A 28-year-old woman was issued a refund demand for a £3.50 coffee after she told her Tinder date she didn't feel any chemistry.

Lauren Crouch, from Islington, London, went for a coffee at Costa with her date but declined when he invited her back to his place for dinner.

The spurned date later text her his bank details asking her to pay him back for his coffee as he didn't like 'wasting' money.

Lauren Crouch, from Islington, London, was issued a refund demand for a £3.50 coffee after she told her Tinder date she didn't feel any chemistry

Lauren somewhat ironically posted her experience on her blog called No Bad Dates, Just Good Stories.

'So my first foray back in to dating and it lasts a total of 32 minutes and ends with the most alarming text message I’ve ever received,' she wrote.

Lauren met the man through dating app Tinder and they arranged to meet in person by the tube station.

He suggested coffee as he wasn't drinking but when she recommended an independent cafe across the road, he asked to go to Costa instead 'to save them crossing'.

The Tinder date send Lauren a text after the date asking if she would like to meet up again, but Lauren replies that, while it was lovely to meet him, she wasn't sure they had chemistry. He persists, again asking her to his place and saying 'let's give us a chance'

Lauren politely declines and, again, explains that she wouldn't go to someone's house she barely knows. And this is when things take a turn for the peculiar. He replies: 'Can you pay me pack for your coffee? I don't like wasting money. Prefer to use it on a date with someone else'

'Like seriously? I put on eyeliner for this and now I’m in a Costa b****y Coffee,' she wrote.

After 25 minutes of conversation he suggested they go to his place and he would cook her dinner as he has an Ocado delivery coming.

She declined explaining she wouldn't feel comfortable going to a stranger's house, so he left to catch his delivery service, just 32 minutes after meeting her.

He later sent Lauren a text asking if she would like to meet up again, but Lauren replied that, while it was lovely to meet him, she wasn't sure they had chemistry.

He persisted, again asking her to his place and saying 'let's give us a chance'.

But Lauren politely declined and, again, explained that she wouldn't go to someone's house she barely knows.

And this is when things took a turn for the peculiar.

He replied: 'Can you pay me pack for your coffee? I don't like wasting money. Prefer to use it on a date with someone else.'

Lauren points out that it's a shame the man considers a date to be wasted when it doesn't end on his terms, but offers to donate the money to the Royal British Legion - even bumping it up to £5 'to cover his bus journey too'.

But the cheapskate date replied with an abrupt: 'I'd like to decide myself what to do with my money' and proceeds to give Lauren his bank account details for the £3.50 refund

Lauren pointed out that it's a shame the man considered a date to be wasted when it doesn't end on his terms, but offered to donate the money to the Royal British Legion - even bumping it up to £5 'to cover his bus journey too'.

But the cheapskate date replied with an abrupt: 'I'd like to decide myself what to do with my money' and proceeded to give Lauren his bank account details for the £3.50 refund.

'I don’t come with a money back guarantee,' wrote Lauren, adding that it made her particularly angry because she has no problem paying on dates.

Lauren told Metro.co.uk: ‘It lasted 32 minutes, a date in a Costa Coffee, when I politely rejected his follow up text request for another date I was asked to repay the money for the coffee he bought me! As if!’

She added: ‘I wish it was fake, dating sucks!’