milesmarc

I tell you, friends can really suck! Here's the story...Before me and the family moved to TX we sold my best friend (Earl) our washer and dryer for $400...we didn't want to take it with us because it would have cost more for our moving expenses so I thought it would be a good idea to sell it and use the cash for more important things. Bad idea for two reasons 1) in retrospect we needed a w&d so my wife wouldn't have to spend time at the laundry mat and 2) I should have known that I wasn't going to get the money in a timely fashion from my friend. Mind you, this was last July when I SOLD him the machines so I've been waiting for a year for him to cough up the dough. Now my wife has been pissed about this situation all along, rightfully so...but the dude is my best friend, so I have to cut him some slack. Anyways, prior to me going out to LA for the 4th we talked on the phone and HE said he would have the money when I got out there...I'm like cool, this is perfect timing! I'm out there and all, we see each other, go to the park to go running, catch up on the latest. I didn't mention anything about money for the simple fact that I don't harrass people about money plus he's the one who said he would have it. So a couple days later I call him to find out when he would have the money, he tells me he needs to see how much he'll have and I'm thinking to myself like "this dude said he's have the money when I got here" but I didn't trip I just said ok...cool I'll have cash to drive back with....WRONG!!! So on the day I'm leaving, I drive all the way on the other side of town to get a check from this dude!!! A check?!?! I've never seen this dude talk about a check let alone write one. It was for the full amount, so I wasn't trippin too much...but it was with conditions..."I don't get paid until Tuesday at midnight so don't deposit until then"...I'm thinking shit this is what I have to go thru to get money from this cat...never again! I got the check on Saturday, now I'm driving back to TX and it's a two day deal...I go to the bank on Monday afternoon because I have to deposit my unemployment check, now I have the other check so I deposit it as well...BofA's system was down so they couldn't enter it into the system... No prob, that means it will take a little longer for the check to clear, great nothing to worry about. Bills are paid, and there's little money left in the bank (very little mind you)...all is almost well. WRONG!!! My wife is still LA, she's at the hospital with her mom and she's hungry so she's walks across the street to get a slice of pizza. She calls me to tell me the bank card has been denied and I'm like "what??? Let me check the account!!!" I look online and the account is overdrawn and I'm panicking at this point...I look at the detail and it says there's a pending debit of $400 which made the account negative. We're both thinking what in the hell is going on...could this be fraud??? Did someone have access to our accounts??? Then it hits me...This muthafucka's check was no good!!! I'm fuckin pissed at this point...I can't believe this is happening to me (to us)!!! I call him and leave a VM telling him the deal and how much of a bind he has just put me in...I was cool but very serious! I keep calling, I wasn't satisfied with just leaving a VM. He finally answers and I tell him the situation and he's like " ok no problem I'll get you the money tomorrow"...I tell what to do and everything was supposed to be cool....WRONG!!! This stupid muthafucka only deposits half the money saying he could only get $200 from his bank and that he would have to go to his credit union across town to get the other part before it closes. At this point I was about to snap but I kept it cool cuz the last thing I need is to snap before I get my money (not smart). I asked if he could get the money from his pops so he wouldn't have to drive halfway around the planet and risk not getting there on time, he says "yeah I'll call pops and get the money and go back to the bank"...crisis averted...WRONG!!!
I haven't spoken with him since earlier today...so now my account is still overdrawn...but only by $54 and not $250...that's a relief!!! This is a serious lesson learned folks...I'll never ever ever ever ever loan him money again!!!! As a matter of fact, he still owes me money from a previous incident!!! I feel like a complete moron now but I know for sure now that he gets nothing from me again. He still my boy but I can't deal with him and money anymore.

I'm about to call him again!!!