Tricky situation with a friend, a borrowed bike, and theft.

[Joe G]

I know what needs to be done, no pay, no friend. It sucks but I was raised with a sense of responsibility and right vs. wrong. It's just sad to see that a great friend can have no moral compass and doesn't understand the value of a friendship versus a dollar amount on an item. People really show their true colors whenever money is involved. Fuck, one less bike, one less friend.

[series88]

Sounds like you need Judge Judy to help. Seriously though, he's not a friend if he can't man up and keep his word. 2, I almost believe that he sold your bike to pay for the p.o.s making that purchase almost free. the $100 he offered was probably the left over from your bike's sale. 3,Guy is a big enough asshat to buy another bike while he owes you. Sue his ass or beat him up

[Threehz]

Definitely not a friend.

I had a similar situation. Sold my friend my laptop on a payment plan at $600. He made some very sporadic payments and it took about three years before I got all the money for it, but I respect him for at least manning up and paying it off. We're not close as we were as kids, but we drifted apart for different reasons than the money.

Hold him to it. A good friend will pay up, although he sounds like a total asshat.

Good luck

[peytonracer4]

solution? steal his new bike. obviously. he essentially stole yours. so yeah. seems fair.

also stop hanging out with this kid. he seems like a real moron.

[Fourbanger]

Three words: small claims court.

My ex-roommate jerked my around with $350 worth of rent for months, telling me he was going to pay, moving to lame-ass excuses, then telling me he couldn't afford it. At that point I got fed up and filed a claim. Funny how he could suddenly afford it the day before I was going to win default judgement. Needless to say we're no longer friends.

Sounds like you need Judge Judy to help.

For serious, though. Turn that "no pay, no friend" into "yes pay, no friend".

[Wild Ride]

Had a friend do that to a surfboard that I shaped for myself. It blew off his car and got ran over on the freeway. He agreed to take it to the repair shop and pay fix it no problem. He never did. Then takes my broken board to his shaper and has it copied and has a new board made FOR Himself! Pays for his new board and never repairs mine.

Sounds to me like you need to leave his car on jack stands. Or like others have said take him to small claims court. If he has lost your trust and respect why not? He has no right to get butthurt about it.

Shit is fucked up no doubt, he is not a cool guy. You should have taken the bike back months ago when he was not paying you.

[2761377]

advice from a very wise man, given to me 30 years ago- never loan a "friend" anything you are not willing to give him.

people suck.

doesn't help you now, but carry forward a hard lesson learned. good luck with small claims.

[kway]

one less bike, one less friend.

You said it right there. Sucks, but I think that's pretty much the bottom line. Write it off and move on.

[Lof8]

I was good friends with a dude for 5 years of college. My gf and I went back to town for a football game after graduation. The motherfucker stole $200 from my girlfriend. I haven't talked to him since. Situations like these suck.

[E30_Pare]

Don't think you'd win in small claims court. Might just lose for negligence & no written agreements.

[mcskibadee1]

Your friend sounds like an imbecile. With that being said maybe he really doesn't understand that he is wrong. Sometimes people just don't understand and they need it to be explained to them. If you do what you can do and can't do no more than maybe you're better off and lesson learned. He will get his.

[Fourbanger]

Don't think you'd win in small claims court. Might just lose for negligence & no written agreements.

I had no written agreement with my roommate, either. I did have the lease and such, but regardless of whether or not my case would have held up it still scared him into paying me before it actually got to court. Have the sheriff serve him and that will send a message that you're not fucking around.

[dougie30]

steel his new bike

[Sailor37]

Take him to Judge Judy.

[efficient]

take something of his to compensate for your loss.