Ummmkay. So today I get a call from the Mother of a friend of my baby sister. I made her daughter a cake last spring for her 18th Birthday as my gift to her because I have known her for years! She was a fixture at my Mom's house. 2 tier Tiffany blue to match the party theme. Mom asked me what she owed me. . .My answer was nothing, it's my gift to her. Fastforward to today. . .Mom calls me and says she needs another cake for her other daughters 16th birthday. Says I make the most awesome cakes and the best part is they are free!!!!!! WHAT???? I politely apologized and said, I only make cakes for friends and family but I am sure she can easily find a shop that makes cakes comparable to mine. She says, 'Well, I don't have the money for that. It's not fair that you made a cake for one of my kids but won't make one for the other." I explained that I don't know this daughter and barely know her. This was a gift for the daughter that I know. She says, "This is a bunch of BS" and hangs up on me???? Then has my sister to call and try to smooth things over! She offered to order a cake and wanted to know if she could have a discount! NO, she already insulted and hung up on me plus, I don't charge for my cakes! Excuse me but when did I become a free cake factory for people I barely know? It took some pretty big 
to even make that call to begin with but to have my DSis call back???? This is the first time this has happened to me! It left me shaking my head trying to figure out where these people get off!
Elle
Oh I am so sorry that you had to deal with such a ungrateful person .If it was me I would have been very gratful that you did one cake for free.BUT you know ,people get use to free things.Once you make a cake for free the recipeant thinks they are getting free cakes for life.
I am surprised at this woman's nerve .After insulting you and hanging up she had the guts to call in a favor.This show's most people have no class.
Wow...that woman sounds crazy. How ridiculous is that !
You were so sweet to her daughter, and she is demanding you to make her other daughter a cake and give it to her for free! Good for you for standing up to her and letting her know you wanted no part of that trainwreck! 
Wow! Ouch! I just can't believe people. It sounds like you handled yourself well. Hats off to you. Sometimes people appreciate things more if they have to pay something for it. I hope you don't loose any sleep over her; she isn't worth the worry. Mark it up to experience and choose carefully who you do cakes for free for.
Just when you think you've heard it all......!!
My father-in-law has been in business for over 50 years and has a philosophy that rings so true so often: When you try to do something nice for someone (discount, freebie, anything above-and-beyond), they don't appreciate it......they EXPECT it from that point forward.
I'd love to hear how this woman tells the story to her little friends. How can you twist the story of "She wouldn't give me a free cake ... can you believe that!!!" into something that makes her look justified and/or like the victim? (and you just KNOW that's how it's going to get relayed!)
Wow! 
Some people amaze me. Did she really think every cake you would ever make for her would be free? It's so sad you can't do something nice without people expecting the same thing everytime.
At least she came to her senses enough to realize she goofed but still.... a discount? Does she not realize how she just treated you? If it was me, I would politely decline on this one. Maybe it would be better if she left you out of the picture all together.
Wow. And these people raise children.
Hopefully she doesn't pass on that trait to the daughters.
What did your sister have to say about it?
It is amazing what people think they are entitled to...my sister used to run into this alot when she was worked as a personal trainer at the community college gym. She basically got paid when she had clients, her other work in the gym was for class credits. And whereas she didn't mind giving pointers and correcting technics on the fly, she drew the line at putting together work out programs for free. So many people thought that they were entitled because they were in a study group with her, or because they just wanted a "few notes" and they'd bring her coffee or other ridiculous things!
It is really insulting to people to when others all but tell you they aren't willing to pay for your hard work - that somehow your time is theirs to do with as they will. I think you had every right to be insulted!
Oh wow, so I saw this thread yesterday and posted, and today...
I called the Mom of one of my son's classmates, this child is having a birthday party Sat, so we had to RSVP (also appologized for doing it so late) Anyway, I don't know this lady, first time our kids are in the same class... anyway, she mentioned my car's license plate (with CC's frame) and can you believe what she said to me... "YOU DON'T HAVE TO BRING A PRESENT, JUST BRING A CAKE FOR ABOUT 25 PEOPLE, THE THEME OF THE PARTY IS SPIDERMAN! OH, AND IF WE RUN OUT OF CAKE THEN I'LL JUST RUN TO WALMART AND GET A SECOND ONE!"
