Costly mistake, how would you deal with it?
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He had to build it and deliver it? I don't think so...
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Hah!
You should get the gf to pay for it as you told her which one to not touch. Dont mention it to your friend till he does.
If she doesn't pay up mtfu and dump her or sell some of her stuff.
Either way it's not the OP fault, if his gf would have followed what he said the pc would have still been there regardless if it was there for 10 years or 20 years.
If she doesn't pay up mtfu and dump her or sell some of her stuff.
Either way it's not the OP fault, if his gf would have followed what he said the pc would have still been there regardless if it was there for 10 years or 20 years.
Did you read op? It's clear she was told not to chuck it. I would off been straight on the phone to skip company.
Daft logic.
The OP should take responsibility, it was in his care and regardless of the excuses being chucked about the buck stops with him.
Give him cash and tell him to sort it himself, in truth it's not been important enough for him to collect so he really has no moral ground to stand on. Chuck cash at him and tell him to do on. As far as the GF goes she made a mistake but was both attempting to help you (which is rare!) and hasn't attempted to hide this - which means it was a genuine mistake.
Rather than follow the clearly immature advice given by some to dump her, these two reasons would lead me to think that she's a keeper!
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OP's GF should foot the bill as ifshe hadn't asked and had just 'assumed' it was rubbish she was being ignorant.
What happens to people who assume? Makes an 'a**' out of 'u' and 'me'.
What happens to people who assume? Makes an 'a**' out of 'u' and 'me'.
Are you for real? He told her not to touch it, how can it be his fault for her actions. Maybe he should just bar her from the room next time?
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No, he didn't have to do either of those things since he didn't even have to build the PC in the first place but if he wanted the PC out of the way that badly and his mate wasn't doing his part by picking it up then perhaps it would have been worth just taking it round there himself.
From what we've been told the PC has already been paid for but not collected - what's that saying about a mountain and Mohammed... All I'm really suggesting is that if the PC sitting around was that much of an irritation then he could easily have avoided the friends excuses and have moved it himself.
Your mate should have picked up the PC, but that has nothing to do with your girlfriend binning it (which could have happened at any time). Give him his money back and get this deal over and done with.
And let this be a lesson to you. If you have to give someone instructions on how to do something and the consequences of them messing it up would be costly, do it your bloody self.
And let this be a lesson to you. If you have to give someone instructions on how to do something and the consequences of them messing it up would be costly, do it your bloody self.
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You need to train your woman better bro. Roll up some newspaper on hit her on the nose if she steps out of line then maybe rub her face where the computer was. 
Theory: you are being conned. Your gf and mate are indeed having an affair behind your back. After a passionate love making session they have devised a plan to screw you out of some money (value of pc) so that they can run away and set up a new life. You're gf has given the pc back to your friend (her lover) and he will deny any knowledge and demand money from you.
Confront her.
Confront her.
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Take your story, gf and your mate to Jeremy Kyle