UPDATE 21st November 2012 - All done! http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=23210926&postcount=50
UPDATE 8th June 2012 - Anybody want to buy a server
? http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=22092830&postcount=50
A few months ago I was introduced to a man running a business in need of some IT support by a relative. I spent time and effort going to the sites of his and assessing everything. My job was to assess a quotation they had been given by another company for a central server and all hardware needed to build a domain system. I produced a better quote and they asked me to do it instead.
I'm only an individual, full time student doing this sort of thing in my spare time, so I asked for a 50% payment (Here comes problem A, I don't know if I said payment, or deposit) which they gave. I then ordered all the parts (Worth more than the 50%) and they arrived. I configured and got everything ready, then tried to contact the company, who were reluctant to answer the phone or respond to emails.
A couple of months later they finally get back to me, asking for a meeting, which I went to yesterday. Now expecting to see the owner and the contact (Nice guy, sort of the middle man type thing), I was surprised to end up in a room with the contact, but instead of the owner, the new residential IT support woman and her note-taker. Why on earth they didn't give the internal IT staff the job in the first place I have no idea.
Anyway, the entire meeting she keeps disagreeing with everything I say, trying to discredit me and keeps insisting that they now want a cloud based system. I then ask what we're going to do with the current hardware, which she then lays claim to, stating that because they've partially paid for it, it is theirs (Obviously not that simply).
Anyway, I want out, the job is getting ridiculous and frankly I don't need the aggro, plus apart from anything it's now a completely different job to the one I originally agreed to, so what I'm planning to do is tell them that I will continue if they want a server system, but if they want a cloud system, I'm out, because even if I did want it, I don't know about cloud systems anyway.
The problem is with what has been purchased, I'm worried that they are going to ask for a refund, because if they do, the hardware is now 4 months old and thus worth less than what I paid for it, so I'd be out of pocket.
Am I right in thinking that because they paid half and agreed to the contract verbally, that they legally have to either pay the rest and have the hardware, or let me keep the 50% as a deposit and the hardware? I need some legal point else they'll just rip me to shreds...
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).
Help is much appreciated!
UPDATE 8th June 2012 - Anybody want to buy a server
? http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=22092830&postcount=50A few months ago I was introduced to a man running a business in need of some IT support by a relative. I spent time and effort going to the sites of his and assessing everything. My job was to assess a quotation they had been given by another company for a central server and all hardware needed to build a domain system. I produced a better quote and they asked me to do it instead.
I'm only an individual, full time student doing this sort of thing in my spare time, so I asked for a 50% payment (Here comes problem A, I don't know if I said payment, or deposit) which they gave. I then ordered all the parts (Worth more than the 50%) and they arrived. I configured and got everything ready, then tried to contact the company, who were reluctant to answer the phone or respond to emails.
A couple of months later they finally get back to me, asking for a meeting, which I went to yesterday. Now expecting to see the owner and the contact (Nice guy, sort of the middle man type thing), I was surprised to end up in a room with the contact, but instead of the owner, the new residential IT support woman and her note-taker. Why on earth they didn't give the internal IT staff the job in the first place I have no idea.
Anyway, the entire meeting she keeps disagreeing with everything I say, trying to discredit me and keeps insisting that they now want a cloud based system. I then ask what we're going to do with the current hardware, which she then lays claim to, stating that because they've partially paid for it, it is theirs (Obviously not that simply).
Anyway, I want out, the job is getting ridiculous and frankly I don't need the aggro, plus apart from anything it's now a completely different job to the one I originally agreed to, so what I'm planning to do is tell them that I will continue if they want a server system, but if they want a cloud system, I'm out, because even if I did want it, I don't know about cloud systems anyway.
The problem is with what has been purchased, I'm worried that they are going to ask for a refund, because if they do, the hardware is now 4 months old and thus worth less than what I paid for it, so I'd be out of pocket.
Am I right in thinking that because they paid half and agreed to the contract verbally, that they legally have to either pay the rest and have the hardware, or let me keep the 50% as a deposit and the hardware? I need some legal point else they'll just rip me to shreds...
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).
Help is much appreciated!
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