If you’ve ever been in a situation where someone promised you money but later on acted as if nothing happened, you understand that it is difficult to walk up to them and request the money. If you don’t play it right, you might piss them off and end up getting nothing, which is why this article will show you how to remind someone who promised you money and get them to fulfill their promise.
To remind someone who promised to send you money, you must observe their body language and know when they are in a good mood. Then give a concrete reason why the money is significant to you at that point, then confirm if they will send it right away.
Many questions go through your mind when you realize that the person who promised you money is no longer responding.
- “Did they forget?”
- “Have they changed their mind?”
- “Don’t they have the money again?”
Questions like this might force you to take an irrational decision and make a costly mistake, especially if the money is a huge one.
So how do you go about this the right way and get the money someone promised you?
Let’s look at the steps to take.
Steps to Remind Someone Who Promised you to Send you Money
Observe their Body Language
If you are friends online or offline, then take time to study their body language and know what their current state looks like.
If you follow them on social media, check out their latest post and wait for good timing to make an entry.
Once they show signs of happiness, that should be the right time to make a move.
Drop a Pleasant Greeting
Don’t dive straight into asking or reminding them of the money they promised you – especially when they aren’t in a good mood.
Your pleasant greeting would be to gauge their response and know if it’s the right time to take your shot!
“Hope you are doing well; I am checking on you to make sure you are doing okay. Do have a wonderful day, and I wish you the best of luck today.”
Give them some space.
It wouldn’t be right to drop a pleasant greeting and ask for money straight up. It would look so fake and piss them off.
You know the feeling that someone only cares about you because of the promise you made to them. That’s what they might feel when you ask for money almost immediately.
Get chatty with them.
After some time, if they haven’t responded positively by sending you the money they promised you, then engage them in a neutral chat. The aim would be to create an entry and find the right time to remind them that they promised you money.
When being chatty with them, focus on neutral topics, then pause and throw in the reminder line.
Use a polite tone
When trying to remind someone who promised you money to fulfill their promise, it is necessary always to remain polite.
Yes, they are yet to fulfill a promise, but they can also backtrack, and there’s nothing you can do about it. So remain polite and neutral even when it seems they aren’t giving you the answer you think you deserve.
Always leave a follow back date after the conversation
Should they tell you that they forgot and would do it later, don’t force them to commit?
Acknowledge their response and push for a follow-back date. You can say something as simple as;
“Oh {friend}, I understand; you have a lot going on. No problems because I trust you’d definitely send it over. Just in case you forget again, I will remind you a day after tomorrow … lol.
Thank youuuuuu”.
Sample Messages to Remind Someone Who Promised you Money
These messages should come during the chatty stage. If you make modifications, please remember to remain polite just like when asking them for money normally.
Message 1
Ermmm… John, I don’t know if you forgot, but when I complained about my rent which I am yet to pay, you promised to send me a couple of cash to add to the cash I have at hand. I am still yet to pay for my rent, and I wonder if you can still be of help to me.
I don’t want to sound like I am disturbing you, but I am at rock bottom right now, and any help would be greatly appreciated.
Should I be expecting it today or tomorrow?
Message 2
Hey Kevin, I don’t know if this is the right time, but I haven’t still completed my fees, and I wish to remind you of the money you promised me.
I don’t intend to bug you, but it seems all other hope is lost, and I sincerely need help. I am still expectant, and let me know if you will send it today or tomorrow.
Message 3
Oh, Mike, I hope you are well. I don’t want to bug you, but I am yet to sort out the money issue I discussed with you, and you promised to help out in your own way.
I don’t know if you still remember, but I will extremely grateful to get help from you.
Thank you, and may good things always locate you.
Message 4
Hey, it’s been a while since you said you’d lend me some money. I’m just wondering if you’re still planning to do that. I could really use it right about now.Let me know if you need my bank account information or anything. Hope to hear from you soon!
Message 5
It’s been a while since you promised to pay me back for that loan. I’m just reminding you in case you forgot. I need that money back as soon as possible.I know you’re busy, but I just wanted to remind you that you promised to pay me back for the money I lent you last month. I need that money back ASAP.
Please let me know when you can repay me. Just wanted to remind you that you said you’d pay me back for lunch last week. I know you’re busy, but I could use that money now. Let me know when you can settle up.
Message 6
Hey [person’s name],
I hope you’re doing well. I’m just writing to remind you that you promised me the money a while ago, but I still haven’t received it. If there’s been a mix-up, please let me know as soon as possible so we can sort it out. Otherwise, I’d appreciate it if you could send the money as soon as possible. Thanks!
Message 7
Hi [Name], I hope you are doing well as you read this. I wanted to remind you that a few weeks ago, you said you’d give me money. I know you may be busy right now, but I wanted to make sure you hadn’t forgotten about what we agreed to do. I hope to hear from you in the near future.
Message 8
Greetings [Name], I hope all is well with you. This is a friendly reminder that you said you would give me money a while ago. I just wanted to make sure you hadn’t forgotten because it would be very helpful. Please tell me when you plan to do what you said you would do.
Message 9
Hi [Name], I hope you are well when you get this message. I’m writing to remind you that you said you’d give me the money a few weeks ago. I know you’re probably busy right now, but I’d appreciate it if you could tell me when I can expect the money. Thank you for taking this into account.
Conclusion
So you’ve seen some message samples to remind someone who promised to send you money to fulfill their promise. It is less pushy and buggy and doesn’t force them to do things they don’t want to do. If you need more excuses to get money from people, you can check out this post.
Whether a favourable outcome or not, always maintain a friendship with them. The person might be going through difficult moments that they wouldn’t want to share with you.
They might want to help out in other ways when things get better. So always keep the friendship going and if they don’t respond after a while, forget about the help and focus on others to help you.
