Client changed request after purchasing hardware. Where do I stand?

Update for all! After much discussion and bashing about sentences such as "Our legal team" and "According to law XYZ" we have finally come to agreement on a final proposal.

The terms of the deal are that I myself sell all items, for as much as they can fetch. I then take off a fee that has been agreed in advance, and transfer the remaining amount to the customer, minus shipping charges and any fees that are occured.

Some might see this as me losing and giving up (I did also), however the fee that I am receiving, while not as good as the initial profit margin, is enough for me to agree to, and simply brush this whole job under the carpet as a huge lesson in business.

For anyone interested, I am now selling all the items, as per the details in this post, over at: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=22092827

EDIT: Forgot to mention, I made sure to obtain signed and written permission before going ahead with anything this time!
 
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Redgie said:
Update for all! After much discussion and bashing about sentences such as "Our legal team" and "According to law XYZ" we have finally come to agreement on a final proposal.

The terms of the deal are that I myself sell all items, for as much as they can fetch. I then take off a fee that has been agreed in advance, and transfer the remaining amount to the customer, minus shipping charges and any fees that are occured.

Some might see this as me losing and giving up (I did also), however the fee that I am receiving, while not as good as the initial profit margin, is enough for me to agree to, and simply brush this whole job under the carpet as a huge lesson in business.

For anyone interested, I am now selling all the items, as per the details in this post, over at: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=22092827

EDIT: Forgot to mention, I made sure to obtain signed and written permission before going ahead with anything this time!
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Someone needs to read the MM rules.
 
Redgie said:
Some might see this as me losing and giving up (I did also), however the fee that I am receiving, while not as good as the initial profit margin, is enough for me to agree to, and simply brush this whole job under the carpet as a huge lesson in business.

As I say I'm a full time student, the job started small but now it's some huge operation that needs multiple cloud servers (Which I completely disagree with, but that's not the point).
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A brush under the carpet indeed and a extremly valuable lesson learnt.

PS. In business you can always get burnt by the fire more than once. ;) oh and another thing. You said you were a student? Why are you taking on such tasks if you don't have a business together or no business insurance? :/

PS I will give ya 50 pence for the server.
 
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What i would do is see if the original situation can be salvaged.

If it cannot be salvaged, i would then keep the deposit + equipment and not respond to any calls.
 
platinum87 said:
What i would do is see if the original situation can be salvaged.

If it cannot be salvaged, i would then keep the deposit + equipment and not respond to any calls.
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This was my intention, however as explained it became an unlikely outcome!

HAz said:
Looks like you got owned in the MM thread too lol...
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Indeed :p

Sin_Chase said:
Glad you came to an agreement.

However, 2GB of RAM total for a server aiming at a medium business is woefully inadequate :D
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Ahah, originally it was a 4GB but Dell wanted an unrealistic price, so I set out to order the server and RAM seperately and do the upgrade in a few seconds. Sadly things fell apart before I bought the extra RAM so this became an issue.
 
Thought I should post back and close this up. As of today the client has accepted a cheque in final settlement to tie of all business between both parties. From my perspective its significantly less than I would have stood to gain should everything have ran smoothly initially. However, it's still money and has ensured I'm not out of pocket, and taught be some valuable experience about contracts!

Anyway, I appreciate the support of the OcUK lot. It's just nice to have the whole thing behind me :).
 
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