Ask HN: How do you get people to pay you back? Tools?
Example scenario: Recently a bunch of us at the office were all craving pizza for lunch, and so we decided to put in an order for about 12 or so people, coming to ~$130 total. I organized and paid the bill, and it was delicious.
However, trying to get people to pay back their agreed portion was tough. I’m not a penny-hound so even though there were a few people who didn’t actually pay up I’m alright, but I could imagine in other scenarios where you really would want to make sure everyone contributed. In the end, it was a mix of a few cash payments, some PayPal, and a failed Google Wallet attempt.
Are there tools that you use to split out bills amongst a larger group of people (say 5 or more), that allows people to get you paid back easily? I could easily envision a little web app that would make this exceedingly easy, but was hoping to find something already in existence first.
However, trying to get people to pay back their agreed portion was tough. I’m not a penny-hound so even though there were a few people who didn’t actually pay up I’m alright, but I could imagine in other scenarios where you really would want to make sure everyone contributed. In the end, it was a mix of a few cash payments, some PayPal, and a failed Google Wallet attempt.
Are there tools that you use to split out bills amongst a larger group of people (say 5 or more), that allows people to get you paid back easily? I could easily envision a little web app that would make this exceedingly easy, but was hoping to find something already in existence first.