OK, she left me speechless... (I wish I had Indy's ability of coming up with the BEST answers to this situations... wish I had said something back to her!! 
) So I just replied... "Oh, sorry, we already got John (child's name) a birthday present, see you tomorrow" and hung up.
OK, hope this woman is NOT expecting a cake from me, I'm NOT bringing one! So if she does not go to Walmart today, I guess her child will have NO birthday cake!! The nerve....
And please, you all have to teach me some, I need to learn a couple lines to say back and put this kind of people in their place!!
So sorry for hi-jacking this thread, I'm just soooooooo mad! 
nefgaby, when in doubt or caught unprepared, just laugh out loud ... stop ... then say, "Oh! You were serious?" Then you can always add something along the lines of "Do you know how many DAYS it takes to make a cake like that?"
Works every time.
Good lord, was she WAITING for you to RSVP so she could scam a cake out of you? What if you just ignored the invite and never called? What was she going to do for a cake?
I wonder if she called all the people that gave "GIFTS" to her other daughter and DEMAND that they also give a gift to the second daughter..... SHEEZZEEE!
Well said!
Elle--that's just crazy! Well, I'm sure she won't make that mistake with you again, will she?
Oh wow, so I saw this thread yesterday and posted, and today...
I called the Mom of one of my son's classmates, this child is having a birthday party Sat, so we had to RSVP (also appologized for doing it so late) Anyway, I don't know this lady, first time our kids are in the same class... anyway, she mentioned my car's license plate (with CC's frame) and can you believe what she said to me... "YOU DON'T HAVE TO BRING A PRESENT, JUST BRING A CAKE FOR ABOUT 25 PEOPLE, THE THEME OF THE PARTY IS SPIDERMAN! OH, AND IF WE RUN OUT OF CAKE THEN I'LL JUST RUN TO WALMART AND GET A SECOND ONE!"
OK, she left me speechless... (I wish I had Indy's ability of coming up with the BEST answers to this situations... wish I had said something back to her!!
) So I just replied... "Oh, sorry, we already got John (child's name) a birthday present, see you tomorrow" and hung up. OK, hope this woman is NOT expecting a cake from me, I'm NOT bringing one! So if she does not go to Walmart today, I guess her child will have NO birthday cake!! The nerve....
And please, you all have to teach me some, I need to learn a couple lines to say back and put this kind of people in their place!!
So sorry for hi-jacking this thread, I'm just soooooooo mad!
Your response works too! I'll be interested to see how the party goes.... 
So, the party was today, the invite said: party from 1pm - 5pm, we showed up at 1:30... Sure thing, NO CAKE!!!! As soon as we arrived, her husband left and came back 30 mins later with a Sam's cake, a half a sheet, nothing special and NOT so good either (I just had to taste it... yuuuk)! No words were exchanged cake related, I just played dumb!!!!
Oh well, I guess I just learned some people just have NO manners!
Well I think that's just downright funny! Shows you where nerve got her! I bet her dh was muttering to himself all the way to the store. For this woman use language with you and hang up THEN try and get a cake out of you by going thru your sister?!!? As I recall you don't even know this woman, it was her other daughter you knew thru your mother. Geez, the big brass ones some women are walking around with!! What are they thinking with anyway?
Cakes aren't my livelihood but I'll tell you what, I wouldn't take an order from anyone who gave me any attitude. I've had several women at work ask me about my cakes and, luckily for me, I just don't do what they were wanting (kids character cakes) because they aren't ones I felt would be nice to deal with. I've had a couple of women call me about doing cakes and after a few minutes on the phone I knew I didn't want to deal with them, even if it got me a big order. Life is too short to deal with those people when you don't absolutely have to.
Sorry this happened to you. Try and forget it, it's not worth it.
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