Legal Advice (Update) Bought a PS4 from Walmart for Christmas and it had books in it |
- (Update) Bought a PS4 from Walmart for Christmas and it had books in it
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| (Update) Bought a PS4 from Walmart for Christmas and it had books in it Posted: 22 Mar 2019 08:45 AM PDT Original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/a98686/bought_a_ps4_from_walmart_box_had_books_in_it_and/ Ever since discovering right before Christmas that the PS4 Spiderman combo my wife purchased for our son had books in it and took it in to get a new one it's been an extremely annoying and stressful time. I took the advice of everyone and called corporate, talked to corporate in their online chat, everyway possible and it's always the same a answer "We stand behind the decisions of our salaried managers". Corporate literally does not care and shifts it to the "salaried managers" decision. So I've been back to the same Walmart 4 times to talk to them and the last time about 2 weeks ago they said they would call the cops. I wasn't yelling, or causing issues I just want the PS4 my wife purchased for our son for Christmas. So the last time they called the cops, they came and the manager says right in front of me "I believe this man has been trying to scam us since Christmas Eve claiming his PS4 had books in the box". Cop gets my story and says well there isn't enough to do anything against me, manager dislikes this that I've been constantly dealing with and I get permanently banned from the store (just that particular one, he can't ban me from all properties but said he will be calling corporate). I again try to call corporate and nope, same exact replies that they stand behind their salaried managers decisions. So the outcome? No PS4, no refund because it was purchased in cash and I cannot do a chargeback. If you are ever purchasing anything expensive from Walmart, open the box immediately after purchase and in front of an employee. Merry Christmas Walmart. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 22 Mar 2019 02:30 AM PDT Some background info - I (28M) am a volunteer assistant basketball coach for a high school girls basketball team for the past 2 seasons. My dad (64M) is a paid assistant coach on the team for the past 7 seasons. It is my and my dads alma mater high school and I am very active within the athletic program community including football, boys basketball, girls basketball, and recreational/ all star basketball in a 5th, 6th, and 7th grade league. The football coaches who coached me are still the same ones as are the boys and girls basketball coaches. The current girls basketball head coach (48ishM) was my freshman football coach all the way back in 2006. The situation - Back in February the team held a senior night celebration in the school library for our only graduating senior. At the celebration, there was a cake with the team picture printed on it. The team picture on the cake included a girl who quit the team mid-January (lets call her "Q") but was obviously in the team picture that was taken at the beginning of the season. She was not at the celebration. Q's parents told the head coach that she was experiencing some emotional problems and anxiety, etc. and needed to focus on herself. During the celebration some of the girls on the team decided it would be funny to take knives and destroy Q's face on the cake while they recorded on snapchat. As I walked up to the table to get my dad and I a piece of cake one of the girls (lets call her "V") turned her camera away from the cake and towards me. I smiled at the camera and that was the end of it. I thought they were just taking pictures of the cake because it did look really nice with their team picture on it. Well, apparently V decided to write on the snapchat video that I was the one who dug out Q's face. Then V stupidly sent the snapchat video in a team group chat on snapchat that Q was still a part of because she was previously on the team. So obviously Q saw the video of her face dug out with the caption that I was the one who had done it. Within a week or two of that night, Q's parents raised issues with the school that Q had been bullied all season which was part of the reason why she quit. There was apparently multiple incidents, that have absolutely nothing to do with me, where Q felt bullied or left out or singled out, etc. In all reality, I was a big fan of giving Q more playing time on varsity and tried to give her extra attention in practice so as to prepare her to play varsity when she was called upon. The head coach and my dad did not agree and so she did not play very much. The principal called the lone senior into his office to discuss what had happened and to obtain a copy of the video which she got from V who had the video saved inside her snapchat account. She had no idea who did the digging out and told him so. That was mid-late February. The principal did not say anything else about the issue until this past week/ late last week claiming that he did not want to disrupt the end of the season. He wanted to have a meeting with myself, my dad, and the head coach Tuesday morning. We thought we were going to go in, explain what happened, and leave. But oh no. He asked me what had happened and I told him. I walked up to the table, V pointed the camera at me and I smiled and I got my pieces of cake and sat back down. I told him I had no idea she captioned the video that I was the one who dug out Q's face. I told him I had no idea they had even done that at the time I was at the table but became aware later in the night when the girls pointed it out and were still joking about it but still did not know my name had been put on the video. I spoke with V on my phone the night before this meeting and recorded the conversation on my dads Iphone (so she could be confronted with her story to me if she tried to change her story the next day). WV is a single party consent state on recordings for the record. While speaking with him he told me, my dad, and the head coach that he does not micro manage his coaches and that he respects his coaches decisions but that if it were up to him I would no longer be apart of the team but that it was ultimately the coaches decision. He told me there was one girl who he called in who claimed I was the one who did the digging. Total and complete lie. I responded that he should call in V, the maker of the video he had obtained, and ask her to confirm my story - because V had confirmed to me the night before on the phone that she knew I wasnt involved and would say so, that it was a joke, it wasnt meant to hurt anyones feelings, etc etc. After that my dad and I left and the head coach said