Simon
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Back in 2006 I was living in a shared house whilst at uni. In July I went on a holiday for a week. On return my housemate and still good mate told me that he had borrowed my bike, left it outside his work unlocked and obviously it had been stolen. He felt pretty shitty about it having not asked about borrowing it and being stupid enough to leave it unlocked, but he gave me the money for it which was £380 which I accepted because my bike was my main form of transport that I used everyday and was a pretty decent bike. I reported it stolen and that was that.
Now fast forward to two weeks ago when I get a phone call from a different mate who is pretty certain he has seen my old bike in town inside a builders compound. For the next week I go past the site every morning to see if its there again, one morning it is so I phone the local police station and somebody comes down and goes and gets the bike. A couple of days later I go down the station with proof that it's my bike and now I've got it back, I've spent a bit of money replacing bits because it was in a state.
I'm not sure if you needed to know half of that but anyway, now I've got the bike back should I offer the money back to my mate? I'm back at uni now so not rolling in money and have since got another bike. I haven't told him yet , he's half way around the world travelling at the moment anyway.
What would you do?
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LukeS
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Registered: 25th Nov 07
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Leave it and sell the bike.
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Sam
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Keep the money. Your mate fucked up, he rightly compensated you.
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noshua
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Personally I wouldn't, I'd keep the money due to the I'm convenience it caused you and due to your mate taking it without permission.
Sell the bike andale a bit more money.
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Ojc
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10 pages.
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johnhara1
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Registered: 19th Oct 06
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
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Give the bike to your mate as it's now his considering he paid you £380 for it.
I'd phone him and ask him what he wants you to do with it. He'll prob just tell you to sell it on and wire him the money.
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Cosmo
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Sell the bike that was stolen and leave it be.
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Ian W
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Keep the money and bike for him being stupid enough to leave the bike unlocked and get it robbed.
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FruitBooTeR
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If it was back in 2006 why would you even think about giving the money back now?
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_Allan_
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Swap the bike for some Lego, Skittles and Ho's.
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JadeM
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Did you buy a new bike at the time with the money he gave you?
If so I'd give him the one thats been found to do as he wishes. Your obviously not comfortable with keeping it and not telling him 
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BYRON
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Keep the bike, keep the money. It was 3yrs ago ffs.
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bigboykarl
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Registered: 19th May 09
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give him the option of the bike or £50 back...
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koolkorsa
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Either give the bike to him or sell it and give him the money - they're the only options really.
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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Sell one of the bikes & give him half of the booty!!!
Seems fair!! 
[Edited on 13-10-2009 by Colin]
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sand-eel
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Registered: 15th Mar 07
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Don't give him any option, don't tell him about it, don't give him the bike, don't give him any money.
mmmkay
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C2RL R
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Registered: 28th Mar 02
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that bike is worth fuck all now so give him nothing.
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DizzyRebel
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Registered: 2nd Jan 09
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Id give him the bike. you used the cash to buy a new bike which is what you needed, but you got the bike returned to you so the decent thing would be to give him the bike which he paid for.
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johnhara1
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quote:
Originally posted by sand-eel
Don't give him any option, don't tell him about it, don't give him the bike, don't give him any money.
mmmkay
Why, he's still his mate and he was decent enough to pay up nearly £400 after losing his bike in the first place.
He should just give his mate the bike.
[Edited on 13-10-2009 by johnhara1]
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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The mates travelling so prob wont need a bike 
Id sell the shittest one of the 2 & split the money from the sale. That way you have the best bike & some cash & your mate gets some cash back!!
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sand-eel
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If he doesn't know about it, he won't care.
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johnhara1
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If he does finds out he'll think you're a cunt.
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Colin
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If he finds out then you might not be mates for much longer. I depend how much you value your friendship!! 
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strick206
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Registered: 12th Apr 07
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Sell the stolen bike, and give him the money you make from it minus whatever it cost you to repair it and selling fee's
I would tell him, it will get back some how to him so not worth the hassle that way
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Paul_J
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
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Break the bike into pieces and post it bit by bit through his parents letterbox
It won't achieve much, but will confuse his parents while he's away travelling
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