About 6 months ago a childhood friends brother was murdered.I have known this guy for 30 years but have not been in touch with him for probably the last 10 years. The story made the news so i contact him and payed my respects in person.We got to talking and started to talk to each other by phone and via email.In January, he mentioned we should go to a Toronto Maple Leaf game for a boys night out.I said i'd love to and that I had a connection for tickets. I made the deal with my connection and purchased the tickets for $170. At this time i had my mother in law staying with us so i could go to the Thursday night game while my wife was at night college courses. My mother in law decides to go for a visit out of province and lets me know a few weeks in advance and in turn i cannot get a babysitter for my young children and i let my "friend" know this and that if he wants the tickets for the $170 he can have them and if not to let me know and then i would sell them on Ebay.He said he wanted them.So he asks me how to pay for them and i told him to send me a cheque for them and i shipped them out to him.Well it's been a month now and no cheque and no communication! I have sent him numerous friendly emails to no avail. I know he is online.It kills me that this guy was preaching the old friends, family crap when we spoke (reflections of his lost brother) and then to go ahead and do this.He works for the city and his wife for a hospital.They both make good money so WTF!!! Tonight i had it with this guy.Short of kicking his a$$ i am remaining calm about it. I have tons of online communication printed out,phone records,tracking info and a signature that the post office required photo ID before he could pick them up. Tonight i sent him a polite but firm ultimatum that gave him until the end of next week to make either the full payment or if he was strapped for cash we could hammer out a payment plan and if neither of those were made or discussed that i would then proceed to take him to small claims court.I told him that was a last resort but i WOULD do so and in turn seek the cost of the tickets,lost wages, court fees,transportation and parking costs (out of town) etc... I feel like a [censored] but WTF! Crappy thing is we have a group of mutual friends and i'll be the dick. I told him that i do not work two jobs and overtime to pay for someone else to take their kid to a game when i could have taken mine (which i cannot realistically afford to do, which is another reason i sold them) Thanks for allowing the rant.
David
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