My wedding cake didn't show up, can I sue?

iMsoLucky0 · #1 07-01-2005, 11:46 PM

Long post, so here is a synopsis: The cake lady didn't show up with our wedding cakes on our wedding day. Can we sue?

I got married last week on Friday. Several months ago my wife went to the cake place and told them exactly what she wanted. She went with her parents several times after that working out the details. I also went and picked out the grooms cake I wanted (an ace of spades). We were over there on the Monday before the wedding making final arrangements. Her parents were over on Tuesday also taking some supplies for the building of the cake. Both cakes had been paid for for over a month. We had several reciepts with the specific date and time on them for the wedding.

On the day, the lady never shows up. We try her numbers, she never answers. We leave several messages, nothing. The next day my wife and I go on our honeymoon and our parents go to the place. The lady says she wrote down thew rong day (even though on the reciepts we have which are copies she made it has the correct date).

This was very traumatic for my wife and myself and for our parents. We think we are entitled to something.

Do we have any basis for a lawsuit? To what might we be entitlted?

istewart · #2 07-01-2005, 11:48 PM

It's possible that your wife is a man and you ordered your cake from the We Hate Gays Bakery.

billyjex · #3 07-01-2005, 11:48 PM

Judge Judy!

jakethebake · #4 07-01-2005, 11:50 PM

Welcome to another episode of "Let's Tie Up the Legal System"!

kyro · #5 07-01-2005, 11:51 PM

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It's possible that your wife is a man and you ordered your cake from the We Hate Gays Bakery.

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I could be wrong but I think you just might be trying too hard.

[censored] · #6 07-01-2005, 11:52 PM

Yes you can, people sue for stuff like this all the time.

Should you? I don't think so. She made a mistake, clearly and it sucked and yes it inconvenienced you. But did you suffer any real damages from not having cake? tramatic? please. I say be the bigger person and don't take the obvious attempt at a money grab.

Lazymeatball · #7 07-01-2005, 11:57 PM

Your entitled to your money back on the cake, and possibly a "your next wedding cake is free" coupon. This talk of a lawsuit is just an OOT joke right. Normal people would get over this and make it a bad joke at anniversaries.

vulturesrow · #8 07-01-2005, 11:58 PM

Did she refund your money?

iMsoLucky0 · #9 07-02-2005, 12:04 AM

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Did she refund your money?

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Yes, we took a full refund, as well as her promise to do a few free cakes for us in the future.

As for this being a joke, no it wasn't a joke, but I have never had plans of suing. The reason I was asking is to settle an argument. I thought there was grounds for suing and that we would probably win. My wife and her family did not think we had a right to sue. I did not ever wnat to sue, just wanted to know if it would work.

ALSO, how much monetary compensation would we be entitled to if we did sue and win?

vulturesrow · #10 07-02-2005, 12:09 AM

Im not a lawyer. Would it be possible to sue? Maybe is my wild ass guess. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] Probably under breach of contract, but I have no idea what fair compensation would be. Sorry I dont have a better answer.