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Deposit

Hi all,
Looking for a bit of advice on the above subject.
Long story cut short, paid £1500 deposit on a business website, total cost was £3500. I ran into financial difficulties so the website had to be put on hold. I now need that deposit back.
There was no contract agreed nor was anything signed.
The person building the website only had put in place the base template for the design, nothing else.
I havn't spoken with them yet, just wanted to know my rights, if any , before i start trying to get it back.
Thanks.

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  • jamesb1239
    jamesb1239 Posts: 648 Forumite
    pete6841 wrote: »
    Hi all,
    Looking for a bit of advice on the above subject.
    Long story cut short, paid £1500 deposit on a business website, total cost was £3500. I ran into financial difficulties so the website had to be put on hold. I now need that deposit back.
    There was no contract agreed nor was anything signed.
    The person building the website only had put in place the base template for the design, nothing else.
    I havn't spoken with them yet, just wanted to know my rights, if any , before i start trying to get it back.
    Thanks.

    Just a quick question, if there is no contract then is there anything to prove this deposit exists??
  • hartcjhart
    hartcjhart Posts: 9,463 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    basically no,a deposit is not re-fundable,he could sue you for loss of earnings
    I :love: MOJACAR
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