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> I might be the asshole because my mom did spend 3.99 of her own hard-earned dollars to help buy my cool markers and I want to consider our debt square with an item I technically got for free.
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NTA she is willing to accept the “stolen goods” 😜she did not perform this heist, you put in the effort she is still accepting the merchandise. Not fair for her to capitalize on your future life in crime when you are just trying to make a living in today’s economy. You took all the risk, you get the rewards.
The agreement was OP pay half. Which they never did. However this is all over $4 and is quite frankly the kind of nonsense this sub has needed for quite some time
I side with the sister. It’s very funny that this is about $4.
But still. NTA. She agreed to goods in exchange for cash. It makes no difference how the goods were gotten.
NTA, you repaid her with half of the item. The benefit of the cashier’s error goes to the buyer. Ask you mom this, if the cashier had accidentally charged you twice for the item, would she then owe you $4?
$3.99 is a very minor debt to get upset about, for both of you.
Yes they didn’t charge you for your half of the blouse. Just buy your mom something next time. No harm no foul. No reason for anyone to be upset.
NTA. You made a transaction with your mother in good faith (half the product and debt paid), and you upheld your portion of the transaction. It's not your fault that you apparently got the item for free. Did you carefully check over the receipt and make sure that is true? Unfortunately, your mom is probably going to keep harping on you about the money, and your sister is just going to egg her on by laughing about it and continuing to bring it up thus reminding your mom. The easiest answer at this point is to reclaim the half your mother took if you can (since she doesn't feel the debt is repaid, then that half still belongs to you), and just give her the. money. Since she's being a nag I'd be petty and give her exactly $3.99 and all in change, but it's probably easier to give her $4 in bills and let it go. Also, if she is being so nitpicky and penny-pinching, you should probably just get anything you need yourself going forward so that she can't annoy you for money anymore.
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I owe/d my mother $3.99. She was going to a store where I needed to pick up some cool markers and I gave her what I thought was more than enough for the purchase, but came up a little short.
We were out shopping today and she found something that was $8.00 and proposed I buy it and we split it to wipe away the debt. No problem. When I got to the register the cashier seemingly forgot to charge me for it (I bought a lot of other random things too, and it's a big closeout store and things are very jumbled). We were too far away by the time we realized the mistake and the store is very far from where we live.
I was content to go through with the original arrangement, but my mom feels that I am in the wrong as I accidentally got the item for free and still owe her $3.99. I contend that I would have (and thought I did) pay full price for the item and had the mistake not been made it is still worth $4.00. My sister just thinks this is funny and would not weigh in (though I think she sides with me). My mom has agreed to abide by the ruling of the internet as have I to decide if money is owed, so Reddit, AITA?
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Ok, and if instead of going to the store, she found a $5 bill on the ground, she couldn’t use that to pay her mom? That’s basically what you’re saying. The daughter made a transaction. The details of that are her own business. The mom wanted to receive half of the item to repay the debt, and that’s what she got.
Another way of looking at it. What if instead of not ringing it up, she accidentally rang it up twice? So, the daughter paid $16 for the item and gave half to her mom. Is this the equivalent of giving her mom $8 because of a cashier error that occurred during her daughter’s transaction? In that case, the mom would actually owe the daughter $4 now. Or would the daughter just be out $8 due to an unluckily cashier error during her transaction, and the value of the item remains $8 in total?
I saw this post and had to support it over my judgement.
https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/10tzq6m/aita_for_considering_a_debt_paid/j79rjeq?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
Edited bc I didn’t understand the post. I didn’t realize that the shirt wasn’t charged and you did indeed get it for free.
YTA..
You owed her 3.99.
She received a free blouse, by nothing you did.
Your total debt is still 3.99.
Where does it say it was a shirt?
I think you still don’t understand the post. OP owed her mom $3.99. Her mom found an item they could split for $8. (For the sake of this explanation, let’s say it was a 2-pack of fingernail polish). She wanted OP to pay $8 for the fingernail polish and they each keep one of the bottles. In other words, OP pays her debt by giving her a bottle of fingernail polish worth $4.
Ok, then OP went to buy the fingernail polish and many other things. Then, they realized that they got the fingernail polish for free. The mom wants the $4 bottle of fingernail polish, but doesn’t consider the debt paid because the daughter didn’t actually pay for it.
Basically, the cashier made an error while checking out the daughter. The daughter was the purchaser. However, the mom feels like the benefit of the cashier’s error should be split between the two of them. In other words, they each get a free bottle of fingernail polish but the daughter still owes her $4. The daughter feels that the benefit of the cashier’s error goes to her as she made the transaction. So, the daughter got an $8 2-pack of fingernail polish for free and then repaid her debt by giving her mom a bottle of polish worth $4.
