What's the most money you've ever loaned a friend? Were you paid back?

by The Beaver Posted 2008/09/12 02:56:23

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		Less than $100
		$100 - $1,000
		$1,000 - $10,000
		More than $10,000
		I don't loan to friends
	Undecided (Please leave a comment)
	None of the above (Please leave a comment)

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	Less than $100	68 votes	24%
	$100 - $1,000	87 votes	30%
	$1,000 - $10,000	60 votes	21%
	More than $10,000	21 votes	7%
	I don't loan to friends	34 votes	12%
	Undecided	7 votes	2%
	None of the above	9 votes	3%

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TxAggie93 2008/09/13 02:09:36

$100 - $1,000

+7
yes, fortunately...loaning money to friends is always risky, but loaning money to family is even riskier
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jfm 2008/12/16 12:25:50

$1,000 - $10,000

a friend and colluege of 7 years came to me crying saying he was recieving death threats because he owed money i had received inheretance from my dad i loaned him £6,000 i have never heard from him since i am in the process of sueing him for the money plus damages dont ever loan money to any one i feel completely mugged off! has anyone had any sucess going to court to get there money back?

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Bobbi Fleckman 2008/09/29 01:37:16
tomem 2008/09/23 22:17:45

$1,000 - $10,000

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Was about $1500 and no I've not been paid back. But then I didn't expect to get paid back either so its not a big deal for me.

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mrosen814 2008/09/22 23:08:47 (edited)

$1,000 - $10,000

+1
DO NOT LOAN MONEY TO FRIENDS...unless your comfortable with the fact that you will never see your money again!

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Mike 2008/09/22 22:27:38

Undecided

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I only loan money to certain ppl and yes they pay me back but i also make a profit for when ppl want to buy smokes from me or betelnut. XD!

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Sterky 2008/09/20 19:26:46

I don't loan to friends

+1
screw friends
they are never going to pay you back

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Its Ms.MiMi,b!tch 2008/09/20 07:39:07

$100 - $1,000

+1
500 and o i wasnt paid back,still friends,not so much.

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ElectronicAlexa [dhr] 2008/09/19 03:11:56

I don't loan to friends

+1
cant trust these crazy ppl
jk

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lee lee 2008/09/18 15:27:19

$1,000 - $10,000

+1
4,000 pounds

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the dead redcoat 2008/09/18 01:50:12

$100 - $1,000

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I was not paid back. Now when I give money I dont expect it back, if it does come back fine. I lent a friend some money at college. I was getting broke towards the end of term and started to ask for it back. Some years later I felt that i must have caused him a lot of trouble to repay that money. So now if i dont have it i dont give it. I f i do i would rather it were without a return date. Now i tell them to do the favour to someone else later on.

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MQ-American Values Again (AVA) 2008/09/18 00:27:59

$1,000 - $10,000

+1
Yes.. it was to a co-worker to pay for his last semester of medical school... he was working full time and attending school full time..... he paid back every penny as agreed, and he is now a doctor in a hospital in WDC. I am proud to call him my friend!

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patchesm27 2008/09/17 23:58:33

$1,000 - $10,000

+2
I had to take her to court and the loser won't get a job that pays well so even though I won she still hasn't paid a red cent!

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☮~♥ashley nicole♥~☮ 2008/09/17 23:55:51

More than $10,000

+2
i loaned like 970, 000 from my dad's acc he is rich

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just me 2008/09/17 23:08:35

I don't loan to friends

+1
Don't loan to friends or family mostly because it's the fastest way to destroy a friendship. If I have extra money at the time I give it with no strings attached. Then I just consider it building good karma. If I don't have extra, I just straight out say "Sorry, would love to but I don't have it to give." It's the truth and people accept it then just go ask somebody else. It works for me. Most I have ever given is a few hundred dollars, when I could.

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Rose 2008/09/17 22:55:32

$100 - $1,000

+2
Only 4 hundred, it was to my big brother a few years ago and whilst I havent got it back yet, I'm confident that I will.

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Rick 2008/09/17 22:41:14

$1,000 - $10,000

+2
NO, I was stupid for loaning it...we are not friends anymore.

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patchesm27 to Rick 2008/09/17 23:59:59

+1
i know that feeling, the damn what the fuck was I thinking!

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Kratos X 2008/09/17 21:47:08

I don't loan to friends

+1
if i give them money it usually only like a few bucks, so i dont really care if they give it back, though i do expect them to return the favor in some way

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Amanda 2008/09/17 21:14:06

$100 - $1,000

+1
I never got my money back.... and that's why I trust NO ONE. That's also the last time I ever put bills under MY name. NOW thanks to them and my stupidity, my credit's terrible.

