Thursday night a buddy of mine tells me his friend his heading to Delaware to place bets on the games sunday and asks if i want to place any parlay bets. I say sure why not and tell him I'm good for $20 bucks. Friday I send him my picks. I did the 5 for 5 which pays out 20 to 1, so if i get them right i'll win $400 bucks.

Yesterday my friend tells me his buddy wouldn't spot the $20 dollars and didn't place my bet for me (side note: My friend wasn't even going to tell me this, he only did because i brought it up sunday that i felt good about my picks). My friend said he'd even cover the bet but his friend was too cheap to put down an extra $20. Anyways, i picked all 5 games against the spread and should have won $400 yesterday, but since that guy was too cheap to spot $20, I'm out the $400.

Just curious how people on the OC would react to this and what they'd do.

(I realize this is me QQing, but I would've liked to have $400 extra in my pocket today)

Not much you can do. Not up to anyone else to spot you $20.

Raw Dawgin' it;1301486 wrote:I'm out the $400.

No you aren't. You're out nothing, since you technically didn't place a bet.

Hope this helps.

GoChiefs;1301487 wrote:Not much you can do. Not up to anyone else to spot you $20.

I totally agree, but I wasn't going to be able to meet the guy placing the bets. My friend said he'd spot me the money. I'm more upset he wasn't going to tell me about it and also pissed that the guy placing the bets thought his own friend would stiff him out of $20 bucks. It's just someone being super cheap especially when they'd get their money.

Definitely sucks. I'd leave him an upper decker or fool around with his sister.

people get the kind of friends they deserve.

I'd of course be pissed but ultimately wouldn't do anything about it. Maybe something minor like bang your friends mom but nothing big.

I'd be more upset if they placed my bet incorrectly.

Give buddy cash next time.

Eh...look at it this way.

If he HAD placed the bet you woulda lost, so he really just saved you twenty bucks.

thavoice;1301581 wrote:Eh...look at it this way.

If he HAD placed the bet you woulda lost, so he really just saved you twenty bucks.

except all 5 games covered the spread so i won.

thavoice;1301581 wrote:Eh...look at it this way.

If he HAD placed the bet you woulda lost, so he really just saved you twenty bucks.

Lol. So true.

OSH;1301579 wrote:Give buddy cash next time.

I guess, but I don't know the guy placing the bets and my buddy said he'd cover for me. Basically, a friends friend didn't trust he'd get 20 bucks from someone he makes bets with every week. I'm just bummed that someone was a cheap skate over 20 bucks.

Raw Dawgin' it;1301582 wrote:except all 5 games covered the spread so i won.

No, I mean that if you HAD placed the bet at least one of the games woulda turned out diff and ya lost the bet.

Just how that shit goes...

thavoice;1301586 wrote:No, I mean that if you HAD placed the bet at least one of the games woulda turned out diff and ya lost the bet.

Just how that shit goes...

Murphys law...probably true. At least I knew before the games started. If i called him today to collect and he told me I would've been really pissed.

Bang his dad.

Burn his house down or at least slash a tire.

Sounds like you need some new friends.

said_aouita;1301684 wrote:Burn his house down or at least slash a tire.

.

would love to slash a tire

isadore;1301554 wrote:people get the kind of friends they deserve.

Nnnnniiiiiiiicccceeeeeeee!

Reps.

Honestly, I wouldnt be too pissed. Unless it was my best friend, I wouldnt spot money on a bet.

Laley23;1301773 wrote:Honestly, I wouldnt be too pissed. Unless it was my best friend, I wouldnt spot money on a bet.

the guy placing the bet is good friends with my friend, and even with my good friend telling him he'd pay him, he didn't do it. More pissed that someone asked if i wanted to place one, told me it'd be covered, and then only told me it wasn't cause i brought it up in conversation.

Boo hoo!

TedSheckler;1301851 wrote:Boo hoo!

I know, i admitted I was QQing. Did you not read the first post?

Yes, I read it. I thought by post #24 you would have gotten over it.