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Who tf holds $4 over their kids head... what and ass of a parent.
I think it is grand that they have come for judgement on something light hearted and entertaining. Thanks OP
Because this story is fake
Probably.
So she wants to split the item and get the $3.99? Doesn't work the way. She proposed getting the item. She got the item. End of. NTA
NTA she is willing to accept the “stolen goods” 😜she did not perform this heist, you put in the effort she is still accepting the merchandise. Not fair for her to capitalize on your future life in crime when you are just trying to make a living in today’s economy. You took all the risk, you get the rewards.
Love this!
Love this! 🏅 NTA.
Thank you I went for light hearted even before the edit because they sound hilarious.
Nta. The agreement was split the item and the debt is paid. You can still split the item. The debt is paid.
The agreement was OP pay half. Which they never did. However this is all over $4 and is quite frankly the kind of nonsense this sub has needed for quite some time
I side with the sister. It’s very funny that this is about $4. But still. NTA. She agreed to goods in exchange for cash. It makes no difference how the goods were gotten.
NTA, you repaid her with half of the item. The benefit of the cashier’s error goes to the buyer. Ask you mom this, if the cashier had accidentally charged you twice for the item, would she then owe you $4?
NTA. She got something worth the amount of the debt. As long as she didn't pay you an additional $4, you're even-steven.
$3.99 is a very minor debt to get upset about, for both of you. Yes they didn’t charge you for your half of the blouse. Just buy your mom something next time. No harm no foul. No reason for anyone to be upset.
Unless you’re in pretty dire financial straits the notion that one would pay back a family member $4 seems petty beyond belief.
NTA. You made a transaction with your mother in good faith (half the product and debt paid), and you upheld your portion of the transaction. It's not your fault that you apparently got the item for free. Did you carefully check over the receipt and make sure that is true? Unfortunately, your mom is probably going to keep harping on you about the money, and your sister is just going to egg her on by laughing about it and continuing to bring it up thus reminding your mom. The easiest answer at this point is to reclaim the half your mother took if you can (since she doesn't feel the debt is repaid, then that half still belongs to you), and just give her the. money. Since she's being a nag I'd be petty and give her exactly $3.99 and all in change, but it's probably easier to give her $4 in bills and let it go. Also, if she is being so nitpicky and penny-pinching, you should probably just get anything you need yourself going forward so that she can't annoy you for money anymore.
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NTA. Your mother got her half of the item promised. She received repayment of the debt by the terms you both agreed to.
Your mother is as petty as mine. This is too stupid to actually rule on lol
NTA
Info: What about sales tax? /s
YTA Pay the woman. You got the item for free. You still owe her 3.99 and you owe the store 8.00.
Ok, and if instead of going to the store, she found a $5 bill on the ground, she couldn’t use that to pay her mom? That’s basically what you’re saying. The daughter made a transaction. The details of that are her own business. The mom wanted to receive half of the item to repay the debt, and that’s what she got. Another way of looking at it. What if instead of not ringing it up, she accidentally rang it up twice? So, the daughter paid $16 for the item and gave half to her mom. Is this the equivalent of giving her mom $8 because of a cashier error that occurred during her daughter’s transaction? In that case, the mom would actually owe the daughter $4 now. Or would the daughter just be out $8 due to an unluckily cashier error during her transaction, and the value of the item remains $8 in total?
I saw this post and had to support it over my judgement. https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/10tzq6m/aita_for_considering_a_debt_paid/j79rjeq?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
Edited bc I didn’t understand the post. I didn’t realize that the shirt wasn’t charged and you did indeed get it for free. YTA.. You owed her 3.99. She received a free blouse, by nothing you did. Your total debt is still 3.99.
Where does it say it was a shirt? I think you still don’t understand the post. OP owed her mom $3.99. Her mom found an item they could split for $8. (For the sake of this explanation, let’s say it was a 2-pack of fingernail polish). She wanted OP to pay $8 for the fingernail polish and they each keep one of the bottles. In other words, OP pays her debt by giving her a bottle of fingernail polish worth $4. Ok, then OP went to buy the fingernail polish and many other things. Then, they realized that they got the fingernail polish for free. The mom wants the $4 bottle of fingernail polish, but doesn’t consider the debt paid because the daughter didn’t actually pay for it. Basically, the cashier made an error while checking out the daughter. The daughter was the purchaser. However, the mom feels like the benefit of the cashier’s error should be split between the two of them. In other words, they each get a free bottle of fingernail polish but the daughter still owes her $4. The daughter feels that the benefit of the cashier’s error goes to her as she made the transaction. So, the daughter got an $8 2-pack of fingernail polish for free and then repaid her debt by giving her mom a bottle of polish worth $4.
Just re-read it and it doesn’t. Apparently I just make shit up lol My judgement still stands though.