he would talk to the Principal some more and figure it out. The head coach also said he didnt want to fracture the team, didnt want them pointing fingers at each other, etc. Over the next 48 hours (Tuesday and Wednesday) we contacted a couple of the girls who also confirmed that I did not do anything to the cake but that they could not remember/ did not know who did anything to the cake. We figured they did not want to be seen as a snitch to the other girls, which I get. We just wanted them to confirm that I had nothing to do with any cake shenanigans with the belief the principal would figure out the cake culprit eventually. Theres no way 14 girls who were all taking pictures and videos dont know who was doing it. Fast forward to Thursday. The principal finally called V into his office and asked her about it and she confirmed that I did not touch the cake, she put my name on it as a joke, but that she did not know who messed with Q's face on the cake. She confirmed I was not involved in any way, shape, or form. The principal called me on the phone and said despite this information, I still wouldnt be coming back to the program. I asked him "why was I being punished if hes confirmed I didnt do anything wrong" and he said "you arent being punished." Which prompted me to ask "how am I not being punished if you are asking me not to come back? Why would I not be allowed to help coach the girls if its been confirmed I didnt do anything wrong?" He said he wasnt discussing the issue further and that the decision had been made. This kind of baffled me and my dad because the head coach is a very very good friend and our coaching group is extremely close. We ride to every game together, have a coaches group text, and are very in sync with each other and what we want the team to do. I have a very good relationship with the head coaches middle school aged children who I occasionally shoot around with, play Fortnite with, or drive to their own practices so that their dad can stay with the High School practice with My dad. Its a very "big brother" type relationship. My dad contacted the head coach and asked him who made this decision because we knew the head coach would not have made the decision to remove me. The head coach said that the principal made the decision, even though the principal told us to our face that the decision would be the head coaches because "he doesnt micro manage his coaches." Thursday night I attend an AAU basketball team practice where a majority of the girls are on the high school team as well. At the practice we spoke with the girls and they all confirmed that not only did I have nothing to do with any cake destroying but that it was V and another girl who did the destroying and that another teammate was going around telling people to say that they did not know or did not remember who did anything to the cake. They did not care about snitching because they do not want to get in trouble for something they had no part of. 3 of them offered to go to the principal tomorrow and tell him who did it and once again confirm to him that I had nothing to do with it. Additionally, during the day our 3rd assistant coach (we will call him T) texted the head coach again confirming that I had nothing to do with the cake and that he remembered the girls talking about it and taking pictures but that he wasnt 100% sure who actually did it. I have 3 issues with this whole situation: (1) by doing this to me they are effectively forcing my dad to quit as well because he is not going to stay and be around people who are throwing me under the bus. (2) By the principal telling me I would not be returning to the team, despite the fact he knows the truth, makes it still seem like Ive done something wrong or inappropriate. (3) Is the principal not required to investigate bullying issues immediately? The incident in question happened over a month ago and the principal is just now getting around to interviewing people and investigating the incident. Meanwhile, Q has had to go to school with these girls the whole time. For something that is allegedly "no tolerance" it sure seems like they tolerated it for almost 6 weeks until the principal felt like dealing with it. And even now it seems like they are going to tolerate it if they can get away with just dismissing me and sweeping everything else under the rug. An AAU team parent told my dad and I Thursday night that he was in Huntington Tuesday morning and that word had already gotten down there that our program was dismissing a coach. How it got down there I have no clue but apparently it did. Is this not defamation or slander? I am not a public figure, I am a volunteer assistant coach. Dismissing someone from a team, even after you admit theyve done nothing wrong, seems to imply that something wrong was in fact done, otherwise there would be no reason for the dismissal. People dont get fired because they did nothing wrong. When this inevitably gets out or during summer session when parents ask "why isnt throwaway helping coach the girls?" they are going to be told he was dismissed during the off season. Thats going to imply I did something wrong, when it has been confirmed from almost 10+ sources that I did not do anything wrong. That is going to affect my chances to potentially coach anywhere else giving me potential damages, were I to become a paid assistant coach like my dad. While there are no "actual damages" because I am a volunteer there are definitely general damages considering my reputation and name is being drug through the mud and my dad and I have been suffering some pretty serious emotional distress. My dad and I havent slept all week and it has begun to affect him at work and my anxiety (which I have a prescription for) has been off the charts. Hence me writing this at 4:40 am. This is a very small community and if word traveled all the way to Huntington, on the day of the meeting, that coaches were being dismissed I am sure it will quickly make its way around the community giving people a false impression that I have done something wrong or inappropriate warranting my dismissal. This could affect my future coaching prospects with my 5/6/7 league as well if parents are uncomfortable with their kids being coached by someone who was dismissed, without knowing that the dismissal was unwarranted. My fear in all of this is that I am being thrown under the bus so that the school/principal does not have to initiate a bullying investigation most likely resulting in player punishments, media attention, head coach potentially being fired, etc or get the county school board involved because once they get involved and discover some of the other issues within the team all hell is going to