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fiatx199
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I recently lost a suit in small claims court, We had a verbal agreement with an advertiser as well as a basic contract agreement to make monthly payments for each monthly ad that had run. An employee of the publication had agreed verbally to drop off copies of the magazine to our office she has since quit. One day see stopped delivery of this magazine and called us to inform us that our articles did not run, so for the past three months, we insisted that the owner submit proof that the articles ran, so he sent a black and white copy of the ad. We suggested we wanted original copies of the three magazines cause he could have copied this from previous ads. He refused, so we refused to pay. A year later he had taken us to small claims court and the judgement went in his favor cause it was not written in the contract that he had to show proof of the ads running but it was our responsibility to find where the publication was distributed and to check it for ourselves. The judgement was for $2600.00 due in 21 days from the order. We don't have that kind of cash and the owner refuses to work out any payment arrangements, what if any alternatives due we have. we are from Michigan.