Tell Mumsnet Flendr about the outrageous experiences you’ve had when people have been brass-necked with money – £300 Love2Shop voucher to be won! NOW CLOSED

[EmmaMumsnet]

Collecting money for shared presents, holidays, dinners etc. can be a pretty stressful experience and take a lot of organising. It can also be a massive hit to the bank account when someone doesn’t pay on time. On top of this, it can lead to strained relations between friends and family – people say they’ve paid when they haven’t, they forget to pay or they think they are no longer liable when they pull out of that concert last minute because they had something better to do.

Have you ever found yourself in a difficult situation when chasing people to pay you back for something? Did it lead to awkwardness or an argument? Did people make up ridiculous excuses to get out of paying their share? Whatever the story, Mumsnet Flendr would like to hear it!

Here’s what Mumsnet Flendr says: “We are excited to introduce Mumsnet Flendr, our official online platform for organising cash collections and fundraising activities. If you find yourself paying on behalf of others – whether it is a night out, tickets to a concert, hen party or collective birthday gift - use our platform and make your life that little bit easier.”

Please share your story with Mumsnet Flendr below and you will be entered into a prize draw where one MNer will win a £300 Love2Shop voucher.

If you would like to sign up to trial Mumsnet Flendr, please click here

Thanks & good luck!

MNHQ

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We've had many a whipround at work for folk who are leaving - I'm happy to organise it as I love picking the card & gifts, but it is SUCH a nightmare getting people to cough up & I am such a doormat - the most lengths I will go to is leaving an envelope on the desk of staff with a list of names & a tick next to those who have contributed.. if they don't get that hint, I'll just suck it up & contribute for them! I'm sure most people just forget, but I hate asking for stuff!! Need to man up! :) Flendr would been ideal for me!

i lent my sister a lot of money a long time go. still waiting!

Sweepstakes at work when the boss keeps 'forgetting' to pay even months after the contest

someone who borrows money to pay their tax bill, but then has 2 holidays and goes to see bruce springsteen whilst having not repaid the money, despite numerous phone calls/emails/texts about it - and that's a family member too!

My sister is always borrowing money then finding excuses not to pay it back. I don;t give her anything I can't afford to lose now.

Would have to be in 1972 when I was 17 and saved over two years for a Motorcycle that was to cost approx £200. Anyhow, I came home from work one day and my stepmother said your new bike is in the yard. I was confused as I hadn't ever told her what type or model of motorcycle that I had been saving up for. Perhaps she had asked one of my older brothers I thought to myself.

Excitedly I went into the garden expecting to see a Honda motorcycle but all I could see was a brand new racing bicycle. At first I though that my step mother was playing some kind of joke on me me but on questioning her she told me that this was my new bike that cost £30 and that she had pocketed the other £170 of my savings. Not a happy camper springs to mind.

I don't pay for anything and hope to get money back and I encourage my two children (now young adults) not to do this either.

We agreed to go on holiday with my ex best friend. Everything was booked with the hotel due to be paid on arrival. Once we got their my friend realised that she did not have enough money to pay her share! So we had no choice but to pay it for her with promises of getting it back once we were home. And then the sob stories began. Unexpected bills needed paying, her car needed fixing etc etc. 3 months later and we had only recieved 25% of the total back from her! And then she just stopped returning calls and emails etc. Never did get the rest of it back and needless to say the friendship ended too