How should I handle this?

[MTM]

I am the treasurer for our office NCAA pool. One of the entrants is a dispatch driver from one of our other offices who I don't know very well.
I'm confident he never paid his entry fee and he says he did.
I don't think he's tryting to screw me, I think he thinks he paid. He remembers getting change and paying. I remember him going to the receptionist to get change, her not being there, and him saying he would pay later.
Not knowing the guy that well, I didn't want to argue.
Am I out his $10, or is there a way to collect without creating a potential conflict in the office?

 

[Ace]

Unless you have a system where you can show you checked everyone off or something, you're screwed.

Keep good records -- something that you can show.

If you say, "I've got a sheet of 50 people and yours is the only name not checked off and I have $490" he can't argue too much.

 

[LongTimeListener]

Ah, the memories ... in the years I ran the pool, I felt lucky when I was only $30 short.

 

[KYSportsWriter]

Can you just take $10 off the total?

 

[bigpern23]

 

[Ace]

Can you just take $10 off the total?

That's a good idea.

 

[LongTimeListener]

Can you just take $10 off the total?

That's a good idea.

Until the other guy swears he gave you the money and you look like the **** who took $10 off the top of an office pool.

 

[Precious Roy]

Just be lucky if your winner doesn't die, then you end up with a load of people screaming about what should be done with the money.

 

[KYSportsWriter]

Can you just take $10 off the total?

That's a good idea.

Until the other guy swears he gave you the money and you look like the **** who took $10 off the top of an office pool.

If he didn't win or finish in the money, what's it matter?

 

[Care Bear]

Can you just take $10 off the total?

That's a good idea.

Until the other guy swears he gave you the money and you look like the
**** who took $10 off the top of an office pool.

If he didn't win or finish in the money, what's it matter?

I don't know exactly how his pool works, but isn't the person who did win then receiving less money than what he/she thought? Given that it's $10, I would eat the money. I've had to do it before - lesson learned.

 

[dooley_womack1]

CB, when I saw you had posted, I was afraid that you'd post the pic again (shiver)

 

[MartinonMTV2]

Subtract the $10 from the till. Make the payoff(s) from the remaining money. Tell all the winners that if they want the rest of the money, they have to track down that guy.

Then create a dead pool and set up stakes. This time, be sure to keep the books properly.

 

[KYSportsWriter]

Can you just take $10 off the total?

That's a good idea.

Until the other guy swears he gave you the money and you look like the
**** who took $10 off the top of an office pool.

If he didn't win or finish in the money, what's it matter?

I don't know exactly how his pool works, but isn't the person who did win then receiving less money than what he/she thought? Given that it's $10, I would eat the money. I've had to do it before - lesson learned.

He could explain to his coworkers what happened. It's just $10.

 

[Care Bear]

CB, when I saw you had posted, I was afraid that you'd post the pic again (shiver)

I'm not here to inflict torture, Dools.

 

[dooley_womack1]

That avatar going to be the death of me...by my own device if not by someone else.

 

[Care Bear]

I'm going to make post padding a part of my curriculum.

 

[dooley_womack1]

That can't come to any good.

 

[Double J]

Am I out his $10, or is there a way to collect without creating a potential conflict in the office?

 

[Moderator1]

Hey guys,

The tournament is done. Congrats to Joe Dickfor on his victory in our pool.

Small issue - we had 50 entries and I only have 490 bucks. It's easy to overlook payment. Would everyone please double check, ask yourselves, did I pay? No one out there is intent on shorting us, we all know that. But if this 10 bucks doesn't show up, I either have to eat it myself or take it out of total. I'd rather not do either.

Thanks again everyone. Go VCU!


(something like that - and then swear to yourself you will never, ever run another pool)

 

[JackReacher]

Winner.