Im gettin married next yr & I'm lookin for a photographer. Saturday I met w/ one who I really liked, signed the contract, went home thought about it over night and changed my mind. There was no exchange of money and the contract doesn't say anything about canceling. It just states that the $ is non-refundable, but again there was no exchange of $.
Anyway, 2 days later, Monday I called the guy & after a while of convincing me to stay he said it was "ok" to cancel the contract.
So I sent him an email to confirm our telephone phone conversation. because hes pretty far and I haven't had the time to go (nor the guts to face him)
Now I hear an email isn't good enough in court? Is this true? I mean ... the email has his name and his company name on it and it says " Yes Wendy I received your email and I'm good with canceling the contract"... Friends tell me to drop it, before I give him ideas, but Im afraid hell sue. He seems harmless. But u never know...What do I do?
2007-05-03 16:05:45 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
It's worth a try. If they can fire you at your job for calling your boss a butthead, use what you say to a little girl on line to get into her pants, why can't you use something like this against him? I've seen answering machines used in court against people.
2007-05-03 16:17:54 · answer #1 · answered by catusco51 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Calm down, you are overreacting. Is he questioning your right to cancel, or are you frightened he can cause you financial trouble in the future? Print the email, Xerox it, and keep it in a safe place. This should be the end of your worries.
Wendy, are you gossiping too much about your wedding now? Some "friends" may want to see you in a pickle for a year over something you should take up with someone experienced in this.
Your friends are right, back down, drop it, and forget for awhile anything about wedding photographers. You're getting married next year.
Explore and compare the costs of local wedding photographers, when you are ready, or ask a good friend for help with this now, as you may feel you've ruined something you haven't even started. Get costs, experience (theirs), references from satisfied customers. People involved with your wedding may have some good contacts. Stay within your budget.
You've got pre=wedding jitters, and can only make things more complicated. Time will take care of this. Congratulations on the wedding.
2007-05-03 16:23:32 · answer #2 · answered by Marissa Di 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
E-mail is only good if you both have the same DSL and can prove that the photographer received it; otherwise, there is no proof and he can claim he never received or agreed to anything, and you would still be liable.
To protect yourself in case he sues, you need to send the confirmation of your conversation to him via certified mail with a return receipt which he, or someone at the address of his office, will need to sign to accept the letter...therefore you would have legal proof in a Court of Law that you had terminated the contract and he agreed to it (unless he writes you back to the contrary after receiving your letter certified mail).
2007-05-04 03:28:07 · answer #3 · answered by bottleblondemama 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
email is as good as normal letter.. although a letter is guarded by postal rule and that unlike normal letter, an email is sent by the sender to the receiver within seconds ..
otherwise it is all the same.. so, no harm in trying.. right?
you got a solid proof there..
but you can save more money if you can settle it outside the court...
2007-05-03 16:28:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