business-related legal/contract help...

[chin311]

So, I run a business doing computer-related services, anything and everything, so a gentleman called me interested in trading services, 6 full page ads in 6 different resident directories for some small retirement communities, long story short, the first problem he comes across is basically the motherboard/cpu/memory needs replaced, and of course in our contract we say nothing of parts , strictly labor. i uploaded the contract for your viewing pleasure http://i12.tinypic.com/2cgltky.jpg

so he thinks I SHOULD have to pay for parts and basically build him a new system or go and BUY him one, i say i don't think so, we only discussed labor and obviously I'm not liable for anything other, am i right? I mean i would have never gotten into it if i knew at anytime he needed a new system id have to pay for them, doesn't make sense to me.

THOUGHTS?

 

[BigJ]

Tell him to take a hike.

 

[chin311]

aha i agree. my step dad is a attorney as well so im gonna speak with him in the morning, i wanna handle it well tho, because i don't live in a HUGE community and he does advertising so i don't want him running his mouth badly about me to others, ya know?

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: chin311
aha i agree. my step dad is a attorney as well so im gonna speak with him in the morning, i wanna handle it well tho, because i don't live in a HUGE community and he does advertising so i don't want him running his mouth badly about me to others, ya know?

If he resorts to that (especially if he puts it in print), sue him for libel and slander.

 

[KLin]

That doesn't look like a contract, it looks like an invoice for advertisement space. You should have had an actual contract drawn up.

 

[chin311]

agreed. it'd be hard to find out / prove, i mean he'd probably just say it and i'd never get the customers so how would i really know??

i was thinking about throwing a cheap mobo/proc/memory and getting this system going for him but its the principle i don't want him to think he can do this.

 

[chin311]

Originally posted by: KLin
That doesn't look like a contract, it looks like an invoice for advertisement space. You should have had an actual contract drawn up.

basically i guess thats what it is, but instead of payment you can see how he put in a trade off and then the labor rates....nothing spoke of parts.

 

[chin311]

any help from the morning crew??