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Does the person have a case and has the right to ask for all or part the deposit on a boat, if there was no contract signed and no sea trial and could
Asked on Mar 22nd, 2016 on Contracts - Florida
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Does the person have a case and has the right to ask for all or part the deposit on a boat, if there was no contract signed and no sea trial and could not buy the boat because of a family member need/ your help with a life and death situation. Does the owner of the boat have a legal right to get the whole amount of 3,000 without any sea trial or contract stating the 0deposit amount and signed by both parties?
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Possibly. Most deposits are to have the owner not sell to someone else and to prevent wasting the owners time with window shoppers and story tellers. This is something that should have been discussed prior to you putting down a deposit as to whether its refunable and whether it gets applied to purchase price. Problem is if hewont give it back volunatoily the expense of litigating over it will exceed the value in dispute.
Answered on Apr 16th, 2016 at 12:16 PM
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