost a loyal friend through sheer lies and stupidity, thinking she was clever enough to cover it up, she just dug herself deeper. I hope she has read it.
You reap what you sow in life iam.afraid

There are a lot of people invested, and she is updating them on an unfolding situation.

Actually I'd guess that most of us on here are adult women, not children. As adults we know that there is nothing petty about wanting a replacement for a £500 item that somebody has broken/stolen/sold.
Personally I want to hear that CF has paid and want to read the updates, as do the other grown ups on here (CF and relatives excepted).
I'd also be very happy if CF's name and that of her sister were made public somewhere, but MN isn't as petty as that, sadly.

If the OPs friend isn't a complete scumbag, she will not only get the cash sent to your account in the next 24 hours so she can order a replacement, but also return the broken Air Wrap complete with it's same as the hotel carpet blue box.

I doubt that will happen as I don't believe it got broken at all, it's either being kept or has already been sold.

Sorry OP, I expect you'll have to take this to small claims court.

Also the friend could have stopped this at any time by calling her friend and saying, "I'm so sorry. It's broken. I can pay you £250 this month and £250 next month" or "I'm so sorry, your Dyson broke. I've ordered you a new one. It'll be with you on Friday!". But she hasn't. So she is complicit in keeping it all going.

There is no friendship to throw away. The FriendBride is a user, not a friend.

What's puzzling me is why you're investing in this thread if you find it so 'childish and petty'.

Unless, of course... 🤔

Mortified? She lied all the way through and tried to fob off the OP with an inferior, cheaper replacement.

Even better, take it to Judge Judy. That would be the perfect ending to this saga.

"Madam, you're full of baloney. Don't borrow other people's stuff if you can't afford to replace it. And you, learn to choose your friends better. Judgement for the plaintiff in the amount of $599. We're done. Goodbye!"

Isn't it. Classic #bekind types that - well, aren't. I reckon the CF is definitely on this thread (or at least on to it) and has rallied her huns.

I am baffled by the people (albeit it's only a few) who think the OP has acted in an inappropriate way. I cannot even imagine a friend treating my property in such an awful way!
OP you are doing the right thing and I am sorry that you are having to go through this. I really hope you get a new Air wrap delivered to your door shortly.
I also hope you realise that you are a lovely, kind and generous person who deserves much better friends.

Followed from the beginning.

All this shite about teen behaviour and pile ons have me chuckling, no ones real life name is mentioned so the only person that has the right to feel piled on is the borrowing friend, who deserves it. She's the only one who knows its about her.

I dont believe the sister borrowing it story, but if it was true then the borrowing sister is equally culpable. That said, the friend was entrusted with it and responsible for it, so she's the one that shoukd be paying OP and then getting half, or all of the dosh back from her sister.

Op your messages were fine, and if she doesn't make amends I would go the small claims route.

Good luck

Yep. If those posters in support of op’s cheeky fucker, lying scummy friend, who was happy to blame innocent hotel staff are real I’ll eat my hat. Cheeky fucker we all see you and think you’re grim.

If only the CF friend and sister could just apologise and Replace the OP's airwrap, instead of coming on here and trying to twist facts.

I don’t think the friend is posting on here. You can’t have this many people reading and posting and have 100% of people agree. And MNers love an argument.

And once again for the people at the back who didn't hear the first few times, no there is nothing petty about wanting a replacement, there's nothing wrong with how she handled it when texting her friend, that assertiveness was great.

It's this shit on mumsnet that is petty, childish and embarrassing and for those who know them the OP will come off just as badly if not worse than her friend.

You'd be happy if she was named publicly? Wow, well that says a lot about you doesn't it? Would you feel the same if it was your child or family member who did something and think that they deserved to be publicly named and shamed?

I don't think there is a broken one. It's another lie.