I have a verbal contract question.
My husband is a musician and played a gig on New Year's Eve. The verbal agreement between the band and the bar was that there would be no cover charge for the show and that the band would recieve 20% of the profits from food and drinks sold between 9PM and 1AM. According to the bar there was 700 people through the door that night. Yet they claim only $3,400 in sales between 9PM and 1AM. The vocalist called at one point to ask the total (BTW: it took them three days to get them their money) and the girl on the phone, first told him $8,400, then covered the phone talked with someone and said "Oh no, I guess it was $3,400." Apparently when the verbal agreement was made, it was made between the vocalist and the manager and there was supposedly one other witness. Do we have any right to ask to see the books? Cash register tape? etc? We all believe that they made substantially more money then they claim, especailly after the girl on the phones slip up. What rights if any do they have?
My husband is a musician and played a gig on New Year's Eve. The verbal agreement between the band and the bar was that there would be no cover charge for the show and that the band would recieve 20% of the profits from food and drinks sold between 9PM and 1AM. According to the bar there was 700 people through the door that night. Yet they claim only $3,400 in sales between 9PM and 1AM. The vocalist called at one point to ask the total (BTW: it took them three days to get them their money) and the girl on the phone, first told him $8,400, then covered the phone talked with someone and said "Oh no, I guess it was $3,400." Apparently when the verbal agreement was made, it was made between the vocalist and the manager and there was supposedly one other witness. Do we have any right to ask to see the books? Cash register tape? etc? We all believe that they made substantially more money then they claim, especailly after the girl on the phones slip up. What rights if any do they have?