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wakenbake
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Am i in the wrong here?
#18814749 - 09/08/13 11:18 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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So this girl i work with her boyfriend is into car audio as well as I am. He seemed like a pretty chill dude we talked and hung out a few times before this
I picked up some speakers off of craigslist and asked if he could help me hook them up and ill throw him 20 bucks on payday. Im kind of new to car audio and am learning about it but he "knows" what hes doing. I wasn't aware that the amp i already had wasn't able to support the speakers i bought properly, but he obviously knew. He wired them some shitty way and within 10 minutes of leaving his house with them on i started smelling smoke.
I took my car over to another friend who works at a car shop, and he took a look at what he did. He told me from the start my amp wasnt right, and the way he had it wired im lucky i didnt blow my speakers. Payday came and i never gave him the 20 dollars. He himself never brought the money situation up to me, it was his girlfriend, u got the 20? i need it for gas u got it? I said no i dont.
Fast forward a few days to yesterday, im at work and this guys mom shows up for him ( hes around 23-24) completely causing a huge scene at work yelling and calling me trailer trash and shady ( she has no idea of my life style ) saying shes going to beat my ass and shit because i didn't give her son the 20, this proceeded for about 10 minutes. then she brings up the famous line of lets see how this holds up in court. I said okay have a nice day.
Now i know its only 20 dollars, if i had it i would throw him it for the hell of it, but i had to drop alot to get my speakers hooked up the correct way.
Am i in the wrong in this situation? That he knew i didnt have the proper equipment and he just hooked them up to make his 20 dollars.
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Re: Am i in the wrong here? [Re: wakenbake]
#18814766 - 09/08/13 11:22 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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did you tell him that they were all fuckered up from the begining?
dont know dude.. i wouldnt fucking trip over 20 bucs.
i had a chick tell me she wasnt going to pay me 700 bucks.. thangs got weird there.
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Re: Am i in the wrong here? [Re: wakenbake]
#18814778 - 09/08/13 11:24 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Am i in the wrong in this situation? That he knew i didnt have the proper equipment and he just hooked them up to make his 20 dollars.
This is where my problem lies with it all. I think you are doing a lot of "assuming". You assume he knows more than you. You assume he knew you didn't have the proper equipment and you assume that he knowingly hooked up shitty just to get 20 bucks.
Lots of assuming.
And we all know what that really means. When you assume you make and ass out of me and U. 
So, I think it's a little douchey you didn't follow through, or at least man up and say, "hey bud, you hooked my car up like shit and I had to spend that 20 to get it done properly. I'm not going to be able to throw you the 20". He probably would of been like, "what? really? what was wrong with it? where did I go wrong?"
He feels gypped. That being said...I think it's pretty ridiculous he has his gf and mom asking for it. Especially the mom making a scene. After that, I'd go out of my way to make sure he doesn't get it.
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Re: Am i in the wrong here? [Re: wakenbake] 1
#18814794 - 09/08/13 11:26 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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I'd of honestly just gave them the money, a hell of a lot easier than all the drama.. I mean it's not like it was 100 or something.
But are you in the wrong? Couldn't really say.. When someone says they know what they're doing and offer a service, you kind of expect it to be right and there's pretty much an unspoken code that if you don't do the job right, you don't get paid..
Did you say anything to them? Like how after 10 minutes there was smoke and you took it to someone else who knows what they're doing and pointed out the shoddy job? If you didn't bring that up, then how is he supposed to know he's not going to get paid? Should've told them as soon as you could, like told the chick the next day at work or something.
If I were in your shoes at this moment I'd pay her the 20 the next day but say something like "I'm only paying you because I agreed to and forgot until now to mention that the job he did was sub-par. It's my fault I didn't bring it up sooner and you were still expecting the money, but based on the job alone I wouldn't have paid"..
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Edited by Shroomslip (09/08/13 11:28 AM)
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wakenbake
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Re: Am i in the wrong here? [Re: Masked]
#18814799 - 09/08/13 11:27 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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rackem said: did you tell him that they were all fuckered up from the begining?
dont know dude.. i wouldnt fucking trip over 20 bucs.
i had a chick tell me she wasnt going to pay me 700 bucks.. thangs got weird there.
I didnt know the amp i already had wouldnt work for the speakers i bought. Like i said im just learning about all this stuff.
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Am i in the wrong in this situation? That he knew i didnt have the proper equipment and he just hooked them up to make his 20 dollars.
This is where my problem lies with it all. I think you are doing a lot of "assuming". You assume he knows more than you. You assume he knew you didn't have the proper equipment and you assume that he knowingly hooked up shitty just to get 20 bucks.
Lots of assuming.
And we all know what that really means. When you assume you make and ass out of me and U. 
So, I think it's a little douchey you didn't follow through, or at least man up and say, "hey bud, you hooked my car up like shit and I had to spend that 20 to get it done properly. I'm not going to be able to throw you the 20". He probably would of been like, "what? really? what was wrong with it? where did I go wrong?"
He feels gypped. That being said...I think it's pretty ridiculous he has his gf and mom asking for it. Especially the mom making a scene. After that, I'd go out of my way to make sure he doesn't get it. 
It is for sure he knows how to hook up speakers. he has a completely done audio system in his car that he wired and installed himself, aswell as his brothers and girlfriends.
