Am I required to pay a videographer if my wedding video is flawed?
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Am I required to pay a videographer if my wedding video is flawed?
We had no contract or deposit, just a verbal agreement. I have come to find out the first 15 minutes of my wedding were not recorded. Now he won’t show me the video; he just wants me to pay him. I told him no. He sent me to collections. Do I have a right to see the video?
Asked on April 10, 2012 under Business Law, Indiana
Answers:
M.T.G., Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
First you need to deal with the collection issue. Call and send a letter to the collection agency (call to get a name that has meaning to deal with first and try and discuss things too). In the letter and on the phone ask for validation of the debt: a copy of the original agrement, payments received by the original creditor, a judgement or what ever against you for the money and a copy of their agreement with the videographer. If it is as you say then you have just put them on notice of a big problem and hopefully made them a bit jumpy. Now, you have a contract it is just an oral agreement: services rendered and payment to be made. You have a right to claim a breach of the agreement (the 15 minute issue) and possibly a right to see the product to discuss a breach or an agreement for the remaining minutes should you want them. Good luck.
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