Post # 32
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Buzzing bee
I agree with PPs, you owe him nothing. There is no contract therefore there is no money owed to him for consulting. I asked multiple vendors and caterers to send me quotes, which I guess meant they were probably tentatively holding a date. At any time that they had another inquiry for my date & I hadn’t made a decision, they told me.
This guy is just being a dick.
If he tries to drag your name through through the mud kindly remind him that he’s asking you to pay up when there was no contract signed.
Please PM his name. I want to make sure none of my friends use him.
Post # 33
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Busy bee
- Wedding: August 2012 - Sunset Harbour
Do you have a family laywer? I would ignore him completely and reply to any further emails with your lawyers information and tell him to go through him/her.
I work in one of ‘those’ towns so I know how people can get black listed pretty easily, so I appologize that you are going through this. My best advise would be to keep is professional and let him be the one to look foolish.
Post # 34
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Buzzing bee
@fivemonthsnotice: Seeing all of that you have done nothing wrong. He can take you to small claims court all he wants but for for $300 any judge is going to laugh in his face since there is no binding contract, he never even got back to you about what you for a deposit.
Post # 35
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Bumble bee
Oh please do not pay this guy anything. Quite honestly, it doesn’t seem like you need to be in any contact with him anymore. You did not have a contract and if he gives you the “he’s professional” BS then he needs to learn how to be professional when he is not chosen. You owe this man nothing!
Post # 36
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Bee Keeper
lmao, He’s not going to go to court for $300.
Also, he has no case.
Just ignore him.
Post # 37
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Helper bee
I wouldn’t pay him anything. Just ignore him. He’s an idiot.
Post # 38
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Blushing bee
Still regardless of what you said, there wasn’t a contract or deposit. You need both to actually book. We have had plenty of brides “commit” just to not book, so we never mark it off the calendar or even think they have booked until we have both. He made a mistake and seems to be taking it out on you? I mean I would have been weary if he didn’t send me the quote too.
Plus we have consults with tons of brides who don’t book, it’s part of doing business, I wouldn’t email them asking for money that’s crazy! His case won’t stand up in court, in your last email you were still saying you needed the final menu to finalize everything.
Post # 39
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Buzzing bee
- Wedding: June 2012 - Pippin Hill Farm & Vineyards
Stop calling him. Stop emailing him. Only respond if you get something from a lawyer. It sounds like he’s puffing out his chest.
No check and no contract = no obligation
He may want to run his business in another way, but that’s how it works.
Post # 40
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Buzzing Beekeeper
I sounds like he’s trying to bully and scare you into paying but I’d bet good money that he doesn’t have the nerve to actually take it to court. He’s just hoping you’ll cave. DONT CAVE!!!! Good luck!
Post # 41
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Honey bee
- Wedding: March 2010 - Calamigos Ranch
No, you shouldn’t pay him, and you shouldn’t respond to him anymore, either. Consultation fees are not the standard in this industry and since you didn’t have an agreement to pay him one, he doesn’t have a leg to stand on.
Post # 42
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Honey Beekeeper
HAHA! I’d just laugh at that. Dont give him a dime.
Post # 43
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Blushing bee
I agree with the pps, just ignore him. The cost of him making a claim will be far more than the $300 he is demanding so he would be a fool to go down that route. I think he’s just trying it on.
Post # 44
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Sugar bee
Wow how rude! I think you guys owe him nothing, but bad reviews. If we had to pay every vendor we contacted but didn’t end up choosing can you imagine the amount of money that would have been wasted!
Post # 45
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Sugar bee
Until you sign a contract, nothing is stricly legal.
However, because in your e-mail you mentioned “dropping off a cheque if all looks well”, he might have assumed that that meant you wanted him to book the date for you and that you were just waiting on the revised menu to send the cheque itself.
Post # 46
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Helper bee
What about calling the Better Busines Bureau? If you did not sign a contract you have no obligation to him. A business owner should not be threatening potential clients and it sounds as if he is WAY out of line. I agree with a previous poster that if you have a lawyer already, inform them of the situation and give them his contact info. Let them deal with it. He has NOTHING on you and frankly, you don’t need to be dealing with stresses like that during your wedding planning.
Good luck, and please update us!
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