Loaned a friend $3000, gave me a bounced check, what to do?

joepu · Sep 8, 2014

Angkor Wat said: ↑

While in the OP's case, his friend needed $3,000 in ONE WEEK for "bills" (sounds shady). His dad was supposedly going to loan it to him in a week so he wasn't in some life or death situation. Didn't sound like he was going to be homeless and needed a place to crash. He even went as far as to write a bounced check to assure his friend he would have been paid back.

Now without those two setups (dad and check) to assure the OP that he'll get his money back, I don't think the OP is quick to loan the friend the three grand. That to me shows that this was a very thought out con and I wouldn't want those traits as a friend. I don't have anything against with the rest of what you said but completely disagree that letting a friend crash for a few months is the same situation as OP.

Sure he paid him back a grand. Even though it was after he BSed about paying him back in one week. Great, he was doing what he was suppose to do. Are we going to pat him on the back for doing what is right? But he falt out, refused to pay the rest back after a confrontation (are we positive it was phsyical? could have been a verbal fight).

That's me though. I'm a very nice and understanding person, but If you take advantage of me because of that in the manner of what happened to the OP, I'm done. That friendship is not needed. A real friend would not BS you like that.
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Agreed. I would be more pissed that I was tricked than over losing the money.

Falcons Talon · Oct 28, 2014

Rocket River said: ↑

You are a good guy.

He seems ashamed and hurt and can use a friend more than the money
so . . . If you ok with it .. . get ya money back
handle him with a bit of a long handle spoon
be weary
but
I would say it will take some time s maybe years to repair this friendship

*IF* that is what you want

Rocket River
sometimes the friendship is not worth the headache
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Brought this back through the link in the car note thread. Any updates?

I'll say this...

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