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writes:Me and my housemate are about to fall out. Basically - our front door lock broke and 3 out of 5 housemates got new keys for the new lock. 2 of us didn't. We had got back door keys cut before this (foresight) for ourselves just in case. So we weren't completely stuck but as this was of our own accord I find no relevance unlike my housemate.I got 2 front door keys cut for us and said today - everyone owes 1.50 towards keys. "No. Why should I. You already had back door keys."SO because I had foresight to get a back door key cut - I don't deserve a front door key for free and he does. The other two who got free keys said nothing and bolted- they let him speak. I know this is not the typical question for this site but I've got great advice here before so thought I would again! Reply to this Question
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reader, Candid Cally  +, writes (8 November 2012):
It isn't fair to ask them to pay for your keys after you had them made especially because you have a key to the back door.
It would have been best to ask the landlord for a key, or to ask your roommates about splitting the cost of the keys BEFORE having them made. You could have even convinced them that it was fair when they argued that you had a key to the back door already (you could have offered to trade your back door key for their front door key...back door isn't convienent is it?)
This is about much more than the cost of keys or 1.50. Inconsiderate roommates suck. Once you find people you can live with comfortably, you will be less stressed out.
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reader, person12345 +, writes (7 November 2012):
 Yeah you're probably right about it.
But it's REALLY silly to have a massive fight over such a tiny amount of money. You have to pick your battles. Do you really want to die on this hill over 1.50? I know it's the idea of it or whatever, but this is such a small issue. I know if I had a roommate who threw a fit over 1.50, regardless of how right they were, I would never want to live with them again.
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reader, Sageoldguy1465 +, writes (7 November 2012):
 If the bunch of you can do this much quibbling about a buck-and-a-half price of a key.... AND who does and/or doesn't have them (keys)... then I predict that the bunch of you will explode and go your separate ways very soon...
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