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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We did think of uber! According to my friend, uber will not deliver goods. They have a service called uberRUSH that is a a delivery service but it is only in select cities, and not here yet. Admittedly I did not check this info, but just took her word for it. Apparently some uber drivers will do it but they are not licensed for it and are not supposed to do it.
In any even it would have been very expensive I think.

Ever heard of a courier?

Not OP. I've heard of couriers that carry things to other countries. How do I find one in DC, and would expensive would that be?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We did think of uber! According to my friend, uber will not deliver goods. They have a service called uberRUSH that is a a delivery service but it is only in select cities, and not here yet. Admittedly I did not check this info, but just took her word for it. Apparently some uber drivers will do it but they are not licensed for it and are not supposed to do it.
In any even it would have been very expensive I think.

Ever heard of a courier?

Not OP. I've heard of couriers that carry things to other countries. How do I find one in DC, and would expensive would that be?

Anonymous wrote:I did not read all the posts, but is anyone questioning the " accidental" part of her son taking it? If it was an accident, how did the other kid know who had it?

I admit, I would want the suit. If my son does not wear special suits at the beach he will develop a rash. I could see us being in a one suit situation at the beginning of the year (not wanting to buy more than one until we know it fits right). No amount of money would fix it, as the suit has to be bought online.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We did think of uber! According to my friend, uber will not deliver goods. They have a service called uberRUSH that is a a delivery service but it is only in select cities, and not here yet. Admittedly I did not check this info, but just took her word for it. Apparently some uber drivers will do it but they are not licensed for it and are not supposed to do it.
In any even it would have been very expensive I think.

Ever heard of a courier?

Anonymous wrote:We did think of uber! According to my friend, uber will not deliver goods. They have a service called uberRUSH that is a a delivery service but it is only in select cities, and not here yet. Admittedly I did not check this info, but just took her word for it. Apparently some uber drivers will do it but they are not licensed for it and are not supposed to do it.
In any even it would have been very expensive I think.

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Anonymous wrote:So you strategized with a more than a handful of people, discussed PayPal, and yet never considered ubering the swim trunks there? Befuddling.

They clearly wanted the swim trunks returned--not money to replace them.

Next time use your noggin: uber.

I have to say it sounds like you had enough time to leave them on their porch with all the scheming and wine opening you were doing. Why didn't friend's husband offer to watch your kids while you went?

Because asking someone to drive almost 2 hours to return a $10 swimsuit is utterly ridiculous. I wouldn't have done it either.

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Anonymous wrote:So you strategized with a more than a handful of people, discussed PayPal, and yet never considered ubering the swim trunks there? Befuddling.

They clearly wanted the swim trunks returned--not money to replace them.

Next time use your noggin: uber.

I have to say it sounds like you had enough time to leave them on their porch with all the scheming and wine opening you were doing. Why didn't friend's husband offer to watch your kids while you went?

Anonymous wrote:Who only has one swimsuit?! That is bizarre.

Anonymous wrote:We did think of uber! According to my friend, uber will not deliver goods. They have a service called uberRUSH that is a a delivery service but it is only in select cities, and not here yet. Admittedly I did not check this info, but just took her word for it. Apparently some uber drivers will do it but they are not licensed for it and are not supposed to do it.
In any even it would have been very expensive I think.

Anonymous wrote:Who only has one swimsuit?! That is bizarre.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So you strategized with a more than a handful of people, discussed PayPal, and yet never considered ubering the swim trunks there? Befuddling.

They clearly wanted the swim trunks returned--not money to replace them.

Next time use your noggin: uber.

I have to say it sounds like you had enough time to leave them on their porch with all the scheming and wine opening you were doing. Why didn't friend's husband offer to watch your kids while you went?

Okie dokie.

I can assure you OP did way more than I would've in this situation.

And if I were there other mom, my kid would have just swam in some lightweight shorts until we procured him a pair of trunks.

What exactly did the OP do?

She (with the help of others) gave the other woman $30, hand-delivered, to buy a suit on their vacation. Hand-delivering same-size same-print suit would have been ideal, but twas not to be.

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Anonymous wrote:I did not read all the posts, but is anyone questioning the " accidental" part of her son taking it? If it was an accident, how did the other kid know who had it?

I admit, I would want the suit. If my son does not wear special suits at the beach he will develop a rash. I could see us being in a one suit situation at the beginning of the year (not wanting to buy more than one until we know it fits right). No amount of money would fix it, as the suit has to be bought online.

If another child had mistakenly taken your DS's special suit the day before you were leaving for the beach, then if for some reason the mother of the child who took it could not come to you, would you go to her to pick it up? It wasn't the other woman's child's mistake (or at least, nobody actually knows), but she could have solved the problem if OP could not.

Anonymous wrote:I did not read all the posts, but is anyone questioning the " accidental" part of her son taking it? If it was an accident, how did the other kid know who had it?

I admit, I would want the suit. If my son does not wear special suits at the beach he will develop a rash. I could see us being in a one suit situation at the beginning of the year (not wanting to buy more than one until we know it fits right). No amount of money would fix it, as the suit has to be bought online.

Anonymous wrote:OP quickly went from "poor temporarily single mom with sleeping baby" to "scheming and laughing life of the party."

You should have quit while you were ahead, OP.