As the saying goes, no good deed goes unpunished.

A single mom offered to store her friend’s overweight luggage stuffed with clothes at her home thinking she would later on retrieve them, once she settled into her new home overseas.

Well, something got lost in translation as her friend expected her luggage to get returned to her and the bill footed by the woman doing her a favor.

A single mom living abroad says she’s been blindsided by a shocking demand from a former friend. Space_Cat – stock.adobe.com

Sharing her frustrating situation on the mom blog site Mumsnet, the woman, who was storing the bags, explained that she got several quotes for the shipping, but when she told her friend the price — about $245 — and asked her to send the money over her friend refused to pay up.

“She’s got extremely angry and upset, claiming that I should pay,” the woman wrote. “She’s claiming I repeatedly promised I would pay (which I never, ever said).”

The friend, who now lives rent-free with family in another country, allegedly offered only $74 — not even half the shipping cost — and refused to transfer additional funds from her bank account abroad. Instead, she launched into a furious tirade, claiming the woman was trying to “keep” her belongings.

“She’s got extremely angry and upset, claiming that I should pay,” the woman said. “She’s claiming I repeatedly promised I would pay (which I never, ever said).” Yuliia – stock.adobe.com

“She has said really unkind things like ‘You’re not keeping my stuff!’ implying that I’m trying to steal it, and called me disorganized and forgetful for not having posted it (when the real reason is that I just need the money in advance!),” the woman explained.

“I am shocked that she not only thought I’d pay but became so aggressive when I said I couldn’t afford to!”

To add insult to injury, the woman at the center of the drama is a single mother of two, juggling life, work, and parenting in a foreign country — while her former friend has no children, no rent, and no apparent reason not to pay up.

The friend, who now lives rent-free with family in another country, allegedly offered just $74 — not even half the shipping cost. aanbetta – stock.adobe.com

After temporarily blocking her friend to protect her mental health, she offered to send the suitcases to a mutual friend instead. But even that solution may come unzipped — the third party is currently abroad and agrees that the sender, not the courier, should foot the bill.

Sounds like someone is losing their case.