Should she replace it? SHE RETURNED IT!

[Langarg]

Goodness me. I can’t believe I am back with an update. After starting the small claims process, look what turned up on my doorstep today! My Dyson Airwrap!!!

I hadn’t heard a single peep from my friend since my last updates on the previous thread.

What a shock I got when I got a notification from my ring doorbell this afternoon saying there was person at my front door. I checked and it was my friend sheepishly dropping a bag on my doorstep!

I was at work and knew I wasn’t going to be home for a few more hours. I sent my neighbour a text message asking her to take it in. I couldn’t wait to get home from work to see what she had dropped off 🤣 was it the original? Was it a brand new replacement? Was it the £150 replacement from Facebook?

When I got home and checked it out it appeared to be my original airwrap. I tested it and it worked just fine (so much for the sister spilling the wine!) and I checked the serial number and it definitely is mine!

What an absolute rollercoaster! I wasn’t sure if I should text my friend acknowledging the eventual return of the airwrap or not?

Link to my original thread for anyone interested who may have missed it… https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/5241002-should-she-replace-it?page=40&reply=141090978

I can't believe she tried to steal it !! What a cf!

And after trying to make you feel guilty about asking for the money. And saying you spoilt the wedding.

Definitely don't entertain this friend again.

I'd probably block her at this point.

Well, the weather warning was lie #3 I think? It’s so hard to keep track of all of the different stories she was spinning.

This is great advertising for the Airwrap

It's that good, you double cross a good friend for one?

Are you a Dyson plant OP?

I suspect it’s ChatGPT, which is actually a really fun tool for stuff like that!

Eh? @JandamiHash was brilliant!

Not enough appreciation for this going on. Brilliant. xx

I am shocked! I just ran into the other room to tell DP ‘the lady got her hair dryer back!!’
he is also pleasantly surprised
we’ve both been very invested, and I’m so pleased it’s had a suitable conclusion
sorry that your friend turned out not to be a real friend though

This is fucking fantastic 👏

Thank you for posting the update - what a fitting outcome.

You are very dignified indeed.

What did I do wrong @BotDranning ?!

I thought you and NotNeil were inspiring! I'm only gutted a thread ends at 40 pages 😂

Wow!!
just caught up with your original post and all your updates….
So she first had the cheek to not return your hair dryer, then didn’t respond forcing you to chase it up… then lied and said she’d left at hotel, accused staff their of stealing it, blamed her new DH for not seeing it….
then and only after you mention the police does she then drag her sister into it, pretending her sister borrowed and broke it…
Did she really think someone would just let it go over a £500 item?!….

She sounds horrible - not only is she a liar but a thief too!!…. Presumably only returning your item because you forewarned her that you were going to small claims curt!!

What a horrible dishonest person!!

After lending out a car once and it being written off I don’t lend out anything anymore that I care about… my rule is that I’d only lend something that I don’t mind being lost or broken!

The liquid damage is imaginary, just like the forgotten in the room story

It is O% chat gpt.

Why don’t you check it before accusing someone of using AI to write something? It takes about 30 seconds.

Out of curiosity how can you check?

@Langarg I am so happy to hear you are reunited with your air wrap!! I followed the post from the beginning and have literally been checking every few days if you had posted again! I don't know why I was quite so invested, but it is greatly appreciated that you came back to tell us all.

I do personally think you should tell mutual friends the basic story - just simple facts, (although as it now turns out, nothing she ever said was true, so that is challenging!) Just imagine that she did something similar to a mutual friend in the future and you could have forewarned them. You sound like such a good friend, I imagine you would feel responsible for not having told them what she's really like. Don't let her get away with such CF behaviour again.

If she mentions it, say you didn't get it back? That if she DID leave it on the doorstep it must have been nicked!! 😂

Does anyone else desperately want an air wrap after reading these threads?

@Lostcat I considered it but my hair is fine and everything drops out quite quickly. Plus I'm super lazy and couldn't be bothered to spend all that time grooming, so can't justify one at that price just for the odd time I'd be going out. You should treat yourself if you think you'd use it 😁x

They're not worth it, imo. Clever marketing. Get a modestly priced hairdryer with a brush attachment.

No I’m the same. I have some ancient hair styling device that I could count on my fingers the number of times I’ve bothered using. And yet after reading this thread.. 🙃🫠

Hey notneil's wife....please could you make a new thread to let us know if there's been any updates on the James saga? I just saw you on here, it reminded me to check and the thread is full. Although I'm guessing there might not have been, as you're still active here :) my friend was packing 20 party bags today for 16 kids and I thought of you immediately 😂

Wow, this was NOT the ending I anticipated! If only the airwrap could speak and tell you what REALLY happened on its adventures! She didn't even buy a new one to keep up her cover story!!!!

I'll settle for finding my hair straighteners that are still packed in a box since we moved over a year ago!!!

Haha I literally just yesterday dug mine out of a box in the attic!