Mother told her friend she doesnt have to pay me?

[Imacelebritygotit]

I do translating/admin e.g appointments, filling out forms. Work stuff on the side

My mums friend heard i do this and hired me. We agreed on sum etc

I did 3.5 hours work

She then tells me she will give the money when she sees my mum the next day, i agree

My mother then goes "omg guess how much she paid you!!!" "I said no, no, no, no! You are a friend!!!! Absolutely no need to pay that much!!! Wtf!!! 10 pound is fine!!! But she insisted she pays you the agreed amount!!!!! Said treat it as a gift then. But then i insisted and said 10 pound is fine!!!! Trust me!

Explaining to her is useless she just keeps going She is a friend!!! You cant charge her like other people!!!/anyone else!! How can you be so money hungry and greedy!!!

Am i right to be angry about this! I mean this woman is not my friend, i barely know her. And it was like 4 hours work!!!

Edit: oh and now im getting texts from this woman saying she was very happy with such a good price, what a nice person i am and how others she hired "take advantage and over charge". And she wants to hire me again for same price!

You need to go round there @Imacelebritygotit

she blocked me

sent her this

she blocked me

Omg that’s ridiculous and so cheeky. I would definitely send an invoice through the post. I wouldn't let this go, she owes you money. Even makes you wonder if she went through your mum with the payment on purpose as she knew your mum would insist she pay less.

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/law-and-courts/legal-system/small-claims/making-a-small-claim/

How much does she owe you?

Vile behaviour.

Sorry op, what a pain in the ass. A stingy rich person not paying what she agreed to, I'd totally take her to court but that's just me. How cowardly of her to block you.

Are you sure your mum didn’t take the money and lie to her friend and you?

Hmm so she paid £10. Sorry if I missed it but do we know how much she should have paid?

Then you have to threaten court action. By post.

Let her know you are serious.

That's irrelevant. She agreed a price, the work was done, she has to pay.

Not really. It's wrong whatever but it would have an impact for me on whether I decided to take it further, like to the small claims court linked above.

For those saying take her to the small claims court, would OP have to have the original price in writing eg a text?

And OP, turn anyone down from now on who is associated with your mother, or make them pay upfront. And ignore your mum. Anything she needs? Just say no.

Send her a notice before action for the small claims court. She'll lose in court so will likely pay up before it gets that far

Your mother is very generous with her children's time and resources, isn't she?

Yes, I see what you mean. I think for me it's the principle of it though.

Show your mum this thread. She needs to see how wrong she is.

Her friend is probably very embarrassed.

Saw your update - she's a CF, and small claims court is the way to go.

Fair enough.

I love how she isn’t tech savvy enough to pay you online, but knows how to block you. What a CF!

She blocked you ?

a little old biddy who wanted to pay you cash as wasn’t internet savvy an do online/bacs

as I said. Go round there and knock on her door. Post an invoice

how much does she owe you - I don’t know why you are being so secretive with the amount

Small claims then and that lady is no friend. If be warning your mum she not to be trusted even if your mum caused this problem.

Relevant here tbh what did you actually do and what did you charge for it. I still think you’re going overboard. I can’t believe people say threatening court etc you only did 3 hours work it will take more time than that to go to court. Chalk it up move on. Be the bigger person.

Why don’t we know the amount that she owes? Why isn’t that shared? Just share with us OP. If she owed you £40 and paid £10, that’s different to her owing £70 plus for example and makes a difference to the advice as there is a charge for lodging a claim in the small claims court.