How would you handle? (1 Viewer)

[fantasycurse42]

My son was in a coop school last year. Basically a group of 10 two year olds whose parents found a classroom for the year, hired a teacher, and shared responsibilities...

We were unsure if we were going to join again this year or take another route. My wife and her friend (who has a daughter in the coop as well) asked the treasurer (everyone has different responsibilities) if this years deposit was refundable, and they were told if we don't come back then we can receive our deposit back. Deposit was $500. Yesterday we officially joined a different program and requested a refund.

The woman who handles the money and my wife didn't get along last year to begin with. Now she responds to our request and tells us we need to find a replacement student to get our money back.

We've signed no paperwork and have a witness who heard her say the money was refundable.

How to handle?

 

[Quint]

Leaguesafe?

 

[John Bender]

Small claims.

Your word and the other parents word vs theres.

 

[fantasycurse42]

Small claims.

Your word and the other parents word vs theres.

Won't that take forever? And even if the ruling is in our favor, can't they just not pay us anyway?

 

[DropKick]

My son was in a coop school last year. Basically a group of 10 two year olds whose parents found a classroom for the year, hired a teacher, and shared responsibilities...

We were unsure if we were going to join again this year or take another route. My wife and her friend (who has a daughter in the coop as well) asked the treasurer (everyone has different responsibilities) if this years deposit was refundable, and they were told if we don't come back then we can receive our deposit back. Deposit was $500. Yesterday we officially joined a different program and requested a refund.

The woman who handles the money and my wife didn't get along last year to begin with. Now she responds to our request and tells us we need to find a replacement student to get our money back.

We've signed no paperwork and have a witness who heard her say the money was refundable.

How to handle?

I would politely, but firmly, remind her she said the deposit was refundable, And that she is arbitrarily creating rules like you need to find a replacement to get your money back. If necessary, suggest that with lack of a signed agreement she can't keep your money and that, if forced, you will take legal action which will ultimately cost them much more than $500.

 

[Bucky86]

Sleep with the woman's husband.

 

[Flying V]

Could it be she needs a replacement student to come up with your $500 that she already spent?

 

[fantasycurse42]

Could it be she needs a replacement student to come up with your $500 that she already spent?

I doubt it. She's just a #####. I think this is more to do with a bad relationship between her and my wife.

 

[KCitons]

Small claims.

Your word and the other parents word vs theres.

Won't that take forever? And even if the ruling is in our favor, can't they just not pay us anyway?

Sounds like you have your answer to this problem. Regardless of how you handle it.

 

[comfortably numb]

Ray Rice her?

 

[General Malaise]

How much is it per month? Have your kid attend for a month without paying them. Wa LA.

 

[fantasycurse42]

How much is it per month? Have your kid attend for a month without paying them. Wa LA.

We have already enrolled elsewhere.

 

[comfortably numb]

Talk to her face to face.

You, not your wife.

 

[Fennis]

How much is it per month? Have your kid attend for a month without paying them. Wa LA.

We have already enrolled elsewhere.

You should attend instead Wa LA.

 

[Rove!]

you do realize that, by dropping out, you are screwing over the other parents

 

[Galileo]

Why would you give $500 to anything without some documentation that spells out the obligation (or lack thereof) attached to those funds?

 

[avoiding injuries]

Find a replacement

 

[The Duff Man]

Tell her she can pay back the money through other means....

Find out how comitted she is to her kid's schoolin'

 

[timschochet]

Small claims doesn't take forever. 2-3 months at the most. If you win a judgment, she'll pay it. Most likely if you threaten her with it she'll pay it. File it now.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

You wanna know how to get you deposit back? They pull a knife, you pull a gun. She sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of hers to the morgue. That's the Co-op way! And that's how you get your deposit back.

 

[gianmarco]

You wanna know how to get you deposit back? They pull a knife, you pull a gun. She sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of hers to the morgue. That's the Co-op way! And that's how you get your deposit back.

I can never really tell when to take you seriously.

 

[Cjw_55106]

A teacher for two year olds? Sounds like you hired a baby sitter to me.

In any case, with such a small group, I think you let the 500 go. The other families will have to make up your portion of the funds.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

You wanna know how to get you deposit back? They pull a knife, you pull a gun. She sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of hers to the morgue. That's the Co-op way! And that's how you get your deposit back.

I can never really tell when to take you seriously.

What the #### did you just ####### say about me, you little #####? I’ll have you know I graduated top of my class in the Navy Seals, and I’ve been involved in numerous secret raids on Al-Quaeda, and I have over 300 confirmed kills. I am trained in gorilla warfare and I’m the top sniper in the entire US armed forces. You are nothing to me but just another target. I will wipe you the #### out with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my ####### words. You think you can get away with saying that #### to me over the Internet? Think again, ####er. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of spies across the USA and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, maggot. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your life. You’re ####### dead, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can kill you in over seven hundred ways, and that’s just with my bare hands. Not only am I extensively trained in unarmed combat, but I have access to the entire arsenal of the United States Marine Corps and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable ### off the face of the continent, you little ####. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little “clever” comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your ####### tongue. But you couldn’t, you didn’t, and now you’re paying the price, you ####### idiot. I will #### fury all over you and you will drown in it. You’re ####### dead, kiddo.

 

[Das Boot]

you do realize that, by dropping out, you are screwing over the other parents

Not a concern.

To the OP.

 

[shadyridr]

Aren't you a FBG? I wipe my ### with $500 bills

 

[sports_fan]

Sex change?

 

[belljr]

What's a coop for kids?

 

[El Floppo]

You wanna know how to get you deposit back? They pull a knife, you pull a gun. She sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of hers to the morgue. That's the Co-op way! And that's how you get your deposit back.

Enthusiasms.... enthusiasms

 

[El Floppo]

What's a coop for kids?

usually wood with some chicken-wire.

 

[MaxThreshold]

Sleep with the woman's husband.

I already did that. Wait...this isn't even my problem. WTH?

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Why would you give $500 to anything without some documentation that spells out the obligation (or lack thereof) attached to those funds?

This.

 

[matuski]

Pick your battles. It is $500.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Pick your battles. It is $500.

Right, I would fight tooth and nail for it.

 

[Insein]

Pick your battles. It is $500.

Right, I would fight tooth and nail for it.

Seriously. For $500, I'd be at her door everyday till I got my money.

 

[sublimeone]

I'll tell you what I'd do. I'd get right up in that ####### face and DEMAND my $500 back. Then I'd take that wad of cash and wipe my ### with it. I'd make it rain as I'm walking away... "Feed on my droppings peasant..."

 

[gianmarco]

Or kidnap the kid for $500 ransom.

 

[John Bender]

Have sex with my wife.

 

[gianmarco]

Have someone you know join, although asking if deposit is refundable and to put it in writing.

When you get your refund, they can withdraw.

 

[The General]

You wanna know how to get you deposit back? They pull a knife, you pull a gun. She sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of hers to the morgue. That's the Co-op way! And that's how you get your deposit back.

I can never really tell when to take you seriously.

Pretty sure he's dead serious.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Tell her your wristwatch is worth more than her family.

 

[chet]

Find out when the next UFC is and bet the opposite of me--you will end up with more than $500. I dropped $800 betting on #######s I've never heard of last night.

 

[sports_fan]

Have sex with my wife.

Everyone?