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Re: Am i in the wrong here? [Re: wakenbake]
#18814810 - 09/08/13 11:31 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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So why didn't you tell him that he fucked that shit up? If he knew what he was doing and still did that shit, you should call him out WTF.
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Re: Am i in the wrong here? [Re: wakenbake]
#18814813 - 09/08/13 11:31 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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It is for sure he knows how to hook up speakers.
Oh I have no doubt. As can I.
But you are still assuming he hooked up yours KNOWINGLY fuckered.
I bet the chances are a lot greater that he didn't do it on purpose.
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Re: Am i in the wrong here? [Re: Masked] 1
#18814820 - 09/08/13 11:34 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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take yr $20 to the bank, get it exchanged for pennies... unroll the pennies, put 'em in a sack, & give him the sack... everybody wins...
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Re: Am i in the wrong here? [Re: Masked]
#18814822 - 09/08/13 11:34 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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this guy sounds like a fucking idiot, in my opinion you have the moral high ground.
gets his mum and gf to do his dirty work>? what a total baby.
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wakenbake
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Re: Am i in the wrong here? [Re: Masked]
#18814844 - 09/08/13 11:40 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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I probably should have added in that Quote:
Masked said:
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It is for sure he knows how to hook up speakers.
Oh I have no doubt. As can I.
But you are still assuming he hooked up yours KNOWINGLY fuckered.
I bet the chances are a lot greater that he didn't do it on purpose. 
I am positive he knew my amp wasnt right, and ontop of that for anyone who knows about car audio they are dual voice coil subs....when i got to the car shop and he pulled them out, he also only had them wired to single voice coil... wtf.
I did explain to him before his mom came up there, that i dont have the 20 right now and that my speakers almost blew the way he had them wired.
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Re: Am i in the wrong here? [Re: leon trout]
#18814847 - 09/08/13 11:40 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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leon trout said: take yr $20 to the bank, get it exchanged for pennies... unroll the pennies, put 'em in a sack, & give him the sack... everybody wins...
That does sound like a great idea
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Re: Am i in the wrong here? [Re: wakenbake]
#18814912 - 09/08/13 11:54 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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wakenbake said:
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leon trout said: take yr $20 to the bank, get it exchanged for pennies... unroll the pennies, put 'em in a sack, & give him the sack... everybody wins...
That does sound like a great idea
no dont just give him the sack, cause he could just take it to the bank and exchange it
go to his house.
knock on the door.
he/ his gf/ his mom comes to the door.
you say hi i decided to give him the 20
pour the sack of pennies in front of their feet all over the ground
"enjoy your money pussy ass nigga!"
walk away flipping the bird
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Re: Am i in the wrong here? [Re: wakenbake]
#18814921 - 09/08/13 11:56 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Pour the pennies all over his doorstep in a big pile and leave a piece of paper on top with "$20" written on it.
Then he has to pick up all those pennies.
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Re: Am i in the wrong here? [Re: wakenbake]
#18814937 - 09/08/13 11:59 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Personally I wouldn't pay him. I'd be sure to keep my cool when someone's mom is yelling at me and claiming I'm trailer trash as she tries to collect a measly $20 for her son (irony). He can fuck right off. Everyone that is saying you are assuming, give me a fucking break. He knew what was up on the amperage and decided to hook it up anyway. If anything, this kid is lucky you don't beat his ass for hooking up your speakers like he did.
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Re: Am i in the wrong here? [Re: wakenbake]
#18814962 - 09/08/13 12:05 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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You're not in the wrong and even if you were who the fuck goes through all that trouble for 20 bucks? Let alone an entire family. Hahaha, from your story they sound a little bitter and angry and also a bit cash desperate (perhaps he scammed you in the first place for your 20 dolla) Don't sweat it mang. He got his girlfriend and his mom involved, that is pretty
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Re: Am i in the wrong here? [Re: SoreSpore]
#18814986 - 09/08/13 12:10 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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SoreSpore said: Personally I wouldn't pay him. I'd be sure to keep my cool when someone's mom is yelling at me and claiming I'm trailer trash as she tries to collect a measly $20 for her son (irony). He can fuck right off. Everyone that is saying you are assuming, give me a fucking break. He knew what was up on the amperage and decided to hook it up anyway. If anything, this kid is lucky you don't beat his ass for hooking up your speakers like he did.
Man it was so hard to keep my cool especially to come up to my job and cause a scene infront of people over the 20.
But leaving 2,000 pennies for him does sound kind of amusing.
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Re: Am i in the wrong here? [Re: wakenbake]
#18815169 - 09/08/13 01:04 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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No, you don't owe him shit. He was the one bragging about skills he doesn't have. Your equipment may still work now, but anytime there is a smoke smell coming from electronics means some kind of damage was done. Your equipment May start acting funny tomorrow or next year or it may work till u sell it. Either way, Impropper wiring can drastically shorten the life electronics.
Tell those retards to suck a fat one, he didn't do anything but waste your time. I wouldn't give him any money just on principle. If u take ur car to electronic express and they did something like that you better believe your getting a refund.
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Re: Am i in the wrong here? [Re: wakenbake]
#18815822 - 09/08/13 04:23 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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wakenbake said: But leaving 2,000 pennies for him does sound kind of amusing.
No trailer trash is worth $20 in any form
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