I believe I'm being scammed. Please help.?

Question

So a while back, on spring break, I was enjoying my time off with some friends. I had a little too much "enjoyment" per say, and ended up back at my friends house, where he was taking care of inebriated me. So I started regurgitating on his garage floor, and he cleaned it all up, I felt bad b/c I had just yakked all over his floor, and he had to assume the role of Consuella.

So the next few days go by, and he calls me and goes "dude, my mom found a blanket, and it has gurp on it. Its my sister's hella nice blanket, and it needs to be dry cleaned."

So I said, "okay, whats the damage ($)"

He goes " $100, and I need it really soon, b/c I covered for you, and told her it was my gurp. And I cant make any sketchy withdrawls, or she'll notice."

I contemplate things, and I can usually tell when someone is lying to me. Even further back this year, this same kid had a party at his house, and it didnt go as planned. Basically his house got F****D up pretty bad while his parents were out. He then (a few weeks afterwards) went around to every body that had attended the party, and told them "dude, I need $20 to cover for you at the party" (scam). I know this was a scam, b/c he laughingly told me that he had belittled, and stolen from these people.

So this is what i'm thingking.

1. Maybe I did puke on the blanket, maybe I didnt, but bottom line is this : Does it really cost 100 ******* bucks to dry clean a blanket that I remember being made of polyester?

2. If it was a "really nice blanket" then WTF was it doing in a garage?

3. Why did it take the better part of half a week for his mom to "check" in his garge, after she had been suspicious when we came in the night we were inebriated?

I think he is aware of what the dry cleaning really costs, then telling me something entirely different. I think he plans to take the excess $ for himself ( he has prior experiance w/ scamming) and give the remaining to his mother to cover for the cleaning, and leave me unaware of the situation.

If you could post an opinion, advice, or even the rates of standard dry cleaning these days (haha) it would be greatly appreaciated by myself, and my wallet.

Answer 1

I'd offer to take it to the dry cleaners yourself and then insist on it. I would also suggest that you have somebody you trust with you, when you speak to him.... just to cover your butt. If he gives you grief, tell him to take a hike.

Answer 2

It doesn't cost more than $10 to clean a blanket. A friend's cat that I was house sitting peed on my down comforter and that was only $11 to get dry cleaned



Tell him to give you the blanket and you'll take it to get cleaned so he doesn't have to worry about it

Answer 3

I don't know about that, but maybe you should avoid hanging out with this "friend" in the future.