An issue of principle among friends..? (poll!)

[Larry_Link]

Friend B should spring for some Sushi and a magnum of 2007 Chateauneuf-du-Pape for everyone involved in this sordid tale.

[NickC]

@Larry Link

Friend B should spring for some Sushi and a magnum of 2007 Chateauneuf-du-Pape for everyone involved in this sordid tale.

[Andre_M]

B, C, D, E, F and G should come up with the $50 and give it to Charlie as lawyer fee

[Rick_Smith]

@Andre M

B, C, D, E, F and G should come up with the $50 and give it to Charlie as lawyer fee

But that, he can deposit via his iPhone.

[Joe_B]

@Bruce Leiserowitz

@Alan Rath

A work colleague of mine related this to me recently: his marine son recently returned from Afghanistan after a tour there (and previously in Iraq). When anyone asks the son how he’s doing, his reply is “it’s a great day, no one is shooting at me.”

I can’t believe the pettiness of the premise for this thread, or frankly how many people are willing to give opinions on whether one side or the other is in the right or the wrong over $50. Jesus H. Christ. The fact that a couple of upper middle class dudes are arguing over $50 on a $350 transaction, when they piss away more than that in wine on a daily basis is just stupid.

You do realize, I hope, that if someone asks a question or posts on a topic you do not consider important or worthy, you are free to ignore the thread.

Bruce

Crap! Alans answer took longer to read then the op and click on my answer.

[CFu]

@Andre M

B, C, D, E, F and G should come up with the $50 and give it to Charlie as lawyer fee

i win either way

[Andrew_Gold]

@Bruce Leiserowitz

@Alan Rath

A work colleague of mine related this to me recently: his marine son recently returned from Afghanistan after a tour there (and previously in Iraq). When anyone asks the son how he’s doing, his reply is “it’s a great day, no one is shooting at me.”

I can’t believe the pettiness of the premise for this thread, or frankly how many people are willing to give opinions on whether one side or the other is in the right or the wrong over $50. Jesus H. Christ. The fact that a couple of upper middle class dudes are arguing over $50 on a $350 transaction, when they piss away more than that in wine on a daily basis is just stupid.

You do realize, I hope, that if someone asks a question or posts on a topic you do not consider important or worthy, you are free to ignore the thread.

Bruce

Bruce,
Are you crazy! The whole point of the Internet is to tell people what they’re arguing about is stupid!

[Ken_V]

This is nuts. When I first saw the poll, I thought something was resold at a discount, but the friend said he was giving it as a gift, so why does A care if some others went in on it? Stupid. Forget about it.

[Alan_C_h_a_n]

@Charlie Fu

@Bill Tex Landreth

Poppy:

http://www.wineberserkers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1139209#p1139209

I knew people were gonna get hung up on $50. But if I made the number larger to $500 everyone would swing the other way. So I just put a number.

Lets just say no one has ever asked me to write a test prompt before

Yeah, but the actual number matters. At $500, that’s too much for the beneficiaries to expect from A. At $50, it’s stupid for A to get upset over and for you to post and waste umpteen people’s time with it on the Internet

[Jim_Brennan]

So Charlie, I’m guessing you’re one of those folks who has to be “right”, eh?

[CFu]

@Jim Brennan

So Charlie, I’m guessing you’re one of those folks who has to be “right”, eh?

has nothing to do with me. I don’t care how it comes out. These guys like to just have long discussions and no side ever agrees on anything. You should have been there this week when I was sitting on my sofa playing Candy Crush and listening to A & B argue over B’s logic for not finding the right girlfriend.

Looks like a “deal is a deal” wins. I still think too many people got hung up on the $50 issue. I wonder how the vote would have been if I put the money owed was $500. shrug. oh well. They can argue about this in two days

[Randy_Sloan]

Sounds like Friend B still wants to buy the cabinet from Friend A at the agreed price, he just happens to be splitting the cost with some other friends (who unluckily don’t have their own Letter Designations). It shouldn’t matter to Friend A, but if he wants, he could always just list it for $400 on Craig’s List.

[NickC]

@Charlie Fu

@Jim Brennan

So Charlie, I’m guessing you’re one of those folks who has to be “right”, eh?

has nothing to do with me. I don’t care how it comes out. These guys like to just have long discussions and no side ever agrees on anything. You should have been there this week when I was sitting on my sofa playing Candy Crush and listening to A & B argue over B’s logic for not finding the right girlfriend.

Looks like a “deal is a deal” wins. I still think too many people got hung up on the $50 issue. I wonder how the vote would have been if I put the money owed was $500. shrug. oh well. They can argue about this in two days

presuming you wanted a representative sample of what people actually would have thought about the situation. despite your insistence, the amount of cash at play does matter here.

[Walt_Hoehler]

@Alan C h a n

@Charlie Fu

@Bill Tex Landreth

Poppy:

http://www.wineberserkers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1139209#p1139209

I knew people were gonna get hung up on $50. But if I made the number larger to $500 everyone would swing the other way. So I just put a number.

Lets just say no one has ever asked me to write a test prompt before

Yeah, but the actual number matters. At $500, that’s too much for the beneficiaries to expect from A. At $50, it’s stupid for A to get upset over and for you to post and waste umpteen people’s time with it on the Internet

Exactly. The nominal amount of the discount is important. If you basically accept a small discount (gift) from a friend no harm done. If that discount is enough to “leave a mark” then it is a different dynamic involved.

[Brady_Daniels]

Getting angry over this is silly. My vote on the poll would change depending on perspective. A should offer to honor the deal. B should offer to pony up.

After both sides should offer to concede, the argument should be over who is more conciliatory.

[Corey_N]

It’s pretty clear to me that Charlie is “A.”

[CWun]

I’m betting A is a bachelor

[Brad_B_a_l_l_i_n_g_e_r]

Tell A to make a big scratch or dent in it to bring it in line with the sale price. That’ll show 'em. You could also…Damn, I picked at a hangnail, and now it’s bleeding. Gotta go.

[Brian_Tuite]

@NickC

presuming you wanted a representative sample of what people actually would have thought about the situation. despite your insistence, the amount of cash at play does matter here.

I thout the title of the post stated it very well. “An issue of principle” not “An issue of money”. You guys are way too hung up on money. MMMV.

[LMD_Ermitano]

If I were B and knew friend A felt shortchanged I’d make him whole at his purchase price. If I were A, I’d let it go at the price I gave. Not a big deal.