Posted by sam sears, cec on August 09, 19100 at 21:28:18 :
In Reply to: Caterer gone mad! What do I do? posted by Garie Bensa on August 09, 19100 at 17:33:08 :
: We recently chose a caterer who we thought would be
: able to satisfy our needs for a wedding. 100 pounds
: of frozen filleted salmon was flown down from alaska from
: an uncle and the caterer agreed to cook this as part of
: the deal. Upon meeting with the caterer she changed
: her mind and decided she did not want to prepare fish
: that was previously purchased. Not wanting to be stuck
: with 100 pounds of salmon we wouldn't know what to do
: with, we decided to find another caterer. Before this
: decision was made a contract was signed that said we
: had three days to cancel with no additional fees and a 500
: deposit was given to the caterer. The caterer told us
: that she would keep 50 of the 500 dollars and send the
: rest to us. We told her we cannot pay her anything since
: it was her that was backing out of our original agreement.
: Now it's been 2 1/2 weeks, the check has been deposited, and
: we still have not received a check. We called her to see
: where the money was and she screamed 'The Check was Sent!'
: into the phone and then rudely hung up on us. We called
: again and we were hung up on again. Question: Who can we
: call to report this to? Is it fair for her to keep part
: of our money in these circumstances (nothing in the contract
: said anything about her keeping part of our deposit.) If
: you ever need a caterer in Snohomish county, do not choose
: Jeanne Cole! what a bundle of misery. Thanks
I appologize for all decent & upstanding caterers, I personally would not have ever agreed to prepare food other than from sources that I was comfortable with.....its a liability issue, but this caterer should not have agreed in the first place.....as to the $50 retained from the deposit, if you got back your $450 I would walk away, if not...I would sue in small cliams court for "non performace" of a contract.........hope this helps...sam