You have all heard of me talk about my neice, Brittany (Rick's neice). I have always been closer to her than anyone else. But this time I am torn.
Long story short - I rented her a car for 3 days while her truck was in the shop. 2 weeks later I get a call that the car was never returned! Apparently her boyfriend (and the father of her 8mo old son) drove the car (after being told by ME that he couldn't), got stopped and they confiscated the car because he wasn't on the paperwork (they assumed it was stolen). She tried to get the car out the next day, but the storage place said the rental company had to pick it up. She never made sure they did, nor did she tell me what had happened, and she lied to me when I asked on Monday about the car being returned. On top of that, I loaned her the money ($250) to bail the loser out of jail (not knowing my rental car was involved).
There are almost $900 in rental car charges, plus whatever the storage fees are for the days the police had the car. I'm looking at about $1500 in charges that 1) I can't afford and 2) won't go thru because there is not that much money available on my CC, anyway. So this is definitely going to adversly affect my credit, which is finally back in good standing after years and years of hard work!
It is looking like the only way I am going to be able to get out of these charges to to say the car was stolen. That means the boyfriend will get arrested, which in turn will directly affect Brittany and her son, Camron. Which is going to cause a major problem with Rick's family.
Personally, unless they can come up with the money in the next few days (which I doubt) to cover all these charges, I have no problem with it. But I am worried about the effect this is going to have on Rick, Drew & Ally and their relationships with Rick's family. God knows it will make me persona-non-grata with some of them, but I don't really care about that. But with all of my family living so far away, Rick's family is all they have.
Any ideas? Suggestions? Comments? Opinions?
Long story short - I rented her a car for 3 days while her truck was in the shop. 2 weeks later I get a call that the car was never returned! Apparently her boyfriend (and the father of her 8mo old son) drove the car (after being told by ME that he couldn't), got stopped and they confiscated the car because he wasn't on the paperwork (they assumed it was stolen). She tried to get the car out the next day, but the storage place said the rental company had to pick it up. She never made sure they did, nor did she tell me what had happened, and she lied to me when I asked on Monday about the car being returned. On top of that, I loaned her the money ($250) to bail the loser out of jail (not knowing my rental car was involved).
There are almost $900 in rental car charges, plus whatever the storage fees are for the days the police had the car. I'm looking at about $1500 in charges that 1) I can't afford and 2) won't go thru because there is not that much money available on my CC, anyway. So this is definitely going to adversly affect my credit, which is finally back in good standing after years and years of hard work!
It is looking like the only way I am going to be able to get out of these charges to to say the car was stolen. That means the boyfriend will get arrested, which in turn will directly affect Brittany and her son, Camron. Which is going to cause a major problem with Rick's family.
Personally, unless they can come up with the money in the next few days (which I doubt) to cover all these charges, I have no problem with it. But I am worried about the effect this is going to have on Rick, Drew & Ally and their relationships with Rick's family. God knows it will make me persona-non-grata with some of them, but I don't really care about that. But with all of my family living so far away, Rick's family is all they have.
Any ideas? Suggestions? Comments? Opinions?
He has NO sympathy for either of them and doesn't really care what his family thinks. Rick's parents want to try to pay us for it to avoid any problems (Brittany and her BF are both on probation), but Dad just retired. They don't have it and couldn't afford it even if they did. I'm not sure if Rick has talked to his older sister about it yet (Brittany's Mom). I have to call the rental company tomorrow and put them off until at least Thursday, since I will be out of pocket until then.
Argh!
