ULPT Friend screwed me over
Posted by Kikyo10@reddit | UnethicalLifeProTips | View on Reddit | 15 comments
Hi. I have a so called friend of a few years. He is married with two small kids. He really only buys things from me, so it’s that kind of friendship. He has helped me in the past with little things like fixing my vacuum cleaner.
Like I said he buys things from me. But he has not paid me, always with a promise that he will soon. Yes, I am an idiot.
He now owes me quite a bit and he texted me and said that he spent the money he was goin got give me and to not trust him.
He won’t return my texts or calls. He basically threw me under the bus.
What can I do? My only recourse is sending his wife a message on Facebook telling her I can not reach him and he owes me money. I doubt his wife knows anything about it.
On one hand, I am not that kind of person and would not want to cause strife in their marriage.
On the other hand, fuck that guy. I need the money badly. How dare he do this to me? He robbed me and called himself a friend!
Should I just let karma work? Or should I BE karma.
_1109@reddit
if the wife doesn't already know, then it is very unlikely you are the only person he owes money - and most people won't be a patient or kind as you. I would let her know, because her and the kids could be also be in danger.
DivineDisassociation@reddit
You’re a shitty dealer.
swakins@reddit
I'm a wife. If he's lying to his wife, no need to protect her from her lying husband. I'd want to know, if it's an issue w what he buys or the fact money will disappear w/o knowing why - I would want to know the bastard is lying to me!
RiddyReddit333@reddit
Whatever the "quite a bit" amount is, do that much damage (estimate) to his car. You won't get your money, but it'll make you feel better. (Just one thing to remember, revenge is a dish best served cold. Retaliation means not having contact with him for a few months before you do the damage. )
Or
Blackmail him by threatening to damage his marriage. Nasty, but it lets YOU be the karma.
YourWeekendDad@reddit
You sound like you shouldn’t be “selling things” to anybody. Grow a pair and put some fear into him and get your fucking money.
Cute-Class3624@reddit
Put a gas can on his front porch that says pay me or next time I'll light it with a book of matches attached
Dynamix86@reddit
Send him “have you given up on solving this in a proper manner?”
Ok_Passage_6242@reddit
It sounds like you sell him ”candy”. Since you can’t go to the police put the fear of God into him. Lie.
Tell him you have to pay a pretend big scary dude, give him whatever name you like, the money that you’ve been fronting him. Since you don’t have it and he peaced out you’re gonna give them his name and his wife’s name because you’re scared and you don’t wanna deal with it. Even if you have to text it to his wife.
Here’s the thing he’ll either be so scared he’ll pay you and you won’t have to hear from him again. Or he’ll be scared and go away and you’ll never have to deal with him again, but he will have the fear of God in him and hopefully that will be enough for him to never do it again, but he’ll always have to look over his shoulder. Which is a punishment that lasts a long time.
Quirky-Invite7664@reddit
This is the best idea. Tell him his family’s lives will be in jeopardy if he doesn’t pay up because [insert fake name] is pissed he’s not getting his money. “I have no choice but to give him your name because I can’t afford to pay everything you owe.”
And get therapy to figure out why you’re afraid to set boundaries. If you don’t figure it out, you’ll keep getting stepped on.
Icy_Huckleberry_8049@reddit
This is NOT a friend
stop letting him "pay you later"
Pay now, or no goods, just like at every other store.
Jerko_23@reddit
If "things" are drugs, you cant really go to police, but there are other ways to make his life difficult enough he will want to pay up.
You can blackmail him to tell his wife, employer or parents about his habits, you can embellish the truth a bit, you can hire a PI to take a few pics of him going to and from work to make it believable. If you scare him enough he will cough up the money quick
Truescent11@reddit
What race is he and you
deathboyuk@reddit
He buys things from you but doesn't pay.
So, quite apart from the nature of the "things"... he's taking things from you. Buying involves payment.
You're being robbed.
Damn, wish I had that kind of dealer.
BullPropaganda@reddit
From this post I'm assuming either
1 you sell him drugs.. or
2 you sell him sexual favors
yumaoZz@reddit
So you’re his weed dealer? Because if you are it kind of limits the avenues of dealing with this. Or doesn’t. Depending on the person.