Verbal contract

[nannoo]

My husband and I were offered a car by a friend, at a price that we all agreed on. This same price was mentioned again at various times over the past few weeks. We are on the verge of taking possession of the car, and were told over a glass of wine that the price would now be 20 per cent more .... his words were "the bad news is that we want to up the price". From this it is obvious that there was no misunderstanding. Apart from feeling extremely hurt and angry, what is the law with regard to verbal, witnessed contracts like this? Thank you for your help.

 

[I AM ALWAYS LIABLE]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by nannoo:
My husband and I were offered a car by a friend, at a price that we all agreed on. This same price was mentioned again at various times over the past few weeks. We are on the verge of taking possession of the car, and were told over a glass of wine that the price would now be 20 per cent more .... his words were "the bad news is that we want to up the price". From this it is obvious that there was no misunderstanding. Apart from feeling extremely hurt and angry, what is the law with regard to verbal, witnessed contracts like this? Thank you for your help.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

My response:

Do you see that writing in RED, above? Without a State name, we can't even attempt to assist you, if we're even able to assist you at all. Laws are different everywhere.

IAAL



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[zorro]

I repaired a Boston Whaler boat on 8/15/00 in Florida. I'm a one man fiberglass repair business.(20 yrs. local) My customer had the boat hauled at a local marina after we agreed on a repair price of $500 + tax,then left town for ten days.He called me the morning he got back,asked if the job was done, which I assured him it was. He told me to mail him a bill, then paid the marina their money and took his boat home (local) I've called numerous times, either him or his wife keep saying the checks in the mail The only thing i have is the original of the bill i sent him along with our verbal agreement at his dock. What do i do now? The marina knows i worked on his boat but weren't aware of my charges Thanks for your help