To think she lied and actually went?

[Summersparkles123]

My friend/work colleague was off sick yesterday. However we were suppose to be going to a concert early evening. I told her I couldn't go due to a large unexpected cost and couldn't afford the travel there. She was fine about it and said she would sell our tickets. I said I was happy to sell it cheaper if she wanted to go with someone else. She said no and said she could only get max. 100 for them. I looked on resell sights and said oh they are going for more though.
Anyway she said she sold them for 100. I had doubts she was telling the truth anyway.
Then yesterday she wasn't at work. I totally forgot about the concert but just realised she probably went. I know people may say she was actually ill. I know what she's like and I highly doubt that.
I'm not annoyed she went, I'm more annoyed she lied to me. I'm also annoyed that she made out she could only get 100 for it the ticket when I know she could have got more on a resell sight. She also hasn't paid me the money for my ticket yet.
Lesson learnt not to trust her anymore.

Read the OP she asked her friend if she still wanted to go she'd sell her ticket for less the friend insisted she'd rather sell both. Then sold them under what they were worth & went anyway... ?

Should have just been honest & she wouldn't have to miss a days pay avoiding an awkward situation

I think at the moment you let her down it’s none of your business what happens next?! I don’t see why you care either tbh.

She maybe had someone else who wanted to go with her so gave them your ticket? She could’ve given you some money but I do think as you let her down it’s not really your circus from there onwards x

She can do what she wants.

Ask her for your share of the sold tickets.

You let her down. She obviously wanted to still go. It was better for her to not sell your ticket to an unknown person for an inflated price. As she probably wanted to take someone she knew! You're being very selfish.

Going completely against the grain here.

Although OP hasn’t clarified she has stated she had an accident and unexpected bill so I’m assuming something along the lines of car accident.

If you are a true friend you don’t take advantage of your friend like this, yes it’s understandable to be sad that a month before the concert your friend can no longer go. I would never lie to a friend and pretend to sell them for a low price, no proof of selling the ticket that OP has paid for, then take a day off sick and go anyway.

In my opinion life sucks and sometimes accidents or bills happen, how is OP a CF? She told her friend straight away. Her friend doesn’t have the right to lie to OP.

OP she’s a crap friend and you deserve better x

You must of not read the OP correctly where she said she was happy to take less money so that her friend could sell the ticket to someone she knew.

You must be a rubbish friend if you think it’s OK to lie to someone and pretend to be sick to go to the event you apparently sold the tickets too

Regardless of who's at fault ... What does it matter if she indeed went to the concert? Literally what is the problem?

I find it best to save up some money in a bank account so that when large unexpected costs come in I don't have to mess people around.

Worth thinking about.

She said no and said she could only get max. 100 for them. I looked on resell sights and said oh they are going for more though.

Maybe for pairs of tickets. Single tickets aren’t in the same demand. Sometimes you can get a real bargain if you’re happy to go somewhere alone. Equally, sometimes if a venue has a pair of seats available, they won’t let you buy just one, because it makes the other seat less desirable.

And friend said she did sell them, I'm confused about why OP thinks her friend is lying to her. She could have sold them privately,

If friend is lying, it’s weird - but OP hasn’t actually lost anything. If she was happy to sell her ticket at a loss so that her friend could take someone else, why does it matter if it was resold to a stranger at a loss? OP might think she could have got more than £100 for it, but unless someone has actually offered her £125 for it, she doesn’t know. All she’s basing it off is prices on reseller sites - and as another poster pointed out, those tickets by definition had not sold at that price. And I and others have commented on the difference in value of single tickets.

In any case, OP’s argument is entirely based on assumptions at the moment. She assumes her friend went because she’s off sick. What if she genuinely is sick and hadn’t even remembered the date of the concert? Or what if OP’s right and friend did go - how does she know that she might not say tomorrow “By the way, I was able to go after all as Claire bought your ticket” or similar? And if OP - who doesn’t seem to trust this friend very much - had agreed to sell her ticket to friend’s friend for £75 (for example), how does she know friend didn’t actually get £100 for it, or resell it instead of inviting someone else? If she doesn’t believe her now, surely friend would be equally capable of lying in that scenario too?

Well, OP? Is your friend back at work? What did she say?