You might be on the hook for the 500.00 (not sure).
He’s not. I saw my own lawyer today about something else, but I mentioned this case just to see what he thought. He laughed. Then he told me the groom doesn’t have a case. Apparently s~~~ like this happens all the time between brides and bridesmaids. What matters is who paid the shop. If the tailor was still owed money then the groom might have a case for at least part of it, but I understand the groom paid for the suit in full up front.
Normally bridal shops will make sure to get the individual bridesmaids’ credit card info etc. up front to charge them individually for their dresses before the dresses are sold. Any competent tailor would do this too. And even if the tailors were incompetent, the groom should have asked for @lightbringer‘s info up front himself. But he didn’t. So by paying for the suit himself ahead of time he was tacitly saying that he was bearing the price for it. He can’t just jump in completely after the fact with an: “Oh, by the way…”
A lot of states recognize verbal contracts.
But there was no contract here, verbal or otherwise. For there to have been a verbal contract the groom would have had to explicitly inform @lightbringer ahead of time of the cost and asked him for his payment info up front. He didn’t. @lightbringer didn’t know about any of this until after the fact, and the groom did pay for the suit himself.
And it is common etiquette for people to purchase suits for weddings. (I wasn’t aware of this)
@lightbringer wasn’t aware of it either. Neither are most people. So it’s not all that common after all, so it can’t be considered for even an implied contract. And courts don’t enforce etiquette anyways. Plus it would be a stupid argument for the groom to try to make in court thanks to the hypocrisy that goes with it. Tradition says that the ushers are supposed to pay for their own suits at the tailors, but the groom was fine with bypassing that tradition. Tradition also says the brides father is supposed to pay for the entire wedding reception, but I can guarantee that didn’t happen here (or the groom wouldn’t be strapped for a measly $500). The groom can’t make an argument based on traditional etiquette after picking and choosing what traditions to follow. And he sure as f~~~ can’t make the claim after the fact.
For what it’s worth, the groom is traditionally supposed to give each of the ushers / groomsmen a gift for their standing by him. @lightbringer can always claim in court that he assumed the suit was part of that gift because the groom had paid for it.
@lightbringer: My lawyer said if you’re still worried, you can try calling this guy. He does a radio call in show to answer legal questions. He’ll tell you your former friend doesn’t have a case, and you might even get your story broadcast over the radio. I’m not sure how you’d work it in but it would be cool as f~~~ to hear MGTOW mentioned on the air too.
kbbroiler 3 years, 6 months ago.
