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2008/5/1 mike karthauser <mikek at brightstorm.co.uk>:
>  > I'd get the lawyer to draft the letter to him informing him of your
>  > intent to recover your costs. You'll also be able to gauge the
>  > situation better from his response. If he's trying to pull a fast one
>  > and back out the deal unethetically then he'll want to call it a day
>  > at the 20% deposit and move on.
>
>
>  a way to solve some of this in the future is to call it 20% down
>  payment instead of deposit. INAL but deposit tends to imply refundable
>  deposit whereas downpayment clearly isn't.

Nope. It's quite the opposite - unless the deposit is clearly
described as refundable, and when it's safe to assume you won't be
getting it back.

Having both emails and a delivered product (even if only a prototype)
means that he hasn't a case, and your best bet is to probably walk
away.

A.

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