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What if your limo doesn't show up for your wedding

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Brookenstein:
So what happened in court?

Viper_Dude:
As much as it pains me, I will give the abridged version of my big day in court. Basically before our case the judge made us go out to the lobby to exchange documents and see if we could mediate an agreement. My court party consisted of me, my wife, and my mother (who was a witness). He was all alone (no limo driver with him either). We had a stack of documents related to the case, all he brought was a copy of the contract... unsigned! We never had a contract to sign.

At this point he began bargaining with us. He first offered half our deposit back, then $150 cash, and the final offer was for $150 plus 2 hours use of a limo on our anniversary. Needless to say I declined and opted to appear in front of the judge.

The judge ripped him to pieces. He kept trying to say, "But my contract clearly states we don't give refunds due to traffic delays." To which the judge would respond, "An unsigned contract is not admissable in court." And then the limo owner tried to pull an ace out of the hole by saying, "Well I offered the Smiths $150 of their deposit back." The judge says, "I thought the amount in question was $250?" The limo owner says, "Well, I charge a $100 gratuity for my limo driver, and I still had to pay him." At this point the judge lost it, and told him you can't charge a gratuity on a service that's not been provided. He then went on to say that the guy was lucky we weren't suing for more.

So we won our $250 plus all court costs, and we may win an additional $150 ($30 each for the 5 cars that had to drive down to the reception that were going to ride in the limo). Now we just have to wait a month for the judge's decision regarding the $150 and then we get our money! Yay, the good guys won!

Brookenstein:
Wow, what a PITA, but good for you.  I'm glad it worked out in your favor and the judge saw through him.  

Brewman:
Sounds like you prevailed.  Hope you don't have any trouble collecting the judgement.
 I can't believe they didn't ask you to sign a contract when you hired them- what nerve, presenting an unsigned contract in court and expecting a judge to enforce it.

Spatech_tuo:

--- Quote ---So we won our $250 plus all court costs, and we may win an additional $150 ($30 each for the 5 cars that had to drive down to the reception that were going to ride in the limo). Now we just have to wait a month for the judge's decision regarding the $150 and then we get our money! Yay, the good guys won!
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I'm sure you'll be happy to have the $250 and even the addional $150 but to me that would pale in comparison to the feeling that in the end the truth prevailed to the tune of "FU buddy, you got what you deserved".

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