- Sep 1, 2005
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Hello, I'm usually just a lurker here but joined due to a touchy situation.
A company that distributes european manufacturing equipment in the U.S. sold me roughly $20K worth of equipment. It was all paid for and shipped to me back in May. Just last week, they began calling me and saying there's an outstanding balance and that I owe them $2.5K.
They were basically supposed to "hook me up" on this deal, because in a prior deal a year ago, they sent me a damaged piece of equipment and I went through hell to get it fixed up on my own. Now they're not standing by their word and want to charge me full MSRP.
But here's the thing... they are a small company, fewer than 20 employees, that operates 1500 miles away from me. All of the dealings occured over the phone, and they were unrecorded. The salesman who I dealt with used his Verizon cell phone for all his business deals. I never signed a single receipt/contract/paper. So now it's my word against theirs.
Legally, do they even have anything on me?
P.S. The president of the company used to sell insurance. Figures.
A company that distributes european manufacturing equipment in the U.S. sold me roughly $20K worth of equipment. It was all paid for and shipped to me back in May. Just last week, they began calling me and saying there's an outstanding balance and that I owe them $2.5K.
They were basically supposed to "hook me up" on this deal, because in a prior deal a year ago, they sent me a damaged piece of equipment and I went through hell to get it fixed up on my own. Now they're not standing by their word and want to charge me full MSRP.
But here's the thing... they are a small company, fewer than 20 employees, that operates 1500 miles away from me. All of the dealings occured over the phone, and they were unrecorded. The salesman who I dealt with used his Verizon cell phone for all his business deals. I never signed a single receipt/contract/paper. So now it's my word against theirs.
Legally, do they even have anything on me?
P.S. The president of the company used to sell insurance. Figures.