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| | Showing a liar he's lied - funny | | | Wednesday, August 6, 2008 (12:40 AM)
(I'm feeling determined) | | Had to speak to someone yesterday who was trying hard to deny something else had been done, because he was trying hard to avoid his company getting a bill for £200 that they might not get back. Basically he had to do something for me, and pay the bill, before claiming it back from someone else. His relationship with the someone else has deteriorated to the point that they've no trust with each other, and he would probably have to go to court to get the £200.
Is that my fault?
No. But he refused to get the work done, saying I had to pay for it, then I had to claim it back off the someone else.
Part of his bullsh*t was to say he'd not got my phone number down correctly. He read it out, transposing the last two numbers. He said all his previous attempts had gone to voicemail. I get so few calls on that number, I know I've not had any off him. I know if I get voicemail, the phone tells me. I know if I've missed a call - the phone tells me. Even if the phone is switched off, I get a text telling me that someone phoned - and if they left a message or not. He hadn't phoned.
The phone number being wrong would explain that - if I'd not spoken to his colleague ten minutes earlier and heard her read my phone number out - which I also read back to her!
Later in the day he tried again to make out they'd not got my phone number down properly. But this time he read out a different version, transposing not the last two digits but the two prior to the last digit!
It was clear throughout the call he knew I was onto him, and I decided not to push him into admitting it. But he knew.
It was part of a number of statements he made trying to fob me off, many of which contradicted what he'd already said.
In the end I got hold of the "someone else" myself, explained what had happened, and he agreed to organise this service himself. It'll probably cost him less, because he can choose who to use, and he won't have to pay the bit on top that our dishonest friend would no doubt be adding.
It also messes up things a little more for the middle man. I'm sure he'd have got this £200 (if that's what it cost) back, one way or other. And it would probably have been at a rate of £250, after he'd charged for his own cut.
And also, an arrangement between myself and the "someone else" means that this middle man won't get another £50 he's possibly entitled to directly. Normally I'd pay the middle man x amount of cash, the middle man would then take out his £50 before sending the rest onto "someone else". But "someone else" and I agreed that this payment would be waived. We did also agree however that if the middle man still wanted his £50, that I would pay it directly to him. So middle man wouldn't lose out.
This would be my gesture of goodwill really - I've an agreement with the someone else, in writing, that I don't need to pay this full amount. There is nothing in writing to say I'll pay this £50. So now as far as I'm concerned, he can write to me for this amount, and I'll pay it when I get round to it. Possibly - after having around 3 hours of stress trying to sort this out, why should I now go out of my way?
The extra way that the middle man loses out here is that the "someone else" has now stopped providing the thing I'm paying him for. He's calling it a day, and I've found a new supplier from next month onwards. The deal over payment was part of helping him leave the contract early - it worked out better financially for me, it worked out better logistically for him, and of course we had intended that the middle man wouldn't lose out in between. But the middle man could - until last night - have been someone I'd have gone through in the future. Next time my contract with a supplier is coming to an end, I would have gone to this middle man for him to get me some prices. I won't go near him again, and human nature alone will ensure I'll repeat this tale to others who might have considered using him.
We all tell lies, and sometimes it's a good thing we do. But sometimes honesty is the best policy, and thinking of the bigger picture rather than a small part of a picture. | | | 81 Views | 0  Thumbs Up | 0 Comments |  |
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