Ok so (ex) friend.
I sold a bunch of stuff online, used his paypal to get my money.
Around $400.
He used it to buy a new car.
What the heck. I don't have a car, that's ok he's going to pay me back and now I have a friend that will drive me whenever I want.

WRONG.
He moves 45 minutes away (From next door).
Doesn't talk to me for a month.
I try to call but he never returns the calls.
I catch him at work, he says his phone is broken. He'll try to pay me back soon.

Still ignoring me.
Have his Ex call up his phone. He picks up.
What the frak.

I call.. nothing.

His friend who's apartment he is living in now, whom I've contacted twice to try to get a hold of my friend is online. I told this kid to have my friend call me back, but he never did. I assume he is in on it.
So he's online today... I leave a nasty message. Included in the message was a threat to involve the popos. I get a call from my friend with the "broken" phone in about 2 minutes... all scared and doing anything he can to get my money back.

Then the friend of my friend, whom I occasionaly hang out with but wouldn't consider a friend, sees the message I left on his IM. I called them both pricks.. that was the only time I attacked this other kid in the message.
This kid flips out. "OMG YOU CALLED ME A NAME" and so on.. I can't really say the rest or else I'd get banned. But that's the general message.

So then my friend calls back up flipping out I involved his Ex in it. He hopes to hook back up with her and think there's a chance, but I know her, and it will never happen. So now he's threatening not to pay me back because I got his ex pissed at him. Then I was like "You're not going to pay me back till I straighten things out with you and Jess? The hell I am. Either I get my money, or you'll be in a fraking hopsital sucking your food out of a tube."
... "Yea I'll see what I can do"

LOSERS
ARG
/rant.

Zoe: "Preacher, don't the Bible have some pretty specific things to say about killing?

Book: "Quite specific. It is, however, somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps."

I think you know what to do.

Mmkay.

get him

A wise man once said: "If you lend a friend a hundred dollars and never see him again, it was worth it."

Moral of the story:

Never get involved in a land war in Asia AND never let people "borrow" more than $50. EVER. Unless you have proper documentation, secret handshakes, all the **** that makes it binding.

Why diddn't you use your own paypal account?

Who the hell buys a car for 400 dollars?

Because he thought he had picked good friends. I suppose now he'll learn to be more selective in who he calls friend.

My advice, involve someone he respects or will listen to. Call up his folks and explain the situation and ask them if they'll help (of course this won't work if he lives on his own :p).

If all else fails you can call or visit the local police dept and ask for advice (I'm sure they see stuff like that all the time) but make sure you've tried everything else reasonable first, or they might just tell you to try everything else reasonable first.

Finishes paying off a car wortht a couple grand from a brother in law.

[QUOTE=Dj Yoshi]Zoe: "Preacher, don't the Bible have some pretty specific things to say about killing?

Book: "Quite specific. It is, however, somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps."

I think you know what to do.[/QUOTE]

win. <3

dude, go to the police straight away, if you can get them involved he will pure poop a huge one.

funny and winning.

[QUOTE=Mr. Stafford]dude, go to the police straight away[/QUOTE]


yep, what this guy did basically ammounts to theft.

I see fake people.

I think he suddenly needs to lose $400, or have to pay that money in a hospital bill. I believe you'd like the former rather than the latter, but the latter would be more entertaining

Go to Judge Judy, she will get you the money back.

Yes, but unless he can offer some evidence (maybe ebay's form of receipts or something) he might have trouble getting help.

Oh I can easily proove he stole the money.
But as I said in my post, my threat of kicking his butt was enough to modivate him to work on getting the money back.
Granted, he can only spare 50 a month (And that much is going to make his life a PITA and he is going to have to work extra) but I'll get it all eventually.

What is that from.

I met a fake person once. I smashed his head with a baseball bad and poured water in the hole, thus frying his circuitry.

Yoshi, I think it's from 'The Princess Bride'.

"Never get involved with a landwar in Asia, but only slightly less known, never gamble with a Sicilian(sp?) when death is on the line!"
Or something to that effect.

[QUOTE=Dj Yoshi]What is that from.[/QUOTE]

I love how he demands it with a "." rather than ask with a "?"

Yeah. If tensions aren't too high so that he would start a fight, shut you out, etc., go to his house and try to talk to him in person again. While he isn't busy, say, in the evening. Then, if that doesn't work, go to the police. Don't hesitate too much, or he might start thinking you are making empty threats. But don't exactly seem threatening.

[QUOTE=Mr. Stafford]if you can get them involved he will pure poop a huge one.

[/QUOTE]

What?! This had me laughing for a good three minutes. Hahahaha. 'pure poop a huge one'.

nice use of alliteration!

Your story made me think of this song.

(It's The Bouncing Souls - Deadbeats)