Help with where I stand?

ItsJordannn

Hi guys, not sure if this is the right forum but apologies if it isn't.

I joined Powerleague a few months ago with my team and played once a week on Sundays, when I started we had to fill in details on a team registration sheet and I was told as team captain to sign a 'registration document' which I thought was just to register the team but in hindsight I should've read it thoroughly as it may have stated what I would eventually have a problem with.

Skip forward a few months and our work shifts have changed so none of us can now play at Powerleague, after informing Powerleague we were told that in order to leave we would have to pay for the rest of the season, which is 4 matches totalling £120. This is the first I have heard of this and it certainly wasn't explained to me when I joined the league otherwise I wouldn't have joined it.

I think they have my address from the registration thing and they have my phone number and have sent me a few texts asking me to pay for the remainder of the season and I have just not replied to them.

As far as I am concerned I am in no legal contract to pay the remainder of the league as we are not playing in the league and nothing was explained to me prior to this. If the document I signed which was a registration document did indeed state the policy for leaving am I in the wrong for not reading it properly or should the contract have been properly explained to me especially as I am only 18 and it was clear I wasn't aware of this policy.

Furthermore, I have looked on the powerleague website and they said failure to pay these fees will result in them passing it onto an agency or using a credit card associated with myself that is on file. I haven't gave them my credit card details however I did pay for a match on my debit card once but surely they can't bill my debit card without my permission? I paid for the match on my card well over a month ago so surely they can't still bill that?

Also, I know I should've read any documents before I signed them but the worker at Powerleague simply told us to fill in our names and address and sign at the bottom to play so at the time we didn't think anything of it.

If anyone could give me any advice I would be grateful or if anyone had any similar experiences please share because I am only a student and can't afford £130 for nothing.

marliepanda

If it's in the contract you signed, then of course it's up to you to read it.

Does it say it?

ItsJordannn

I don't really remember signing a contract of such, it was more of a form which had all of our details on which I thought was just to register us to play. If it was a contract I signed, would they have had to have provided me with a copy of it too?

wealdroam

ItsJordannn wrote: »

Hi guys, not sure if this is the right forum but apologies if it isn't.

I joined Powerleague a few months ago with my team and played once a week on Sundays, when I started we had to fill in details on a team registration sheet and I was told as team captain to sign a document which I thought was just to register the team.

Skip forward a few months and our work shifts have changed so none of us can now play at Powerleague, after informing Powerleague we were told that in order to leave we would have to pay for the rest of the season, which is 4 matches totalling £120. This is the first I have heard of this and it certainly wasn't explained to me when I joined the league otherwise I wouldn't have joined it.

I think they have my address from the registration thing and they have my phone number and have sent me a few texts asking me to pay for the remainder of the season and I have just not replied to them.

As far as I am concerned I am in no legal contract to pay the remainder of the league as we are not playing in the league and nothing was explained to me prior to this. If the document I signed which was a registration document did indeed state the policy for leaving am I in the wrong for not reading it properly or should the contract have been properly explained to me especially as I am only 18 and it was clear I wasn't aware of this policy.

Furthermore, I have looked on the powerleague website and they said failure to pay these fees will result in them passing it onto an agency or using a credit card associated with myself that is on file. I haven't gave them my credit card details however I did pay for a match on my debit card once but surely they can't bill my debit card without my permission? I paid for the match on my card well over a month ago so surely they can't still bill that?

If anyone could give me any advice I would be grateful or if anyone had any similar experiences please share because I am only a student and can't afford £130 for nothing.

Did the document you signed state their cancellation policy or not?

That is important.

If you have agreed with their 'early termination charges', you know, like in a mobile phone contract, then you are pretty well stuck.

It really isn't a good excuse that 'they didn't explain it' if they gave you the opportunity to read the document before signing it.
'I am only 18' isn't a good excuse either.

However, they should only be charging you for their losses incurred due to your cancellation. For example, if the can find another team to take over your booked slot, then their losses may not amount to not much more than advertising for a replacement team.

I should add that I know nothing about Powerleague, so fitting a replacement team in may not even be possible.

ItsJordannn

See I didn't know it was a contract I was signing, otherwise I would've read it. When we registered we were told to fill in a form with our names and addresses and read through the rules of playing at powerleague, for example football related rules such as which boots you can use etc nothing to do with payment as far as I can remember.

If it is a legal contract though, do they have to give me a copy of it like a mobile phone provider does? Or is that just their choice?

Also, with regards to my billing my credit card, would they be able to bill the debit card I used to pay for a match with well over a month ago?

If it makes any difference, I paid with a chip and pin machine and wasn't told that it would be kept on file (if it has been kept).

Thanks again

usefulmale

For future reference, read EVERYTHING you sign.

ItsJordannn

I will read everything I sign from now on, I agree it was silly of me but ill put it down to future reference, can anyone else give me any advice with this issue?

marliepanda

ItsJordannn wrote: »

I will read everything I sign from now on, I agree it was silly of me but ill put it down to future reference, can anyone else give me any advice with this issue?

You need to find out what you've signed. No one can help you until we know what you've signed.

If you signed to agree to the terms about cancelling, than they can hold you to that. If not, then they can't.

You seem hung up on how they could try get the money, they could take you to court which is a lot worse than recharging your debit card.

pinkshoes

E-mail/ write to them asking them to send you a copy of the contract you signed, as they are yet to send you a copy yet.

Once you have it, read through it, and see what you have signed up for.

Then post back on here!

JJG

These seem to be the Powerleague T&Cs

https://www.powerleague.co.uk/sites/default/files/Powerleague%20-%20Terms%20%26%20Conditions_0.pdf