Hi,
Im not sure whether this is the correct forum. We paid a booking deposit for our daughter in a local school of 150 euros. They say on the form that when they offer a place that we then need to send a fee of one months fees in advance, non refundable but will be taken off the years fees (450 euros).
On the wednesday we handed in a cheque for 450 euros and on the thursday evening we got a call to say that she had been accepted in the school that we really wanted. I chequed our account and the 450 cheque hadnt been presented to the bank. So I rang the school first thing on friday to tell them that he had got a space elsewhere (they knew he was on the waiting list).
We then wrote and asked them to send us back the cheque and we cancelled it. We have since received a a letter stating that it is on their terms and conditions on the booking form and the letter and that we need to pay 450.
However, we feel that yes, if they had cashed the cheque, we would have accepted that it was non refundable but the fact that it hadn't been cashed meant that we were within our rights to cancel it. Having already paid 150.
What does anyone else think? We feel that we are within our rights but neither do we want to do something that is dishonest.
Opinions would be great please!
Thanks
Im not sure whether this is the correct forum. We paid a booking deposit for our daughter in a local school of 150 euros. They say on the form that when they offer a place that we then need to send a fee of one months fees in advance, non refundable but will be taken off the years fees (450 euros).
On the wednesday we handed in a cheque for 450 euros and on the thursday evening we got a call to say that she had been accepted in the school that we really wanted. I chequed our account and the 450 cheque hadnt been presented to the bank. So I rang the school first thing on friday to tell them that he had got a space elsewhere (they knew he was on the waiting list).
We then wrote and asked them to send us back the cheque and we cancelled it. We have since received a a letter stating that it is on their terms and conditions on the booking form and the letter and that we need to pay 450.
However, we feel that yes, if they had cashed the cheque, we would have accepted that it was non refundable but the fact that it hadn't been cashed meant that we were within our rights to cancel it. Having already paid 150.
What does anyone else think? We feel that we are within our rights but neither do we want to do something that is dishonest.
Opinions would be great please!
Thanks