break loose - girls drinking, alleged drug use, head coach accusing a girl of being drunk the night before a game (on a school night) as an excuse for why she was playing bad(its on film), the head coach telling the girls he could be at home drinking beer and smoking cigs rather than at practice, showing up to practices over Christmas break obviously hungover, making racist (although totally joking) jokes and quips about a players ethnicity and her mother's speech patterns (because she barely speaks English), other instances of team members bullying Q, parents having events for select members of the team but not inviting others while using team gear for these events. It got so bad at the beginning of the season, because older players were bullying a freshman player out of her locker spot, that team captains had to write a letter to all team members and taped it in everyones locker saying that the team did not need the drama, they are all 1 team, etc. There was no punishment for that incident except a tough tongue lashing to the team by the head coach. I obviously dont want girls to be suspended or expelled or anything else, this truly was just silly high school girls joking around, but they are the ones who screwed up and bullied a girl and negligently posted it in the team snapchat group that she was a part of. I dont want any money or drama I just want to get my volunteer coaching position back and make it so my dad does not have to quit. I understand I am only a volunteer and probably can be fired for whatever reason the principal sees fit but he specifically told us his coaches make the decision and then the head coach tells us that the principal is the one who made the decision. And furthermore, and most importantly, its been confirmed Ive done nothing wrong! Even Q's parents, who initiated this entire ordeal, have confirmed to my dad that they believe I had nothing to do with it because we are friends with them outside of basketball and are not ok with me being dismissed and that is not the resolution they are looking for. They want girls on the team to be punished for their conduct. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 22 Mar 2019 08:25 AM PDT TL;DR Need to sue independently owned franchised gas station. Only know owner's first name and am not even sure if it is real. How do I find this out? Do I sue gas station or owner individually? Never done small claims before. This may not seem like a lot of money to most people, but I have a baby on the way and this really affects my wife and I. So, my wife and I stop for gas. Car sputters and dies a few miles away going up a multi-lane mountain road in rush hour traffic (extremely dangerous). We weren't very far and somehow get the car home. It starts, but sounds terrible and dies within a few seconds. Damn. The next day we see all the pumps at the gas station are covered with black bags and red tags, confirming our suspicions. We stop, enter the gas station, and ask what is going on. "Rainwater in the tanks." Okay, cool. "That broke our car, what should we do?" "Get it fixed and bring the invoice back for reimbursement," says the worker. Outside, what I assume to be an inspector from the state says, "If you have any trouble call this number." Provides number. Wow, it's that easy? No. No it is not. Mmk, let's try to make it easier on everyone. Supposedly taking a car to the dealership is more expensive, right? Let's contact some local mechanics to help save the reasonable gas station some money. Get a guesstimate quote from one mechanic based on issue described, is ~$1000; another says it must be brought in, but the diagnostic will be at least $100. I am put on the schedule for the next day for the second local mechanic. Alright, we should confirm with the gas station we are pursuing the correct course of action. "I have this quote and information on repair, what do you prefer, gas station?" "Take it to the dealership and bring us the invoice after it's repaired for reimbursement." "You will reimburse us, right?" Yes, look at this random stack of papers, supposedly all the people already reimbursed. Okay, sure. Wife has great ideas a lot. Get the owner's phone number, she says. Handed a card with a number on it. I am assured it is the owner's phone number. I am assured I will be reimbursed with a gas receipt and invoice. The next day, I have the car towed to the dealership. Initial quote is ~$1000, pretty much the same as local mechanic. Try to call owner. Turns out to be the number to order pizza from the gas station. Car is fixed and paid for with a credit card. Go back by the gas station. The worker who told me what to do says he cannot reimburse me, the owner must. The owners's name is Nick (no one knows his last name) and will be there between 10 am and 1 pm the next couple days for reimbursements. I am assured again to just bring the gas receipt and invoice of repair and I will be reimbursed. I am assured the owner will be there at 10 am. See a pattern? I arrive at the gas station at 10 am. "The owner is in a meeting and will be there at 11:30 am." ... I come back at 11:30. There is an old lady in front of me waiting to get reimbursed and 2 older guys show up behind me wanting the same. The owner finally makes an appearance. Looks at old lady's documents and immediately tries to haggle her down. It starts getting ridiculous and I speak up. During this exchange, the owner says outright he is waiting on insurance money to be deposited, so checks can't be cashed until the beginning of the next business week. Basically admitted he was not paying for these damages with his own money. It was covered by insurance. The two men behind me act like nothing is wrong here. He finally writes her a check after her agreeing he doesn't have to reimburse her for the bad gas. So messed up. My turn and it now seems like the owner has a vendetta. Owner goes through my paperwork line by line. My spark plugs had to be replaced. The type of spark plugs were called platinum. The owner sees this word and says "You're trying to take advantage of me, I'm not paying for this." I say "Yes, you are. That is part of what you broke in my vehicle." Owner's response, "I did not break your vehicle, the rain broke your vehicle." "You are liable, you own this place, and your poor drainage system caused this. You broke my vehicle." Owner says I am trying to intimidate him and he is not scared. Keeps telling me to calm down and to step outside and cool off. Just because I disagree does not mean I am not calm. This just seems like a tactic to make me uncomfortable and leave. I do not accept this. The two guys behind me say they have a doctor's appointment and need to pick up their kids, respectively. Hurry