So, for christmas, 2 sisters agreed that sister 1 would do most the xmas shopping and sister 2 would pay her back for half the cost. So xmas rolls around, sister 1 spends about $150 on presents for most the family and regifts some candy she got from students. Sister 2 gets some itunes gift cards for free from work and uses credit card points to buy another gift card, all told worth $150, and they use those for the remainder of the family, instead of going out and buying gift cards.

So
A: should sister 2 still pay sister 1 half of what sister 1 paid for since sister 2 didn't actually spend any money?
B: should they call it even since sister 2 could have used those gift cards for herself?

C: Should they compromise since sister 1 still spent time and gas shopping for gifts?

1/16/2008 9:10:31 PM

first

1/16/2008 9:12:45 PM

Giving gifts that equal to $150 =/= buying $150 worth of gifts.

1/16/2008 9:12:57 PM

sister 2 ia bitch for not telling sister 1 about a change in the plan

1/16/2008 9:13:15 PM

so are you sister 1 or sister 2?

1/16/2008 9:14:58 PM

i'm glad that if this were me and my brother this wouldn't be a problem - stuff like this just comes out in the wash

it's family - let it go - don't be mad because sister 2 is more resourceful

1/16/2008 9:15:01 PM

I'm sister 2... and I'm willing to compromise and give her $50 because she did do the actual shopping (tho she loves shopping), and I know if I don't give her something she's going to be a huge bitch about it.


But apparently its all or nothing

1/16/2008 9:20:41 PM

Aren't all girls huge bitches about everything, shouldn't you be use to it?

1/16/2008 9:22:25 PM

I am, but I'm just tired of her always getting her way and getting my money out of it to boot

1/16/2008 9:24:23 PM

from what you typed first, it seems that sister 1 bought $150 worth of presents to be $75 each, rather than her going out to spend another $150 for the other sister. is that correct?

1/16/2008 9:31:21 PM

they should call it even.

1/16/2008 9:41:21 PM

She would have gotten 25$ gift certificates to the mall for our 4 cousins... and I decided we might need something more than a $20 coupon book for our dad and step mom, so I volunteered the extra $50 restaurant gift card.

1/16/2008 9:57:13 PM

is this a trick question?

1/16/2008 10:00:31 PM

Quote :

"Giving gifts that equal to $150 =/= buying $150 worth of gifts."

you owe her half

accept this and pay her back

[Edited on January 16, 2008 at 10:03 PM. Reason : that is, in fact, what you agreed to]

1/16/2008 10:02:43 PM

I'd say B. Just because she didn't physically spend money doesn't mean she didn't give 150 dollars value of gifts.

1/16/2008 10:19:40 PM

bttt for the day peeple

1/17/2008 9:15:42 AM

sounds like sister 2 is being a jew.

1/17/2008 9:28:16 AM

Quote :

"2 sisters agreed that sister 1 would do most the xmas shopping and sister 2 would pay her back"

So was there anything in the agreement about the part that wasn't included in "most"? Because if you agreed to pay half and then just decided without consulting your sister that you'd give the cards, you should definitely pay half.

1/17/2008 9:29:52 AM

Quote :

"sister 2 ia bitch for not telling sister 1 about a change in the plan"

1/17/2008 9:32:43 AM

you made the deal, you should pay it

the point of it all was to help each other out and make holiday shopping less of a blow to both of your funds. In the end, she still spent $300 and you spent zero.

Now, I've been in the situation of "sister 1" before but I just let it go 'cause I'm a nice big brother like that

1/17/2008 9:35:50 AM

I would say to not count the itunes cards since they were free, but the credit card rewards were somethign you could have spent elsewhere . . . so total price of gifts is $150 + $50 = $200. Each pay half and you have already spent $50 . . . so you owe her $50

1/17/2008 9:37:01 AM

^^no, in the end she still spent $150, and I'm out $75 plus the $150 in gift cards that I could have spent on myself.

1/17/2008 9:58:45 AM

Well if you're going to be all whiny about it, you should have kept them for yourself and paid her the amount you told her you would pay her in the first place.

1/17/2008 10:01:01 AM

Why did you give them $150 in gc when you agreed sister 1 would do most of the shopping and you would pay her half of what she paid?

1/17/2008 10:01:19 AM

AHHH, the spirit of Christmas!

1/17/2008 10:03:13 AM

yeah I'd say you clearly owe her $50

however, I would give her $75 if she wanted to be a cunt about it
honestly, who holds their family members to debts like this?

don't make deals like this with her anymore

1/17/2008 10:04:09 AM

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"Why did you give them $150 in gc when you agreed sister 1 would do the shopping and you would pay her half of what she paid?"

You agreed to split the costs of buying the gifts with sister 1, just because you threw in some gift cards beyond the original agreement doesn't mean you shouldn't have to pay her.

1/17/2008 10:08:02 AM

Quote :

"Why did you give them $150 in gc when you agreed sister 1 would do most of the shopping and you would pay her half of what she paid?"

Sister 1 spent $150 expecting she would get $75 back. Unless the deal from the start was to spend $300 on XMAS presents, you owe her $75.

1/17/2008 10:08:06 AM

Deals are fine if the people actually do what they say, i.e. "pay her back for half the cost"

1/17/2008 10:08:24 AM

Pay the $75.

Next Xmas do your own damn shopping.

[Edited on January 17, 2008 at 1:07 PM. Reason : B]

1/17/2008 1:06:18 PM

train 1 will get to topeka, ks first

1/17/2008 1:28:54 PM

B they both pitched in the same amount, no matter how they got them.

Otherwise, the shopping sister should not have accepted the gift cards as givable presents.

[Edited on January 17, 2008 at 1:32 PM. Reason : +]

1/17/2008 1:31:46 PM

PAY HER WHAT YOU AGREED


LESSON: DONT TELL HER YOU GOT THE GIFT CARDS FOR FREE NEXT TIME, DUMMY.

1/17/2008 1:33:27 PM

i never set up a deal where the plan is for my sister to pay me back because i know i'll never see the money

1/17/2008 1:37:24 PM

sylver, stop being a jew and pay up.


you told her you would pay half, she went in thinking you would pay half.


and no, those gift cards you got are not relevant, because it was something extra YOU decided to do.

[Edited on January 17, 2008 at 1:40 PM. Reason : x]

1/17/2008 1:38:26 PM

w3rd

1/17/2008 1:40:07 PM

hey girl ^

1/17/2008 1:41:15 PM

it wasn't EXTRA if she was like cool

1/17/2008 1:47:38 PM

D. go on maury

[Edited on January 17, 2008 at 2:23 PM. Reason : i don't even know her baby's daddy]

1/17/2008 2:23:22 PM

Quote :

"I would say to not count the itunes cards since they were free, but the credit card rewards were somethign you could have spent elsewhere . . . so total price of gifts is $150 + $50 = $200. Each pay half and you have already spent $50 . . . so you owe her $50"

Agreed. But if she doesn't agree, then I'd just give her the additional $25.

1/19/2008 1:51:11 PM

someday you will need a kidney or to leave an unwanted child with her and you'll still be arguing over 25 bucks. Give her the damn money.

1/19/2008 1:58:11 PM

I would be pissed as fuck if someone tried to pull that shit w/ me

Sister 1 wouldn't have spent $150 if she'd known she wasn't going to be compensated for half of it

Sister 2 should definitely pay

1/19/2008 2:24:49 PM

if you make a deal, and then the plan is altered, the plan-alterer is in breach.

1/19/2008 2:25:38 PM