Re: FN-FORUM: Winning the Lottery - Advice

date posted 13th January 2006 00:21

This sort of thing happened in a bar I worked at and it was a case of two g=
uys
with the same name. only one barmaid knew one and another knew the other,
so they just put it down to experience and got full names etc. but is
was nowhere
near this amount obviously. i feel sorry for both guys but the company wel=
l
depending how couldn't they help reimburse the real winner even part
of the amount?

On 12 Jan 2006 23:59:58 -0000, Lorna McArdle - Spinette Designs
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>
> All I wonder about and feel sorry for is the person who should of got the
> money but hasn't - how would you feel - you would want them to give it ba=
ck
> if it was on the other foot.
>
> Whoevers mistake it was.
>
> Lorna
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nigel Rogers" [EMAIL REMOVED]
> To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 11:31 PM
> Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Winning the Lottery - Advice
>
>
>
> Hi Rich,
> just on the surface, what's fair? If someone accidently gives you
> something it's not unreasonable for them to ask for it back?
>
>
>
>
> On 12 Jan 2006, at 19:39, Richard Quick wrote:
>
> >
> > Before Xmas my brother won an in firm lottery thing at the company whe=
re
> > he works - =A3500 - pretty handy before christmas you'd agree.
> >
> > On Monday (9th of Jan) he went into work and they reckoned that there =
was
> > a mistake. Someone else won it. The manager asked my brother how he i=
s
> > going to pay it back.
> >
> > My brother isn't disputing the other person should have won. But he's
> > already spent the money and as he did nothing wrong thinks it was the
> > company's mistake so it is their problem.
> >
> > Any suggestions for how he should handle it? Anyone got any ideas abo=
ut
> > the law that applies here (given that there's prob no lawyers on this
> > forum I won't take it as legal advice)?
> >
> > Rich Quick
> > http://www.richardquickdesign.com
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