JR8 wrote:pupsiecola wrote: You supposedly get 500 back after 6 months and the rest after one year.
As the Sex Pistols coined....
'Do you ever feel like you've been had?'
Just because it is 'relatively small' versus something unrelated, doesn't make it just.pupsiecola wrote:Sounds reasonable to me. I would pay a deposit, which is a relatively small amount when you consider International School fees, to secure the services of a good tutor.
Just the kind of person you'd wish to be holding a 'deposit', and teaching your children.pupsiecola wrote: Turns out the only thing she was good at was having multiple aliases and accounts all over the place.
If you just want/ed people to agree with you, as opposed to try and make constructive observations, you might consider whether you are suited to the internet.pupsiecola wrote: Thanks for the "support". (Am reminded of why I've not been back for 6 months!!).
I don't know of this particular arrangement but this could be a case very similar to yours in bold by me above. The tutor should have her or his time arranged and booked accordingly so if her customer stop showing up or cancels the appointments frequently this is a clear loss for the tutor as not only she can not book someone else in this place but also can not work to earn her money within the arrangement.JR8 wrote:Just because it is 'relatively small' versus something unrelated, doesn't make it just.pupsiecola wrote:Sounds reasonable to me. I would pay a deposit, which is a relatively small amount when you consider International School fees, to secure the services of a good tutor.
A deposit (IMHO) is usually held to encourage performance of contractual undertakings.
- Not trashing a hire car
- Returning those ice-skates you just hired
- Not taking a spot at an international school, and then failing to pay the fees.
etc
What is this tutors risk? What skin does he have in the game? Under what circumstances would you forfeit the deposit?
Hmmm... perhaps more of an 'opportunity cost' than an outright loss, IMHO.x9200 wrote: I don't know of this particular arrangement but this could be a case very similar to yours in bold by me above. The tutor should have her or his time arranged and booked accordingly so if her customer stop showing up or cancels the appointments frequently this is a clear loss for the tutor as not only she can not book someone else in this place but also can not work to earn her money within the arrangement.
Hmmm... interesting.x9200 wrote:Unfortunately a deposit seems the only way to secure the contractual undertakings where the potential damages are in the range of a few hundreds dollars only.
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