Getting screwed out of money...

Lizard

inmytree wrote:

by the way, do you really know the person you gave your credit card info to was a "landlord"...?

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That's a scary thought!!!!!

81

can you contact your CC and dispute the charges?

dcfaithful

81 wrote:

can you contact your CC and dispute the charges?

I don't know...haven't really thought about doing it...In all honesty, I've become a little passive about it just because I figured I' djust take my loss and learn a valuable lesson. Maybe this would be worth it?

inmytree wrote:

I recommend checking your card statement or calling the card company ASAP to see if any other charges have been made...

I check my statement very regularly and no additional charges have been made...yet. The place that charged it is an actual "lodge", or so their business name says...so I feel comfortable that it's legit...but still, I watch my statement for any kind of fraud-like activity.

dcfaithful

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

dcfaithful wrote:

MayDay10 wrote:

at least you didnt buy an ipad

Just curious??

How old is your girlfriends mother????

Early to mid 40's. Don't know an exact age.

dcfaithful

I'll admit that I've been very tempted to say something to her mother myself...but, I feel like it's not my place and it may be hard for me to go about it while being respectful...but, at the same time...I just got fucked on a credit card I'm been doing so damn good at trying to pay off and I'm sincerely upset about it..even if it was only $206.

Ugh! Okay, I'll really do my best to let this shit go.

chadwick

justam wrote:

You can look at it this way-->
It only cost you $206 to learn that you will NEVER loan her mother money again.

good way of looking at things when one is a dope dealer.
front someone a sack till payday? sure.
payday comes & payday goes.
they never pay up...

no more greenery for them.
they just fucked themselves.
saw it a million times.


i mean on t.v. i saw it like that

81

dcfaithful wrote:

I'll admit that I've been very tempted to say something to her mother myself...but, I feel like it's not my place and it may be hard for me to go about it while being respectful...but, at the same time...I just got fucked on a credit card I'm been doing so damn good at trying to pay off and I'm sincerely upset about it..even if it was only $206.

Ugh! Okay, I'll really do my best to let this shit go.

if it's your cash, it's your place.

dcfaithful

81 wrote:

dcfaithful wrote:

I'll admit that I've been very tempted to say something to her mother myself...but, I feel like it's not my place and it may be hard for me to go about it while being respectful...but, at the same time...I just got fucked on a credit card I'm been doing so damn good at trying to pay off and I'm sincerely upset about it..even if it was only $206.

Ugh! Okay, I'll really do my best to let this shit go.

if it's your cash, it's your place.

My bottom line feeling...but I know that if I do take that step, it'll most likely cause a shit storm between me and the GF, the GF and her mom...and most likely her mom and me.

Now more than ever am I referring back to the motto "choose your battles wisely".

Claireack

Not read all the thread, sorry. But I've lent people money in the past and not got it back. I try and let it go, still niggles me sometimes, especially when I see them spending money on non-essentials (like holidays). I'm crap at solving problems like this (obviously), but you could mention to your GF a payment plan for her mum (or her brother), she could put it in writing and knock off whatever they pay back. I dunno - tough one. Good luck.

dcfaithful

Claireack wrote:

Not read all the thread, sorry. But I've lent people money in the past and not got it back. I try and let it go, still niggles me sometimes, especially when I see them spending money on non-essentials (like holidays). I'm crap at solving problems like this (obviously), but you could mention to your GF a payment plan for her mum (or her brother), she could put it in writing and knock off whatever they pay back. I dunno - tough one. Good luck.

Definitely niggles me at times too.

A payment plan...maybe, but I'm not too partial to that. Why should I have to wait for her to pay me back in installments when I loaned her the money because I was tricked into it? I won't agree to it because I'm not a bank, and if she does pay me back in payments, it'll be the same way it would be done through a bank...with interest. Seems cheap of me, I know...but this little mis-hap is making another dire situation I'm in more difficult.

chadwick

mr. dcfaithful
i have figured out what you need to do
good luck
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