this up, pretty much. Faith in humanity lost. This guy is trying to screw me over and, though in a minor way, did screw over the lady before me, what makes you think he won't do the same to you guys? Owner says, "Next." Guy behind me casually walks to another counter with owner and acts like I never existed. Wtf. They whisper so I can't hear, but I am sure the owner is haggling these people down on their repair costs too as it takes longer than it should. Same with next guy. I call the mechanic, then and there in front of the owner and put it on speaker. The mechanic said this was just the only type of spark plug that went in my vehicle, it was not a premium service. The mechanic said the previous spark plugs were "saturated" with water and recommended replacement. Owner puts his hands over his ears. Owner goes and smokes a cigarette disregarding me. I call my wife and tell her he won't pay for the spark plugs. She says if he'll pay for everything else just take it. I tell the owner I will subtract the cost of the spark plugs. Owner comes back over and looks at my paperwork again. "I'm not paying for this either" "What." "This item, 'shop supplies,' I am not paying for this." I call the dealership again. "That item is for the nuts, bolts, lubricants, FUEL, items we do not itemize that we needed to use for the repair." Makes total sense. Owner refuses to pay for this and the spark plugs. This amounts to over $200 I would be out just because this guy doesn't feel like paying it. I tell him if I was trying to take advantage there are dents and other things I would have gotten fixed on my car too. These are all fuel system repairs directly related to your bad gas. I tell him if he will not cover the full amount of repairs I will have to sue. He says, "Do what you have to do." To get to this point it took about 3 hours. I go outside and call the number the inspector gave me because I had some trouble, you know? "This is a civil matter between you and the gas station" ............. Why even give me the number in the first place? Everyone at fault here has been completely unapologetic. Just annoyed at having to deal with this. This is not necessary, but just confirms my revelation. I decide I have discovered some kind of asshole pocket dimension the size of a gas station. Please assist. [link] [comments]  |
| [FL] I got fired after I told my boss I wasn't comfortable working for free Posted: 22 Mar 2019 08:06 AM PDT I was hired at some office to do general office work. I put logos onto paperwork, made calls, typed up some documents, things of that nature. At one point my boss tells me that they're going to set up a call center to "inject some money into the business" and she asks me to set up everything for this online course to get certified for it while her and one of the other owners (her husband) are off doing other things to make money (interpreting and some kind of traffic school). So she texts me through the work phones a picture of her credit card, the back of the credit card, a picture of her husband's signature, and his social security number. I say whatever this isn't my problem, and I sign up for the class for her husband. There are some things that I just couldn't do (they needed his signature, and I wasn't going to forge it) and so I told her several times that they were going to need to do those things themselves, and so they did. Then maybe a few weeks later this online course is going to start, and they want me to sit through the whole thing (5 days a week for several weeks) in place of the husband. I'm like, whatever, still not my problem, probably. Then, to begin the course, they offer a "meet the teacher" kind of thing. It's two hours where you just sit and talk with the online instructor to get to know them. The husband and wife owners did that one day, and the next day they wanted me to go home and do the same. I asked them if I was going to get paid, and she said something like "well, it's not during business hours, and this is pre-training you need, so no." I told her it was during business hours, because on their schedule it really was, and pushed for payment. And she said she wanted me to go home and do it on my own, and that's when I said "I don't feel comfortable working for free." And then she told me "okay then you can just go" and she spent the next like 10 minutes bitching and whining about people "wanting to get paid for every minute of their time." and "I took you under my wing" and all this other dumb shit. So I just took pictures of my time sheets, said thank you, and left. I filed a complaint with the Department of Labor a few days later and was wondering if there is anything else to do. tl dr; Boss wanted me to go home and spend two hours talking to an instructor for an online course that I was supposed to take (registered in someone else's name) and I told them I wasn't comfortable working for free and got fired. What do I do? I already filed a complaint with the Department of Labor, and was wondering where I should go from here. Bonus information: The company stole their logo from a pretty notable non-profit organization (who I have notified), and the woman I was working for was once caught lying about having a Master's degree from a c credible university. [link] [comments]  |
| Neighbours opened my mail and spent gift card that was in it. Posted: 22 Mar 2019 06:01 AM PDT I live in the UK. I recently moved into a new place and got sent an M&S gift card (worth £50) as a moving in present. I didn't know I was meant to receive this as the person who sent it accidentally put the wrong flat number. They checked online the balance of the gift card and realised it's been spent. So it seems like the neighbours have opened my mail and used it. Isn't it illegal to open someones mail? Is there anything I can do? I'm more annoyed at the fact they've knowingly opened my mail than the gift card value itself, seems like a really weird and shady thing to do. I've only been living here a month now and have never met the neighbours. How do I proceed with this information? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 22 Mar 2019 04:56 AM PDT Tdlr; A guest who purposely allowed me to walk into his room after he was supposed to be gone while he was masturbating is back at the hotel. What rights, if any, do I have to protect myself and my staff? I'm an Executive housekeeper at a hotel in Kansas, USA. A couple weeks ago, I was checking the check outs to make sure they had left. (One of my job duties.) This day it was about 30 minutes after check out time. This room was not listed as late check out. I knocked on the room door per procedure: knock there times, "housekeeping," wait 3 seconds; repeat that three times, crack open door, say "housekeeping" through cracked open door, wait. If no response, Enter the room. So, did that, and guest didn't answer or say anything through the whole process. Walk into the room to make sure belongings are gone too. He was sitting on the couch naked, masturbating. Not hiding anything. I ran out of the room. Called my boss. He said "just call the room and ask when he's leaving." I couldn't bring myself to call him, I was too freaked out. I waited a couple hours and asked a male colleague to check his room with me. He was gone. Side note: my colleague, the front desk manager, knew exactly who it was, as the guest was apparently also "creepy to the front desk agents" Anyway, I tried to put it behind me, as my colleagues pretty much made a joke of it, the director of sales stating "it's his room, he can do what it wants, even play with his penis." Though, really, it wasn't his room anymore. He was supposed to be checked out. Since the event, I haven't really been doing my full job. I refuse to enter occupied rooms to inspect them. I "forget" to check the check outs until hours after check out. So I've put in my two weeks. Not fair to the company for me to stay. But now I'm asking because the same guest checked in yesterday. I didn't recognize him at first, until he saw me in the hall and said "Hey, it's my friend!" I'm terrified of going to work today. I've debated just not going. But then one of my staff would have to check if he's gone, and I can't bring myself to put them in danger like that. What I fear most is an escalation in his behavior. An assault or something... What might make today a bit easier is if I knew what my rights are, if any. Can I report it if it happens again? Can I find out what room he's in and refuse to allow me or my staff to enter under any circumstances? Thanks. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 22 Mar 2019 08:07 AM PDT To begin, I am a college student with a lot of responsibility on my hands. I wouldn't consider myself to be a "lucky" individual. I tore my ACL and two parts of my meniscus, and both the surgery and recovery process were intense. The injury occurred at work, and was subsequently handled by workers compensation. I have now gotten through the entire healing process, and I am 99% as healthy as I was prior to the injury. Dealing with workers compensation has been a headache and a blessing. They took care of all costs related to the injury, but also have been very distant from my case. Sometimes I will send an email, and/or call a few times to only get a response a few weeks or months later. However, yesterday I was offered a lump sum of over 30,000 to close my case. I am not in immediate need of any money, I am a decent saver, and others would probably say I am frugal with my money. I have never dealt with an amount like this however, and I do not know what the next step is. Do I need representation for this kind of issue? Do I pay a larger amount of taxes on this kind of deal? What the hell do I do? Please, any stories or advice anyone has would be tremendously appreciated. [link] [comments]  |
| Friend caught girlfriend cheating, she got a restraining order, kicked out of his own house Posted: 22 Mar 2019 08:14 AM PDT State is California. He had her move in a few years ago, she's super crazy, but he did it anyway. It's his house. Well, he caught her cheating and he hasn't been able to get her out of the house. He tried to get a restraining order to get her out of the house and couldn't, but she got wind of it and got a restraining order against him, and now he can't go back home. She doesn't work, doesn't pay for anything, and had been making his life miserable and all I can do is stand in the sidelines and watch. What are his options? [link] [comments]  |
| Can I legally disable a clients business website if their account is past due? Posted: 22 Mar 2019 07:52 AM PDT Located in NJ but have clients all over the US. I own a subscription based web design service. Clients pay monthly and essentially lease a website that I build and host for them. They dont take ownership and dont have access to anything on my system. My terms and conditions that clients agree to state that after 15 days of failed payments the account will be automatically suspended until payment is in good standing. I am legally obligated to do this even though they agree? Can I be sued for "potential lost business" or anything of the like? They get automatic emails notifying them and I give a courtesy call before anything gets disabled and I just put "This site is currently under maintenance, please check back soon" - nothing about nonpayment etc. I have a handful of attorney clients and want to cover my tracks before taking any action. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 21 Mar 2019 08:58 PM PDT Is there a timeframe that it must be fixed before it violates handicap accessibility laws? My grandfather is a stroke victim and is very unstable on his feet and I worry he might fall down the stairs. Edit: This is in Long Beach California [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 22 Mar 2019 08:19 AM PDT My family receives monthly oil deliveries in order to heat our house from a fairly local oil company. We pay them every month with either a check or they are called and given a specific card to charge that single time and were specifically instructed to never charge without authorization, as we would put money into the account specifically for that bill. In January, they delivered oil like normal, and we sent a check immediately in the mail for payment. The oil company then went and charged the card we had given them several months ago, not even the card we had told them to use for last month(for $405.86). About 3 weeks after the original delivery, the company called us and told that they were going to send another delivery, to get rid of the 'credit' that we now had with them (we still didn't know at this point). We asked where this 'credit' was from, they would not tell us and would only tell us that we had a credit. We were then told that in order to receive our next delivery, we would also need to send them another 200 dollars. This 600 dollar delivery is much more than any past delivery we had ever received. As our oil tank was already partially full, this oil overfilled our tank, spilling oil in our basement onto our floor, washing machine, and some of our clothes. The company did not tell us they spilled oil, they just left. When we started smelling oil for over a day straight, we realized something was wrong so we went downstairs and found pools of oil on our floor as well as the tank and nearby wall completely covered in oil. We called them and they denied everything at first, but then sent someone to come and look at the spill in the basement. They tried to put a powder on it to absorb the oil, which did not work. When we received our credit card bill for the month we noticed the unauthorized charge and we call them asking what's going on. They tell us that they won't refund the charge they made on the card. We obviously complained about this, and now they won't even return our calls and hang up once they realize it's us on the phone. We don't really know what to do from here. We still have oil spilled in our basement and we can't go down and do our laundry as the smell is overwhelming and parts of our machine is still covered in oil and what I think is kitty litter. Is there legal action we can take against this company to get our money back? Are there any federal agencies we can contact to make a complaint about the spill? If it's relevant, we rent our house but cover all of our utilities. Our landlord had stayed mostly uninvolved. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 22 Mar 2019 05:05 AM PDT I was renting in a family home until this morning (London, UK) and had broken a TV in the room. I offered to buy a replacement, which was rejected. Instead, landlady requested that I give her the money for it and she buy it herself. Due to moving costs, I'm cash strapped and don't have that money at the moment. I'd left my room open so that she could inspect it and upon my return discovered that she has taken my laptop from my room (I'm assuming as hostage for the TV) and restricted my access to parts of the house which have other small items of mine. Should I report this matter to the police? And if I do, realistically; what can they do? Thanks in advance. [link] [comments]  |
| Church REQUIRES my grandmother to tithe 10% of her "income" Posted: 21 Mar 2019 07:44 PM PDT This is near Colorado Springs, CO. The legal part of my question is, can a church require "donations" and still keep its tax exempt status? My grandmother is part of a smaller church, probably about 200 or so members. The pastor and staff there are now requiring all congregation members to tithe 10%, even if it's off of retirement savings or social security. My grandmother is not particularly well off and is already under financial strain. To make things worse, this is really her only community, and the pastor has threatened to ban non-compliant congregation members, and banishment means she'd likely lose some of her fellow church friends. It's all a bit crazy, like almost mob-style extortion. I have gently encouraged her to maybe go find a church with a bit more sane folk, but she's emotionally invested in friends there. Alternately, if I can go and show the pastor and his deacon what they're asking is potentially illegal and they could lose their tax exempt status, maybe they'd back off of their hard stance. [link] [comments]  |
| (GA) mom is making up false allegations to get full custody Posted: 22 Mar 2019 07:58 AM PDT My mom is lying and saying that my father has sexually molested us children but thats not true. I asked my brother and sister and they both said dad's not like that. I know I've never been touched inappropriately. My mom is an irresponsible parent who moves every 6 months for no reason. She's never kept a job for more than 5 months. Constantly pulling the kids out of school. And is verbally abusive to us and my father. She has decided to get separated (religious doesn't believe in divorce) she wants full custody so she's making up stories to make him seem like the bad parent. We've been interviewed by social workers,etc and they keep asking about stories that never happened. We all say it isn't true but I don't think they believe us. Is there anything my dad can do to prove his innocence and get joint custody? Edit:I'm afraid that the courts always side with the mother :( [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 21 Mar 2019 05:52 PM PDT (Dallas, TX) So im sorry this may sounds like a bs situation here but im in the city. Parents here dont care what their kids do, and thats if they even bother to open the door to talk to me to begin with. So i have a massive, fluffy white lovable dog most people tell me hes the biggest dog theyve ever seen and he certainly attracts attention, especially from kids. There are maybe 10 kids around here and most "only childs", so thats about 8 or so different families i have to talk to and half the kids wont tell me where they live (not very surprised) The kids will try to knock on my door to play with the dog, which in return my dog goes apeshit, or they'll crawl onto my PATIO over a fence and look through my window to try to get a better look of my dog. And the worst being having to take my dog out to pee every several hours. Everytime i go out there and tell them to leave, some will run, the others keep telling me how, "unfair" it is to keep him all to myself.. those are the parents im terrified to talk to, i even had a mom already videotape our conversation for, "legal purposes". This keeps happening and i have no clue what I can do. Especially concerned about confronting and knowing how to speak to the more... crazy parents and stay miles clear from any legal conflicts. [link] [comments]  |
| Wifes IUD was misplaced (legal options) Posted: 22 Mar 2019 09:38 AM PDT My wife recently went to the doctor to have her Mirena IUD placed after the birth of our first son. She was on Mirena before we decided to get pregnant for 3 years without any problems. In the appointment my wife asked the midwife to use an ultrasound while placing the device (my wife has a tilted uterus and her previous OBGYN said he needed to use the ultrasound to correctly place it the first time) the midwife shrugged off her request saying, "I don't need an ultrasound. We do this all the time". When my wife returned for the check up the doctors were unable to find the device and a lot of expensive scans later we discovered the IUD had perforated the uterus and would need surgery to be removed. We then went to get a second opinion from another medical practice and the doctor there said he could tell that it was perforated during implantation and confirmed we needed surgery. Do we have a case against the practice who misplaced the IUD. We don't want to make money we just want them to pay for the medical bills resulting from their mistake as we are both teachers who don't have thousands of dollars to pay for a surgery. We are in North carolina. