starstruck
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Virginia
I recently took my television to a local repair shop. The repair man and his wife said I needed to pay them $40 so he could buy the part he needed and after the repair was complete one of them would let me know how much more I would need to pay. I was a little suspicious about having to pay them up front so I made the wife write me out a receipt. A little while later she called and said she was going to "give me a break" and that I would only owe them $15 and that my television was fixed and she would get back in touch with me to arrange a time for me to pick up my television.
A couple days later the repairman (her husband) called to tell me that he had fixed my tv and I told him that his wife said I only owed $15 and I could pick it up. He said "Really, she said that. Well I don't know. I don't think my wife and I are on the same level and there must have been a breakdown in communication somewhere" and he said he would have to call me back.
I haven't received any phone calls from them and I've left at least six messages and no one will return my call. My question is, since the wife quoted me $15 isn't that a verbal agreement? Can the husband come in and change the price that was already set by her? I think I'm getting ripped off here and I'm not really sure what my options are. I already paid the $40 so I'm out that much and now I don't even have my t.v. Thank you.
I recently took my television to a local repair shop. The repair man and his wife said I needed to pay them $40 so he could buy the part he needed and after the repair was complete one of them would let me know how much more I would need to pay. I was a little suspicious about having to pay them up front so I made the wife write me out a receipt. A little while later she called and said she was going to "give me a break" and that I would only owe them $15 and that my television was fixed and she would get back in touch with me to arrange a time for me to pick up my television.
A couple days later the repairman (her husband) called to tell me that he had fixed my tv and I told him that his wife said I only owed $15 and I could pick it up. He said "Really, she said that. Well I don't know. I don't think my wife and I are on the same level and there must have been a breakdown in communication somewhere" and he said he would have to call me back.
I haven't received any phone calls from them and I've left at least six messages and no one will return my call. My question is, since the wife quoted me $15 isn't that a verbal agreement? Can the husband come in and change the price that was already set by her? I think I'm getting ripped off here and I'm not really sure what my options are. I already paid the $40 so I'm out that much and now I don't even have my t.v. Thank you.
