Am i too petty??

[Rojak_king]

hey guys, just wanna share with you guys man. Wanna say some advice. DUN WORK WIF UR FREN. Guess wat it started off like this, anyway im a gig organiser. So i called a fren of mine to perform. It was my first gig that time, they were the first band to give me problem. Firstly, i told them they hav to sell 20 tickets of 6 bucks each and to return me on the date proposed in the agreement. But end up they nvr pay. they giv lots of excuses so as they were my frens, i let them pay on the gig day itself. So as they were giving trouble, i have to give the other bands the slot that they request to be fair. End up they got the first slot. After the gig, they ran away with the gig money which is like 50 bucks?? so i called them up they say they will give the money back. I waited for 3 months. the gig was on march till now they haven pay. As they were my fren , i decided to drop the money to 30 bucks. Actually, the money have to be split by the other organisers has they helped out during the show. I know u must be thinking Im the organiser that goes for the money but well i not. My main motive is to help the local scene abit and make frens along the way. Coz i myself have a band and usually i see those who need to perform have to sell tickets of 10 -12 bucks each. Every band get their commision by selling tickets so even the organisers need to get rewards too. Actually, i was very sure that i won't get the money and that bunch of ' FRENS' won't pay back. Till today, i got a msg from one of them says that ' Hey, i think i have to be frank wit you...well, we're not gonna pay you the money as we are not satisfied wit the gig. we got bad slot SO some of our friend couldn't make it for the gig...SO YA please don't Ask for the money anymore..' . Im just copy exactly everything even the caps they sent me. Is this fair?? i mean i nvr promised them to giv them the last or the slot they wan. To be fair, i always make it those who gave me the 100 bucks first may choose the slot they wan. I was not angry with them till today. So wad do u guys think, am i being too petty??????? so for those gig organiser who make gigs by selling tickets, if u wanna know what band they are from or watever to be cautious do pm me. i won't say it front here. I'm bothered by the msg that was sent by my own fren...........

 

[LadyInTears]

sad case of abuse of trust between frens..

 

[fuzzmusick]

Just one question..

Are they even that good? Seeing the way they act, even if their next show is free, I wouldnt even come and support..

 

[daryl]

sad case. kick him in the balls.

 

[ridethetiger]

When are there no problem when comes to handling cash?

 

[Anirudh]

nah your not petty bro, your friends are fktards. thats all. sorry for you

 

[Hannya]

I feel like slapping them

 

[cereal]

Thts was a poor and sorry excuse for not paying up. Its pretty much a dog eat dog world out there so gotta b careful even with frens, cos when money is concerned = D.T.A (don't trust anybody)

So that answers your question, no ur not petty....but i am, it would b helpful if you can do some paragraphing cos it hurts trying to read that.

 

[bluesmonkey]

that is the longest paragraph

 

[chrisiscoolerthanyou]

bro, its a good thing though, you get to see how fucked your friend can get.
only losers would do that..
run away with a small amount of money and not pay back
i bet the band sucks.

 

[isaksson]

chill arh beb.

later break we can go smoke together ok?
hehe

anyway,it was the first music garage gig issit?

 

[Rojak_king]

Yup.............now i freaking bothered by that msg. Haiz someone did say to me .' Nvr trust your frens as one day they will betray you'. somehow its getting true. I dun think he even dare to say that infront of my face.............haiz. Anyway any of u guys got this similar problem too y dun u guys share............so at least i know im not the only one ..........

 

[ikilledkenny!]

Nvr trust your frens as one day they will betray you'???
then what? are u going to stop making friends?
its like how most relationships end up with heartache, but people still do it..

those guys that abuse friendship are not ur friends dude,
i cant understand how u can be so patient until now..
there are people that owe me more money that u, cause i lent them when they needed the cash badly, but now after the situation has settled, they still didnt make an effort to save up the money to return me.. everytime i ask the money, they have so many excuses until i give up already

 

[Rojak_king]

Maybe that phrase means something like u may hav frens but when it comes to money...........dun trust them tat much. Yeah

 

[blueprintstudios]

actually the quote that will fit you better (and maybe help you feel better) is :
"if you lent your friend $20 and he never returned to pay back, it was probably worth it."

trust the man who once lent $1000 to a guy 9 years older than him. of course.. I got it all back only a year later, after telling his girlfriend and his mom LOL.

you may be surprised, I actually let people I don't know well (like recording bands etc) owe me instalment money, than let my friends of 5 - 10 years owe me. because they tend to take you for granted. besides, one thing too, you shouldn't have asked for the money. you should have stayed friends with them ,borrow "cigarettes" / etc etc, pull the "aiya anyway you still owe me cash, you help me pay first count as deduction" and slowly make them pay for more than they owe you. or best, borrow a guitar/ xbox game / dvds , then give them a taste of their own medicine : "don't return it back".

just under my table as i type, I have $700 worth of stuff that doesn't belong to me. it's not that I'm not being honest, but the fact is that friend didn't ask for it back anyway. he probably "forgot" about it. but there's many of my things (worthed about $200+) with him. it's only fair...

 

[Rojak_king]

Haha cool advice...............nicely said. Thx alot. I think i also have things from my cousin that cost like 1k if add up. MAYBE ITS KARMA

 

[guitarsan]

Friends or "frens" can be so subjective. There are those you will cherish. And there are those you better not waste your time with. Only in time of adversity you will eventually see the true colours of your "frens".

 

[roninriot]

YES YOU ARE TOO PETTY!
(And I dun fwen you forever just because of that, hmph!)

 

[zax]

It's well your fault , you didnt make them sign an agreement , friend or not , money is money

 

[emptyspaces]

but at least from this thingy you actually know the true colours of your friends.
take it as a learning experience. and count yourself lucky that the amount wasnt a gignormous amount like 1k or something.