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submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

I worked out a trade deal for someone to do some soldering for me. I had three devices that needed soldering, and they could keep one for themselves if they soldered the three of them for me. Today I discovered that they didn't even attempt the soldering, they fucked up all three of the devices, such that the soldering job can no longer be done by anyone, and they want me to compensate them for the time they wasted trying to fix them without soldering. I asked them to do the job, in trade for keeping one, because I am ill and my hands won't do fine work any more. I definitely don't want to pay them for not doing the job I asked, which I asked them to do because I couldn't afford to pay someone to do it. The job is still not done and can never be done now. Am I wrong to be angry with them? Do I have to be grateful and compensate them for their time that they wasted not doing what I asked them to do?

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[-] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago

You’re overthinking this.

They want compensation you never agreed to. They didn’t do the job agreed to, so don’t get one of the broken devices either.

This sort of thing is why contracts evolved in the first place:

[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Technically OP and the guy doing the job did enter into contract with each other, just a verbal one. This type of law is centuries old.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

While that is true, the verbal contract stipulated non-monetary compensation on job completion. Job was never completed, so the contract was never fulfilled, and compensation is not owed. This is why repair depots have a minimum charge for technician time laid out in their pricing.

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