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Moral dillemma

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ChillTeenDad420
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so im a nice guy for the most part and don't like to fuck people over

the situation:

I moved into an apartment 12 months ago. One of my roommates alerted me about a foreclosure 30 minutes away. I was the only one with a car, so i drove him and another roommate to the foreclosure. Once there, we battled with 75 mexicans over every remnant of human possessions in the house. He claimed a recliner. I claimed other things (unimportant). We drove the recliner in my car back to the apartment.

Fast forward to today, which is the last day before we move out. He has been gone for months but decides to come back for the last day to grab the shit out of his room. He also claims the chair is his and wants to take it with him. I disagree and want the chair also. The way I see it, if it wasn't for me and my car, we wouldn't have had the recliner at all. I have the power to take the chair but I only want to if I have validation that i'm not being a dick by taking it

What do you think arbitrator ns? pls help

/end unimportant oversensitive bitchass debacle
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Aug 29 2014 8:04PM
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shocker611
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It's his, don't be a douche
Aug 29 2014 8:06PM
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Sno.
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im torn.
Aug 29 2014 8:08PM
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Sno.
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auction it to the highest bidder...

you say "im willing to pay $10 for the chair."

He will either take the $10, or say "I'm willing to pay $20"...

You can either take the $20, or say "I'm willing to pay $30"

This way the person who wants it the most gets it, and the other person gets some cash.
Aug 29 2014 8:11PM
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Jeebus.
Posts: 4904 - Karma: 5,822
fuck that just take it.

Also ill give you some life advice, Never fight over free couches chances are they're covered in dried semen.
Aug 29 2014 10:11PM
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soulskier
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My decision would be largely based on my likelihood of ever running into said roommate again
Aug 29 2014 10:48PM
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theabortionator
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It's his chair. You seem like that guy that borrows money and then says, nah man remember I gave you a ride home the other night? I don't owe you anything because without me you wouldn't have gotten home.


Or just keep it and be a douche.


Or who the fuck cares. Have a sword fight or naked wrestle and the winner get's to keep it.
Aug 30 2014 3:05AM
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Laurent.
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Have a dance off.

http://youtu.be/n1gH1aX2iG8
Aug 30 2014 5:01AM
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iH8pow
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I think you guys need better jobs. Fighting over a free recliner with a questionable history...da fuck?

He can just go get fucked if he wants you to drive the recliner to wherever he is moving.

Kinda similar story...the previous owner left some stuff behind the house I bought. One was a dresser in the basement. My roommate wanted to claim it, and even wanted me to help move it up two floors into his room. Fuck that
Aug 30 2014 6:34AM
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KZA
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By your logic, if he never told you about the foreclosure, you never could have driven him to the house, never would have seen the recliner, and neither of you would be claiming it is yours.

Sooo....
Aug 30 2014 9:33AM
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Sno.
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KZABy your logic, if he never told you about the foreclosure, you never could have driven him to the house, never would have seen the recliner, and neither of you would be claiming it is yours.

Sooo....


I see it as being equally owned by both of them. The friend was like "hey I know of a foreclosure, do you want to drive out and check it out?" and OP is like "yeah, let's go check it out."

At that point it was a joint venture. Friend knew of the foreclosure, and OP had the means to get there-- they went there both interested, and neither of knowing what would be available there. They both partook in the mayhem that it sounded like happened to claim the chair, and decided they'd take it home for their place.

They didn't foresee that someday they'd separate. At the moment they got it for their place, as a joint and shared piece of furniture in their house.

There should be an NS custody court.
Aug 30 2014 2:13PM
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Caucasian_Asian
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CoreyTrevorI think you guys need better jobs. Fighting over a free recliner with a questionable history...da fuck?


Seriously.
Aug 30 2014 2:31PM
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ANDR01D
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Sorry dude but the chair is his. The fact that you were nice enough to take him to the foreclosure and bring back the chair is a totally separate thing.
Aug 30 2014 2:45PM
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.FRY.
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lol. this thread is stupid.
Aug 30 2014 3:29PM
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skier58284
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He is the one who found out about the foreclosure and the one who wanted the chair. You are the one who drove. Him: 2. You: 1. The chair is his.
Aug 30 2014 5:46PM
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ChillTeenDad420
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I let him take the chair

yes we are poor as fuck college students

thank u ns
Aug 30 2014 5:49PM
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GANDALF
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I have a similar situation that happened a few years ago.

My old roommate got this temporary job for comcast where they hire a bunch if kids to go around town for a few days and hand out promotional flyers and these "scratch tickets" where you could scratch and win prizes.

The prizes were all pretty lame like cheap sunglasses or a month of free internet or things like that. Although, the GRAND prize was an 18 inch tv or a DVD player.

So my roommate comes home one day with like 20 scratch tickets and was like, yeah man I grabbed a bunch so I'm tryna win that tv. So I asked if I could try a couple just for fun and he says ok. Literally the first ticket I scratch, BOOM I won a tv. So were all stoked because we have a tv for the house now.

When it came time to move out, of course there was a battle over the tv. I took that shit because I scratched the ticket. No hard feelings.......then I beat the shit out of him because I felt like it.


Jk my old roommate is on NS Garrett I love you and miss you come back to Washington PEACE
Aug 30 2014 6:29PM
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toastyteenagers
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give him like 20 bucks and take it
Aug 30 2014 10:03PM
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deleted5
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Didn't read, but you should totally bang her.
Aug 30 2014 10:17PM
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theabortionator
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It's Jesus' chair. IF Jesus didn't create adam and eve and had created adam and steve we wouldn't have had cain and able and other kids to kill each other and make babies and populate the earth until it was getting stale and then Jesus killed them all by drowning them like asshole guests on rollercoaster tycoon and then let Noah again populate the earth and then those people to fight and enslave each other and pop out some babies and eventually make your dad and mom who one day had you.

Even the person who cut you off in a car is more deserving because if they didn't your timeline would be off throwing off everything in your life. You might have worn a tshirt instead of a hoodie and then somebody wouldn't have said nice hoodie allowing you to stop and talk for 27 seconds and not continue walking and cross the road and get hit by the truck that blew a red light.

So in reality a lot more people deserve it than you.
Aug 31 2014 2:48AM
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lurking
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Did roommate still pay rent when he was gone? If not, that shits yours, if he did, give the man his damn chair
Aug 31 2014 10:02AM
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snowdon
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I would say that if he claimed the chair at the foreclosure then he gets to claim it now. But if you both really want it (couldn't you just go get another free recliner? There are literally hundreds of them on Craigslist/etc) then I think snobunny's idea of bidding for it is good.
Aug 31 2014 12:32PM
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