Any idea how to ask neighbor to reimburse me?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stick a Post-it note on the receipt with your Venmo or PayPal information and say hope you had a good vacation. Here’s the receipt for the shipping.

This sounds like a smart approach to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’d text them and say, “Glad I could help you out with the package. The shipping was $30 and my Venmo is [x]. Hope you had a great trip!”

Agree. They want to pay you, they may have forgotten

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our neighbors returned from a vacation one week ago. After the left for their vacation, they called to ask if I would do them a favor. They had left an important item behind and wondered if I would overnight it to them. I happily helped them out. It cost $30 to ship it, plus my time, and while I didn’t mind helping them out, it’s been a week since they returned and they’ve made no efforts to try to reimburse me the money. Not sure if it slipped their mind, but I’m not sure how it could have since it was of great importance to their trip. I know how it is when you return from a vacation and have laundry/shopping/yard work to tend to so I said I’d give it a week, and here we are. How should I phrase it to them without sounding cheap or needy? “Do you mind paying me back now” just sounds weird to me. I can’t believe I’m even asking this! It seems so simple!

Take your receipt over and give it to her. Inexcusable on your neighbor's part to put you in this position. But you should be repaid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d text them and say, “Glad I could help you out with the package. The shipping was $30 and my Venmo is [x]. Hope you had a great trip!”

Agree. They want to pay you, they may have forgotten

Bull! How can you forget that you called you neighbor and asked for a huge favor and that the neighbor paid to help you out. Cheap neighbor!

[Anonymous]

unless you are in rough financial shape i would not ask someone to reimburse you $30. just next time this happens with them say you are slammed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:unless you are in rough financial shape i would not ask someone to reimburse you $30. just next time this happens with them say you are slammed.

This. It doesn’t sound like you’re upset about the money. You’re upset that they haven’t shown you any appreciation for your efforts in a way that you think is appropriate. Did they thank you when you said you’d send it? Maybe they thought that was enough and that you wouldn’t be concerned about the money because they wouldn’t be if the tables were turned. Just move on and chalk it up to a lesson learned with respect to your neighbors.

[Anonymous]

Agree with receipt and venmo info on a post-it with 'hope you had a great time!'

They are likely busy/not prioritizing it and I know for me- I like easy/this makes it easy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Agree with receipt and venmo info on a post-it with 'hope you had a great time!'

They are likely busy/not prioritizing it and I know for me- I like easy/this makes it easy.

I also think that it's highly income dependent.
If neighbors are solidly middle class (house $1m+ or even $850k+) then they probably assumed you did not want reimbursement for $30.
Even my ILs who are from lower income community I think would assume someone did not want this reimbursement but instead would repay in kind.
It's weird to be hung up on $30 unless you are super strapped for cash.

[Anonymous]

"I hope you enjoyed your trip! I'm glad that you received your Pokemon collection in a timely fashion. Shipping costs were $30. Venmo or cash is fine."

[Anonymous]

OP, did you provide them the receipt? Did they pay you back?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stick a Post-it note on the receipt with your Venmo or PayPal information and say hope you had a good vacation. Here’s the receipt for the shipping.

+1 yes

[Anonymous]

It doesn't matter if her neighbor owes her $0.30, $30.00, or $300. You pay your debts!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It doesn't matter if her neighbor owes her $0.30, $30.00, or $300. You pay your debts!

Thank you! It’s common sense, decency, and the right thing to do. I don’t understand why people are like oh it’s only $30, let it go.

[Anonymous]

I’m shocked that people think it’s ok to ignore because it’s only 30$. First it’s incredible rude not to thank OP for the favor. Second rise not to either pay her back or offer a gift if roughly equivalent or more value. Classy people would have thanked upon receipt and brought a nice gift. If we asked someone to do something like that, we would both reimburse and send a title of wine or chocolates as an extra thank you.

[Anonymous]

I'd let it go but I'd never answer another text from then again.

Your neighbors are trash.