Inquiry doesn't mean booked!

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However...a judge could rule.....why would you pay before services are completed! Someone fill me in!

This is why your contract should be for booking(buying) a date and time, NOT services. You have only so much "inventory" available, so when it's gone it's gone.

If someone backs out too close to the event date where it's highly unlikely to re-book you will get no legal argument about the money as you now have spoiled goods(date) that you can't recover.

You need to get to one of Caps contract seminars or find the podcast on line.
 
Thanks, Doug.

Most of the points being made here are valid in some way, shape, or form. Verbal contracts, mutual considerations, intent to contract, dates, and deadlines, et al.

Please also notice that some of the sage arguments about contractual obligations are being tested while standing in front of a judge arguing legalities. The contract should be written and executed in such a fashion that an emancipated 18 year old with a 4 fourth grade education can understand the what ifs and the what nots and would never ever need reach the live judicial process.

While talking with a close friend about contracts, I was asked why mine is so tough (I think intense was the exact phrase). The answer was instantly clear and related just as clearly.

My contract is the answer to "The Greatest Client Attempts To F' Me."

Maybe that should be the title of the presentation, eh?

Headed to Atlantic City in 30 minutes. See you there.