Do you think you should just be allowed to cancel and leave them in the lurch at a whim?
In the lurch? I havenât paid them a penny and they 7 months to sell the space to a show that always sells out.
Would you pay a cancellation fee for something that youâve paid no deposit when when youâve zero legal obligations to do so? If âyesâ please forward me your business address.
If I wanted to go back there again and it was valuable to my business I probably would, yes.
if you donât care about your businessâ reputation. Carry on regardless
id be surprised if that was the case, normally they would include a canx fee in the T&Cs when signing up.
40% ? and with 7 months notice? â Iâd say something if it was within 4-6 weeks ⊠But thatâs the Brits for you, all you have to do is look at Brexit to tell you how they do business ----
Heâll be called to heel when Viper Debt Collectors show up at his door.
If I didnât mind being blacklisted for the event they wouldnât get a penny off me.
If I did, Iâd pay the fee. If it is something that would generate revenue for me in the future. Simple
There is, but the contracts in marketing are rarely enforceable and itâs hardly worth doing so considering the level of business that we do with them for other events.
would it be worth it to keep them onside?
How much are we talking here?
It makes more sense for them to keep us onside as theyâll sell the space anyhow and it wonât affect their revenue.
If they donât play ball weâll cancel the other show and will finish with them when we have planned to do one show a year with them going forward.
Good man⊠The tans are on the floor. Time to stand on their neck and crush their windpipe.
so you do have legal obligations to pay, thanks for clearing that up
That red oily dirty shitty stuf they put on chicken and other stuff these days.
It ends up everywhere and some mess to clean up.
English advertising sales people are the worst. Just had one of the phone, I get 4/5 calls per week from them.
Told them at the start that I didnât want anything they were selling. They keep going until you give them some small hope that they can call back in the future. Most calls end up with me saying âThe answer is going to be no but if you want send an email and Iâll put it on file for future referenceâ. The response is always 'Excellent, well then Iâll send you that and check in with you on that in a few weeks. Please donât the answer will be no.
Few weeks later then call comes in and starts with âSo did you look over my proposalâ - No I told you I wouldnât you gimp.
Indeed, however these T&Cs work both ways and they havenât fulfilled some of theirs so it works both ways.
It would be a major headache for them chasing it up with a company in a different country.
its a lot easier than you think. then again, they could register your company with Experian or another credit reference agency which could cost you business in the UK and the wider EU.
in summation, I wouldnât be as blasĂ© about it
So you basically lie to sales people to tell them what they want to hear and then get upset when they do what you agreed to?
No I told them outright what I intended to do and repeated it when they called back.
Fair enough but I donât think the terms and condition they they have in place are as enforceable as you believe - going from experience of dealing with these things previously in relation to trade shows.
Iâll keep you posted.