If you buy tickets for your friends for an upcoming event (play, concert, festival, etc), do you expect to get paid back before the event or at the event? Keep in mind the event may be several months away.
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I'm usually the one buying the tickets and I expect to be paid back at the event. It's a bonus if people pay me ahead of time, but not expected!
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Before!
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I expect to be paid back at the event but it is a happy bonus to be paid earlier.
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depends - if it was $50 a ticket I would want it right away - if it was $5 I could wait until the event
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Before--I'd like it within a week, or in advance!
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My point of view is, if someone isn't expecting to get paid back until the event, then why would they volunteer to get the tickets? It seems like there's nothing in it for them, and they also assume all the risk. If I'm buying 4 people tickets at $75 a piece, that means I'm out $300 for several months if I wait until the event. Plus, I have to worry about someone changing their mind and not paying me back. As a friend, I wouldn't want to put someone in that position.
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Agree with @Mamaof2: but ideally the details of repayment would be decided before the purchase was made.
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@aprild: Hmm... I've done it enough with my friends that I know they'll eventually pay me back. Or I know that the experience WITH my friends is worth maybe not being paid back fully. Like I booked the hotel room for a group of us to go out for my friend's 30th birthday. I didn't get fully reimbursed by everyone, but it was still worth it to me to have that experience with them. And SOMEONE has to book the hotel room, unless we're all getting separate rooms, which would be even more expensive.
Of course, if someone was a consistent flake and never paid me back, I'd stop doing it. But I haven't had that experience yet. My friends are all really good about committing, sticking with their commitments, and paying me back!
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I say it depends on so many things.
I think as the person buying the tickets I would just spell it out to avoid confusion.
I usually get paid back before, or someone usually let me know if it's ok to pay me at the event (maybe someone I don't see often in person).
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I expect to be paid back the very next time I see the friend; that may be before or at the event.
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Uhh yes, I expect to be paid back within a day or two. The only time I've had people wait to pay me is if I'm reserving a hotel room and only the cc number is required to hold it, but no money is actually charged. I guess I'm lucky because all of my friends Paypal me same day for stuff like this (and I do the same for them).
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I said this in the other thread, but I always figure people are going to pay me back at the event. Some will send me a check right away or give me the cash when they see me in person, but I don't offer if I can't afford to cover everyone until the day of the event.
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Yeah, I would want to be paid back within like, a week. Preferably the same day. It's 2016 and there are a ton of ways to transfer money.
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When do I WANT to get paid, or when do I EXPECT to get paid? I feel like people should pay me immediately but experience has taught me that people don't bother until the date arrives, and even then they need reminders. I don't do this kind of thing nearly as often as I used to, for obvious reasons.
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I feel like people should pay right away, but it think people pay when you actually see them. If you don't see them until the event, then I would assume they would pay at the event. If you see them before the event, I would hope they would pay then. I don't like owing people money, so whenever I do I pay back asap.
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Within a few days of purchase unless my friend tells me to pay later.
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I would expect to be repaid within the week. It's so easy to transfer via Paypal. I don't see why it should take any longer.
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Assuming they were expensive tickets and the event wasn't for a while, I would expect to be paid back before the event. Not necessarily the next day but the next time I saw them or something. But as the one who owes money I appreciate reminders because I forget and feel bad putting a friend in that position.
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So interesting! I bought concert tickets for a bunch of friends (and their friends). It ended up being well over $1000 for tickets and I totally assumed everyone would expect to pay me back right away. Everyone was cc'd on the emails so I was thinking they would know I wasn't made out of money.
We actually had to wait for some of the tickets to be delivered so I told them not to pay me until a week after it was delivered. It was pretty clear AFTER I ordered all the tickets when the money was due. But looking back, I don't think I said it when I was just collecting the orders. I expected it.
What was also interesting, is some of my friends insisted on paying me right away after I placed the order. Others (the ones I knew the least) took the longest to pay back, well after the e-delivery of the tickets.
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