Financial Dispute with Company in Italy

[CatR]

Jurisdiction

Europe

We received a quote from a company in Italy for 500 euro. They said they misquoted us and said we actually owed 2400 euro, which we paid and then they asked for another 500 euro after we payed.

Are there legal concerns we should have if we don't pay the extra 500, given we already paid almost 2000 over the original quote?

 

[Zigner]

Sorry, this forum is for US law matters only.

 

[zddoodah]

We received a quote from a company in Italy for 500 euro.

A quote to do what? Was this company selling something to you in exchange for you paying 500 euro? What was the thing? Can you not get this thing from a U.S. based company (assuming you're based in the U.S., which you might not be)?

They said they misquoted us and said we actually owed 2400 euro, which we paid and then they asked for another 500 euro after we payed.

Was there a written contract? And you've now paid 2,900 euro? Or have you only paid the 2,400?

Are there legal concerns we should have if we don't pay the extra 500, given we already paid almost 2000 over the original quote?

Given that you've provided no context at all, I don't even know what this question means.

Presumably, you're not going to get whatever it is that you are seeking to get unless you pay the additional money, but you apparently have no guarantee that you'll get it even if you do pay the additional money. Nor do you have any guarantee that the company won't continue to ask for more and more money. And the amount of money you're talking about isn't worth suing over (2,900 euro is a little over $3,400), so you're basically throwing money at this company in the hope that you get what you're seeking.

 

[adjusterjack]

We received a quote from a company in Italy for 500 euro. They said they misquoted us and said we actually owed 2400 euro, which we paid and then they asked for another 500 euro after we payed.

Smells like a scam.

Are there legal concerns we should have if we don't pay the extra 500, given we already paid almost 2000 over the original quote?

Somebody in Europe found and American cash cow and is milking it as far as it can.

Can you not get this thing from a U.S. based company (assuming you're based in the U.S., which you might not be)?

New York according to IP address.

 

[Zigner]

Sorry, this forum is for US law matters only.

 

[CatR]

A quote to do what? Was this company selling something to you in exchange for you paying 500 euro? What was the thing? Can you not get this thing from a U.S. based company (assuming you're based in the U.S., which you might not be)?

A quote for a driving service in Italy for a week long trip. We are no longer in Italy, as the trip is over and we are back in the US. We already utilized these services, the issue is that we were significantly overcharged from the estimate we received.

Prior to going to Italy, we received a quote for a proposed itinerary of sight seeing/shuttles averaging 125 euros per day. While the itinerary changed a bit throughout the course of the trip, it was strange that the actual cost of 2,400 was so much higher than the initial proposal of 500 euros total. After the trip, the company came back to us and said we owed them 500 more euros on top of the 2,400 we had already paid for services.

We have been back and forth with the company via email, but the point of contact has stopped responding. We asked if they would consider the 2,400 euros Paid in Full since it was so much higher than the initial estimate, and our question is what will be the legal implications of us not paying this additional 500 euros? No contract was signed.

Was there a written contract? And you've now paid 2,900 euro? Or have you only paid the 2,400?



Given that you've provided no context at all, I don't even know what this question means.

Presumably, you're not going to get whatever it is that you are seeking to get unless you pay the additional money, but you apparently have no guarantee that you'll get it even if you do pay the additional money. Nor do you have any guarantee that the company won't continue to ask for more and more money. And the amount of money you're talking about isn't worth suing over (2,900 euro is a little over $3,400), so you're basically throwing money at this company in the hope that you get what you're seeking.