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rushforpres 2008/09/17 20:42:16

$100 - $1,000

+1
I never loan unless it is justified, and when it is, I don't push for the money. I have had many friends and family loan and give me money in a dire need, and I try my best to return the favor or pay back my dues. I just ask that those who I loan out to will follow similar ethical standards. That is how I find my true friends, family or not.

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The Night Watchman 2008/09/17 20:01:34

$100 - $1,000

+1
My ex-girlfriend.....and NO, she didn't pay me back.

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steve 2008/09/17 19:59:17

$1,000 - $10,000

+1
nope not a dime

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Drew 2008/09/17 19:45:45

$100 - $1,000

+1
i dont remember but as far as i kno its less than 100 and they prolly did pay me bak

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winner2winner 2008/09/17 19:26:10

$100 - $1,000

+2
learned the lesson my parents tried to teach me, namely, you definitely stand the chance of losing both your friend and your money, so choose to keep your money. would you believe the friend was a practising attorney?

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greedy gay amy 2008/09/17 18:44:46

I don't loan to friends

+2
I don't loan money that I expect to get back. I give the kids at work a dollar for a soda all the time. They never pay me back, but i don't expect it either.

However, my girlfriend loaned her ex $10,000 on credit and she never paid it back. We sued her and won plus interest, and we're in the process of garnishing her wages. We're not expecting to get it all back, but we'll make her life hell for the next 10 years.

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peneloxvaan 2008/09/17 18:42:25

Less than $100

+1
About 10 dollars lol, but she didn`t need to pay me back. It was at the mall and we went to get something to eat but after she bout a shirt she didn`t have enough for her food so I lent her the money.

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DJ Missie 2008/09/17 15:34:26

Less than $100

+2
And she didn't pay me back...

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beatfreak 2008/09/17 10:27:52

More than $10,000

+2
not money but loaned a car to a "friend" and never got it back

since I have a rule that I dont loan anything to anyone that I need to get back

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dingledork 2008/09/17 05:01:47

$100 - $1,000

+1
1000 clams so he could make a payment on his foundering business. He showed upon my door crying. He paid me back. I dodged a bullet.

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chris 2008/09/17 02:59:26

More than $10,000

+1
.....a promisiory note was signed, and I was paid back -- full $25,000.
Also, I have loand people small amounts of money up to $300, and was not paid back; ie., no promisory note given thus I could not collect...
Always keep it as a business deal... not a friendship loan.

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texgem 2008/09/17 02:29:11

$100 - $1,000

+3
yes - once she got on her feet, paid me off in about 3 months.
Have given $100 to friends and never looked to be repaid - some did some didn't. I never loan more money than I can afford to lose - same with gambling.

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beachbummbabe 2008/09/17 02:27:31

Less than $100

+1
to my brother...
he didnt pay me back for like 3 months ahha

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Wolfy 2008/09/17 02:19:45

$100 - $1,000

+1
And No I was not paid back.....of course I no longer see this friend.....they're still alive LOL I'm Not Tony Soprano lmao

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Hope 2008/09/17 01:30:33

I don't loan to friends

+1
They never give it back.

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two wheels 2008/09/17 00:55:57 (edited)

$1,000 - $10,000

+2
no. I helped someone with schooling. not a freind now, No good deed gos unpunished.
I've helped other down on their luck. I never gos well. I helped my stepson at the age of 22. He's a know-it-all. He robbed my tools, guns, personnel effects, airlooms I'd had for 30 years. opps,sorry, sore subject
I don't have close freinds anymore. I keep my distance.

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Hannah 2008/09/17 00:43:48

I don't loan to friends

+2
I don't loan to my friends because they never ask me for some money. All of my friends have enough money to survive well, but they aren't rich or anything. It saves me money, and they don't need it.

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mike 2008/09/17 00:11:21

$100 - $1,000

+1
he knows I better get it back....theres a saying....I once had a dollar...I once had a friend...I loaned my dollar to my friend...now I have no dollar and no friend.

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Zel 2008/09/16 23:31:45

$1,000 - $10,000

+2
loaned my brother $2,000 two years ago to save his home from foreclosure and still have not seen a dime.

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The Beaver to Zel 2008/09/16 23:48:37

+4
Good cause though.

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Nernie 2008/09/16 23:27:44

I don't loan to friends

+1
I hav had friends come to me as I may hav them, for a few grand, but we never said borrow, jus, hey, gimme 3 grand til I giv it bac to ya.

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