I paid the deposit for my upcoming wedding photo package. We had our engagement photo taken, 3 minutes total was spent. The wedding plans then fell apart 14 months ahead of the weekend we had agreed to. After several months spent trying to contact the owner about a refund of the deposit because they had 14 months to try and find someone to book that weekend I was finally told to contact them a month before the original date and if they had booked that weekend my deposit would be refunded. 10 months later when I called them back to find out about the refund I was told that they could not find my contract and therefore could not refund my money. So for 3 minutes of work they got to keep my 750$ deposit and also earned the additional business from that weekend.
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