Family tries to book 5 plane tickets to Australia for Christmas, decides not to because it costs $170K: ‘Can you put $170K on a credit card?’

Who on earth would spend that much on a trip? There are many ways to reduce the cost of flying internationally. You can book your trip for less desirable travel times. If you would have fun going to London in February instead of going in May, that’s a good way to get a cheaper flight! …
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Dad wins 15,000 tickets at an arcade, arcade refuses to give him 4000 of the tickets he won: ‘The arcade is one of my favorite places to go with my son.’

Should he just let it go, or fight the arcade on this?  When I was a kid, nothing was more thrilling than racking up a bunch of tickets at the local arcade and trading them in for a toy I never really played with. I remember getting a pair of fake handcuffs from the local …
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17-Year-Old Niece Gets a $200 Ticket Driving Her 54-Year-Old Uncle’s Car, 17-Year-Old And Her Mom Expect Uncle to Pay For it: ‘She said it’s my responsibility as an adult.’

Why should the uncle have to pay for it if he wasn’t the one speeding?  You can’t always trust people with your car. It doesn’t matter how much they beg and plead: a car is not something that you should lend out to just anybody. You need to be able to trust that the person …
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Sibling removes brother from car insurance after he fails to pay his share, leading brother to get a suspension when he’s eventually pulled over: ‘He had plenty of warning’

How many warnings are enough warnings before you should actually act? We all know those people who, no matter how many times you remind them of something they need to do, will never do it in time. Having a shared deadline with these people is quite the nightmare, because not only do you know they …
Seguir leyendo Sibling removes brother from car insurance after he fails to pay his share, leading brother to get a suspension when he’s eventually pulled over: ‘He had plenty of warning’

Guy gets roasted online as a “cheapskate” after getting ticketed for not parking in the $12 lot: ‘The math is mathing and it’s ugly’

Have you ever had to take the fall for your own mindless behavior?  We all mess up every now and then while trying to take shortcuts for things we don’t want to do (or pay extra for). The thing is, those shortcuts are not usually well thought out and the internet agrees. Reddit user u/Ok_Title_4455 …
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Husband demands wife take the blame for his speeding ticket, but she refuses, leading him almost to lose his license: ‘He’s saying it’s my fault’

A healthy relationship is all about compromise, but some boundaries should not be crossed, even for the sake of the relationship. You might think that you would do anything for your partner, that there is no line you wouldn’t cross in order to help them and push them forward. While that is a sweet sentiment, …
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Woman refuses to go on boyfriend’s family vacation after discovering she’s the only one without a business class ticket to the trip, boyfriend says: ‘Stop complaining’

Is this a valid reason to be upset about a paid dream vacation? Having someone in your life willing to pay for you to go on your dream vacation is not something that happens to many people. Most of us have to work hard so we can save money and take ourselves on vacation; no …
Seguir leyendo Woman refuses to go on boyfriend’s family vacation after discovering she’s the only one without a business class ticket to the trip, boyfriend says: ‘Stop complaining’

Concertgoer cancels on friend for hospital shift, she demands she pay $80 for ticket she already paid for: ‘I found out 3 hours before’

Flaky friends can be the worst, but sometimes they flake with good reason. While there are plenty of annoying people who will use any stupid excuse to cancel plans that you have been looking forward to, others just suffer from bad luck that leads to them missing out. Maybe they get sick, they can’t find …
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Musical theatre fan buys Les Misérables tickets for family, only to be late to the show because of parents’ tardiness, leading to a dispute: ‘It just felt ruined’

Imagine waiting months to see your favorite Broadway show only to miss the first 25 minutes because of someone else’s mistake. You don’t have to be a musical theatre fan to hate the idea of being late to something you have paid so much money for and have been looking forward to for months. If …
Seguir leyendo Musical theatre fan buys Les Misérables tickets for family, only to be late to the show because of parents’ tardiness, leading to a dispute: ‘It just felt ruined’

Couple invites friend to a concert, only for her to back out last minute, they sell her ticket, then keep the money instead of giving it back to her: ‘She abandoned the ticket’

Should the friend get the money back for her ticket even if she made no attempt to sell it herself? Every time a group of friends plans something together, one person ends up initially paying for the whole thing. They act like they are fine with it, while they silently pray that everyone will pay …
Seguir leyendo Couple invites friend to a concert, only for her to back out last minute, they sell her ticket, then keep the money instead of giving it back to her: ‘She abandoned the ticket’