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She Used My Rebate Check for House Supplies

The rebate check came in my name. My roommate spent it on house supplies before I got home.

Fictional case Interactive webtoon 8 panels

This is an original fictional interactive webtoon case about money fights. Read the story, inspect the details, pick a side, and see the split.

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Riley sits at the kitchen table after covering a utility overage.
Riley covered the overage.

Just until the rebate came.

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Harper picks up a blank rebate envelope near the apartment mail area.
The rebate came in Riley's name.

Harper picked up the mail.

Harper brings generic household supplies into the apartment.
Harper did a supply run.

Paper towels. Soap. Trash bags.

Riley sees household supplies and a blank receipt on the entry table.
The receipt matched the rebate.

Almost exactly.

Riley checks a blank budget notebook after the rebate was spent.
Riley needed that money back.

Fronting costs is not free.

Riley and Harper debate the rebate and household supplies.
Harper said the house benefited.

Riley said the check had a name.

Roommates split over the rebate and shared supplies.
The roommates split.

Repayment or shared savings?

Riley and Harper decide what should happen with the rebate.
So where do you stand?

One rebate. Three takes.

Evidence

Check the details.

Overage payment

Riley paid the final utility overage before the rebate arrived.

Rebate envelope

The rebate came in Riley's name, even though the utility was shared.

Supply receipt

Harper spent nearly the same amount on household supplies before asking Riley.

Pick your side

Should Riley get the money back, should it cover supplies, or should future rebates be voted on first?

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Open the receipts
  1. Riley covered the overage.
    The bill ran high, so Riley paid the extra amount and expected the rebate to even things out.
    I will cover it for now.
  2. The rebate came in Riley's name.
    The envelope was addressed to Riley, but Harper knew the apartment had been waiting on that rebate.
    This can cover supplies.
  3. Harper did a supply run.
    By the time Riley got home, the rebate amount had already become things stacked on the entry table.
    Everyone uses this stuff.
  4. The receipt matched the rebate.
    Riley did the math and realized the money they expected back had already been assigned to the house.
    You spent my rebate?
  5. Riley needed that money back.
    The rebate was small, but so was Riley's cushion after covering the overage first.
    That was my cushion.
  6. Harper said the house benefited.
    Harper saw shared supplies. Riley saw repayment redirected without a conversation.
    Ask before spending it.
    The house needed supplies.
  7. The roommates split.
    Some said Riley should get the money. Others said the supplies helped everyone who created the rebate.
    Pay Riley back.
    Use it for the house.
  8. So where do you stand?
    They have to decide whether Riley gets repaid, the supplies count, or future rebates need a house vote before anyone spends them.
    Whose money was it?
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