Non refundable deposit

Sandtree

davidmcn said:

Sandtree said:

davidmcn said:

Sandtree said:

craigmachpc said:

Non refundable if I sign a contract which I haven’t. 

Contract requires offer, acceptance and consideration (aka payment)

It doesn't even need a consideration in Scotland.

Unfortunately English Law is favoured in most cases

I presume if somebody in Glasgow is booking a bouncy...whatever, then both parties are in Scotland. Why would English law come into it?

Good point... though plenty of people/web developers blindly copy T&Cs from others so still not guaranteed to be Scotts Law... having a look at the first few from a google search there is a striking similarity in the terms but all are mute on legal jurisdiction 

DoaM

Scotts Law? Where is that country Scottland?  

photome

why are you cancelling?  you mention restrictions, does that mean the event cant go ahead, or you just dont want it to.

craigmachpc

We are not aloud to enter other people’s houses for the next 2 weeks in our area and also gatherings of more than 15 people are now illegal. 

photome

craigmachpc said:

We are not aloud to enter other people’s houses for the next 2 weeks in our area and also gatherings of more than 15 people are now illegal. 

in that case I assume the company cannot provide the inflatable on that date,although the deposit is non refundable, if the company cancels thats a different matter IMO
can you rearrange for a different date

32Battalion

craigmachpc said:

We are not aloud to enter other people’s houses for the next 2 weeks in our area and also gatherings of more than 15 people are now illegal. 

Nothing has changed in respect of parties in Scotland so you knew that before you booked, you pays your money and takes a chance.

mr_stripey

they could still provide the inflatable. You could bounce on it on your own, The fact that the party cannot go ahead is not really their concern I think?

unholyangel

OP, do you actually have an address for the business? 

You have a legal right to cancel and receive a full refund if you booked online/via phone (aka not in their store/office). 

Of course having rights and enforcing them can be difficult where Facebook is involved, unless they're an established business with an established business address

Diamandis

unholyangel said:

OP, do you actually have an address for the business? 

You have a legal right to cancel and receive a full refund if you booked online/via phone (aka not in their store/office). 

Of course having rights and enforcing them can be difficult where Facebook is involved, unless they're an established business with an established business address

I wouldnt think they do have the right to cancel given it was a service booked for a specific date. 

unholyangel

Diamandis said:

unholyangel said:

OP, do you actually have an address for the business? 

You have a legal right to cancel and receive a full refund if you booked online/via phone (aka not in their store/office). 

Of course having rights and enforcing them can be difficult where Facebook is involved, unless they're an established business with an established business address

I wouldnt think they do have the right to cancel given it was a service booked for a specific date. 

13.—(1) Before the consumer is bound by a distance contract, the trader—
(a)must give or make available to the consumer the information listed in Schedule 2 in a clear and comprehensible manner, and in a way appropriate to the means of distance communication used, and
(b)if a right to cancel exists, must give or make available to the consumer a cancellation form as set out in part B of Schedule 3.
(2) In so far as the information is provided on a durable medium, it must be legible.

17.—(1) In case of dispute about the trader’s compliance with any provision of regulations 10 to 16, it is for the trader to show that the provision was complied with.

The information referred to in regulations 10(1) and 13(1) is (subject to the note at the end of this Schedule)—
(o)where under regulation 28, 36 or 37 there is no right to cancel or the right to cancel may be lost, the information that the consumer will not benefit from a right to cancel, or the circumstances under which the consumer loses the right to cancel;
(u)where applicable, the existence and the conditions of deposits or other financial guarantees to be paid or provided by the consumer at the request of the trader;