What Would You have Done ? Oh Yes , One Of Those Threads !

Not been posting on here a lot recently but as of ten minutes ago I have some excellent MT general section fodder.
 
What would you have done in the following situation.
 
Two months ago your 14yr old son had given his broken X-Box to a older  lad he was friendly with , as this lad said he knew someone who would fix it in return for the limited edition 'skin' (Halo 3) it had.After loosing touch a little with this lad through moving house and changing circle of friends your son only speaks to said lad through the medium of x-box live, starts to feel he is going to get ripped off and more recently cant seem to contact him at all.
 
Finally you decide you need to intervene and clarify with your son that at no point was it suggested that he had relinquished ownership of his x-box and that no compensation had been given to him . After this is clarified you drive your son through to the lads house. You remain in the car while your son knocks at the door. You can neither see the door nor be seen from the door and as such are not behaving in a threatening manner.
 
The lad in question is not at home but his stepfather tells your son that he will pass on the message that he had called and wanted his x-box back.
 
The next day when you come home from work your son informs you that he has spoken to 'the lad' on x-box live and was told that he would get his x-box back next week or maybe the week after but that if his dad (you) came through to the lads house again being threatening then this lad would "kick off" and his dad (you) would "get it with a bar or a bat".
 
Your son tries to contact the lad again on x-box to no avail. Your son knows where this lads current location is. He is at a friends house. His friends lives with his mother and sister and your son does not believe there are any more males in the house.
 
The lad in question is either 18 or 19 , you have met him briefly and took him as a bit of a emo-esque gimp at the time. You do not know much about his family or his circle of friends.
 
Think thats all the salient facts. Sorry if any of it's confusing.
 
Right off you go!
 
 
 
 

i would go round my self

The lad in question is by all accounts technically a man, so i woiuld go round and get the xbox back for your son.

Pay a visit and workout whether its safe to do anything.

SMASH HIM IN!


did i get there first? 

I would be fuming personally at his threat.

Is you son ever lightly to have any contact with him ever again afetr you get the x box back?

Yeah, I would probably go round and say I have come to collect my son's x-box.
 
Or, altho probably a very long winded way, report it stolen and give the name and address of the lad that has it.

ooorrr, say fcuk it as it's knackered anyway, go and buy a new 2nd hand one which he can pay back and learn a life lesson from.

I would round up a gang of blood thirsty vigilantes and pay him a visit.  Failing that you could ask Tony !

Go and knock. Be nice the whole time. Just getting your property back after all.

But going round could have escalated into violence no?

What if there had been chavs there with KNIVES ? there normally is isn't there ? I could have been killed !

You've already risked life and limb for this x-box. its best to back down to this big boys claim, after all he sounds like a very tough individual.

Tony Barnes


Go and knock. Be nice the whole time. Just getting your property back after all.

Probably that one.

From your posts tone it seems PAGAN may have already gone round and taken the xbox back with extreme force.
 
By the way, how did you get on with the strongman comp?

Can your lads mate fix my xbox?

Take tony round with you

No seriously if you believe you could come to any harm then its not really worth the hassle is it?

T0NY


Can your lads mate fix my xbox?

no but he has a recently refurbished one for sale...........

Pagans last post has confused me!

obviously your first question to your son was 'so how big is the kids dad then?'...what was your sons answer?

jackson


From your posts tone it seems PAGAN may have already gone round and taken the xbox back with extreme force.
 
By the way, how did you get on with the strongman comp?

No force was used and I do not have the x-box back yet.
 
I came 2nd mate.There were threads etc and if you like I can PM you a link to a vid.
 
Now more to the point , did you do the para 10 ?

T0NY


Can your lads mate fix my xbox?

If I was you I wouldn't risk it mate. Your type tend to get taken advantage off :D

So have you gone back around a second time??