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 22 Mar 2019 12:35 PM PDT TITLE EDIT: Valued I am a ballroom dancer, and dance dresses are often encrusted with crystals and extremely expensive. One of the top dressmakers in the country (which we will call Dressmaker) sells dresses which average between $5,000 and $10,000, but can go much higher. I live in New York, and Dressmaker is based in New Jersey. While at a dance competition in Ohio, Dressmaker held a competition. Whoever could get the fastest time on the Mario Kart station they had set up would win a free custom dress. I won, and they agreed that they would make a dress for my dance partner (since I am a man). Many people were there to witness the competition, but at the end of the night when my score stood as the highest, only me, my partner, my father, and the dressmaker were present. The Dressmaker gave my dance partner his phone number, and she sent him a text and saw on his phone that it was received. Later, she met with him and he gave her a sketch of the dress he would make. From that point on, he never responded to her texts. When she called the business, the receptionist said she would relay our messages but we never got a call back. It has been a year and a half, and most recently when my dance partner called, she was hung up on twice. I am going to meet the Dressmaker at an upcoming competition and have a talk with him, threatening to bring suit if he doesn't follow through, but my question is: do I really have a case, or will this just be a bluff? Evidence I have: A dated Facebook post I made announcing I had won. Witnesses that there was a contest held. The two aforementioned witnesses that I won (not including the Dressmaker). Phone records showing how often we phoned Dressmaker. [link] [comments]  |
| HOA Litigation Preventing Us From Moving Posted: 21 Mar 2019 04:16 PM PDT My wife and I purchased a new townhouse just north of Seattle in 2013. In 2016, our HOA began litigation against the builder as there was a handful of warranty issues with most houses in our development. We settled out of court late last year and the community received an email stating we were FHA compliant again. This last week, we put an offer on a house which is contingent on the sale of our townhouse, only to find that there was a second builder in our community (5 of 72 units) with whom we are still in litigation with; banks are still not lending within our community. It has been more than two years in which only cash offers can be accepted and property values are dipping as a result. Is there any recourse we can take to get the hell out of here? We feel like prisoners as we are completely unable to access the equity in our house. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 22 Mar 2019 07:29 AM PDT So I am in Michigan. My last employer terminated me a month ago and has texted me on several occasions saying they are basically holding my personal belongings hostage until I drop a class the owner paid for me to take and give them the textbook for the class. Here's some backstory though: The owner pressured me into taking this class so he could save money and make me do the job of medical billing/coding and fire the company he goes through now since they are too much money for his taste. He wanted to pay me less than that and do my old job on top of that. He's a pretty sketchy dude when it comes to how he runs his businesses tbh. He's always trying to save every dollar and scheme to save money and rip others off in process. So it came time to sign up and everything was put into my name, but the payment was put on his credit card. The class was non-refundable and came with a free textbook. Neither of us signed any contract (though he tried to get one written up saying I had to work under him for x amount of time no matter what since he paid for the class). The contract never came about, thankfully. I wasn't even looking to stay for too long as he was a doctor who is highly against paying for staff health insurance (he tried to get everyone on board with using him, a hand doctor, as our primary care/specialist doctor for everything we needed, even for gynecological issues....) I have serious health issues that require specific doctors so I knew I had to get out of Dodge before I get kicked off my parents insurance. He grew tired of my argument for insurance since he just wanted to save all his money and have no extra expenses. So anyway they fired me and called me on my lunch break saying I shouldn't have taken a lunch when I did because now I'm no longer needed. They took the weekend to apparently gather my belongings and keep them away from any other staff. They threatened to not pay me my last paycheck since I didn't drop the class or return the book. So now they wisened up and realized I was legally entitled to my wages, but my paycheck came in the mail today saying my belongings are waiting there in exchange for my textbook and proof the class has been dropped. So what can I do? I don't want them to 1. Be able to bully who ever they want and just make power plays to win satisfaction. It's not fair to anyone else they encounter, as I feel is just encourages this behavior with him. He is ALL about intimidating his patients who can't pay and anyone who offers their services to him. And 2. Be able to take an opportunity away from me that, as I see it, was gifted to me. They claim it is written in the employee handbook, but I've never been given access to that, and they also claimed it was in there that they can withhold a paycheck for that reason too. I'm so upset with all this because I not only feel like a failure for being terminated, but my anxiety is through the roof trying to not get walked all over by them. So how can I legally get my stuff back? Should I take an officer with me to get it? Is it theft on their part? Do I have any legal rights here to this class? PS Sorry if I rambled a lot. I have been so stressed out and can't get my mind to settle for two seconds it seems because of all this. I even had to block the manager's cell phone because she kept texting me threatening texts about my belongings and check. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 21 Mar 2019 08:50 PM PDT Unfortunately this will not be a happy update. After the previous update we stayed in regular contact with CFS and the RCMP, however this prove to be fruitless because he had managed to keep our daughter at his place and manipulate the children, he also managed to hold back the investigation for months and eventually the evidence was so weak that it was dismissed. From the time we had to take our daughter back until last month things returned to normal with our normal access without many hiccups, however our daughter's behavior became worse and we heard horrible things that we reported to child & Family Services when necessary. 