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Originally Posted by MoneyGuy
Further on this, I’ve instructed this company to cancel a service for something we’ve been using in my office. They say they will bill me for the service to the end of the current term. I own the business and someone else ordered the service and signed for it; I just accepted it although it wasn’t my wish. She signed a five-year agreement that renewed in July 2018 for another five years. Cost is about $1,800 over five years.
They can bill me but the invoice will not be paid. If they sue (I doubt they would) my argument would be that I didn’t sign and the one who did didn’t have my authority therefore it’s not valid. I could offer 10% if they call it a day but I’d be reluctant to even do that.
Any opinions whether my case is strong?
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Does she buy other things for the office of a similar nature? Is there a written approval structure that she violated? Would the company entering the contract have any reason to doubt that she had the authority to make the contract?
I think you lose on the first 5 year contract becuase you didn’t attempt to cancel based on the person who didn’t have authority making the deal in the first 5 years.