3 weeks ago her ex asked her if he could move across the country 4500 km with the children; with the promise that she get her normal phone calls and he would fly her out to live with them for a month a year during the summer. He explained that his lawyer said that he needed her permission to move with the children that far away, she said that she needed the weekend to think about it and on the following Monday told him no that where we are the services for the children are better including education and Healthcare as well as that for us adults that there were better jobs are here which is objectively true. That brings us up to last Friday my wife had her normal phone call with our daughter and the other children and everything seemed normal, Monday she called for her normal call and the line was out of service so we give him the benefit of the doubt and assumed that he was simply having an issue with bill payment or something of the like, Tuesday is not normally a call day so we let it be and yesterday my wife tried to call again and the line was completely disconnected and the number was no longer in service at this point she became concerned about the whereabouts and safety of the children and called the RCMP for a welfare check, when the officer arrived at the residence they reported that there was still quite a few possessions there but that the neighbor informed them that the family moved away on Saturday. Upon hearing this my wife and I both hold the opinion that he has fled across the country with the children against her expressed wishes. Tomorrow is the day we get our monthly visit with the children, we will be attending the pickup location as normal but have become hopeless that they will actually be there. we have tried to contact every family member and acquaintance between the two that we can and have gotten no answer or have gotten answers of 'we don't talk to them anymore' or 'we don't know where they are' the police were able to locate two additional phone numbers that belong to them but those are also disconnected. I don't know if anyone is allowed to answer this question, but do we need to file an ex parte to get a police enforcement clause so we can try to get the police to locate the children? The police say they currently can't do anything above what they've already done, also they've gone missing with no contact while there's still a child and Family Services file open in regards to the previous incident. Thank you in advance LA I sure wish I was coming here with better news. Original post: First update: https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/97dw8b/update_during_our_last_visit_my_stepdaughter/ Second update: https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/98e9ue/update_during_our_last_visit_my_stepdaughter/ [link] [comments]  |
| Can you sue someone that is “obsessed” with you in an offensive way? Posted: 22 Mar 2019 07:44 AM PDT Hello r/legaladvice , the situation goes like this , I have a cafe shop in my hometown in Greece for 10 years now , for the last 7 years or so someone opened a cafe right next to mine . This guy for the last 5-6 years since his cafe is not going as well as mine is always suing me for different matters such as " having more chairs than the law allows" or "having TVs in a place that the law doesnt allow TVs" and when my cafe is full of people and his is not he always call the police or sue us for the "loud noise" etc. This goes on the last 6 years ... Everyone in my hometown knows that he does that to us but he also sues other cafe shops too for the same kind of issues. Last year , when it was a national holiday , he placed many more tables and chairs than he was allowed to and he came all the way close to my cafe with his own chairs and tables. Then when i went to ask him nicely to leave a bit of space between the two shops he went and grabbed me and punched me in the face . Of course as I never sued anyone for anything and especially him because I didnt want to get on his level , I also didnt sued him for that. Since then he always does things in his cafe that the law does not approve but since noones sues him he has no problem with the police . But when I am going and place something that even the "smallest" law does not approve of here he comes suing the first minute . As of recently , i really want to know what I can do to him because this cannot longer continue . He is going to the public services of the city and asks about my boundaries of the shop and he is constantly obsessed with what I do . Also another fact is that when I do something to my cafe he does it too the next day , and I mean everything ( ex. If I place a logo on my door he will to the verg next day.) Its pretty crazy. Anyways , i can answer all the questions . I am writing my problem here because I really believe I can find something that I could work with in here ☺️ [link] [comments]  |
| My mother stole my child’s social security card. Posted: 22 Mar 2019 10:31 AM PDT I'll try to keep this short while still providing all relevant details. Yesterday I discovered that my mom had stolen my child's social security card and birth certificate. When I confronted her about it, she admitted to taking it and that she had claimed my child and myself on her taxes. She did return it when I threatened to report her. We do live with her (not for long now though), but my child is on my insurance and my ex and I take care of basic needs. I provide food for myself and my child and usually her as well. My mother can be very unstable and it makes me extremely uncomfortable that she now knows my social security number and my child's social security number. There's no way she gave the card back without writing it down, and apparently she has a copy of my SS card or the number written down. What should I do? Is there anything I can do? Colorado, USA [link] [comments]  |
| Third seller down the chain wants a bill of sale for a moped scooter. Posted: 22 Mar 2019 10:08 AM PDT I received a Facebook message out of the blue. I sold a Honda Metropolitan scooter several years ago and made a bill of sale at that time (Colorado title). Fast forward three owners later and the current owner is trying to sell the scooter in New Mexico. Apparently, nobody bothered to register the scooter and my name is still on the title. New Mexico has stricter laws governing the sale of scooters and they need a bill of sale from the persons on the title to transfer it. The current owner has requested that I create a bill of sale for them and mail it. I have no idea if they are the legal owners, only their word. Would I be exposing myself legally if I gave them such a document? I don't want to be accused of making false documents. [link] [comments]  |
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