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Last summer I had my house roofed. I had an Insurance claim for hail damage. All thru the job the only person I talked to was the assistant. I only met the owner one time. That was after the job was done. He came to the house and looked at everything. Told me he was going to discount some labor and wood used. And that he would go back and put final figures together. And that his assistant would come back the next weekend with what I owed. His assistant came back the next weekend and showed me figures for everything and said I would get an invoice thru PayPal which is how we had agreed I would pay. I also signed over the insurance check I had. The invoice came thru PayPal and I paid it immediately.
A smaller check from my insurance came a few days later. When the assistant came back a few days later to check and see if their crew had come back and touched up things, I asked him about the check. He said my bill was paid. I asked him if I needed to contact the owner about signing the check that was made out to the company and me. He said no that he could sign off on it. I deposited the check in my account. This was in August.
I January I was contacted by the owner’s secretary and told that I had a balance due. I told her that was incorrect. That I had paid them in August. The owner then called me and said that last check was supposed to come to him. I told him that I had been told what was owed and I had paid it. He then sent me a Invoice showing I owed more money. The amount being close to the amount of the insurance check. However, the amount I had paid in August was off and it was showing a date of payment as October. I have proof from PayPal that it was paid in August. I had never seen the invoice he sent me until January. My feeling is I don’t owe him anything because I was told in August it was one amount which I paid. Now he is saying his assistant did not have authority to sign the check.
My question is do I owe him more money. I have worked to retail and I have made a mistake invoicing someone. But never felt it was legal to go back later and say they owed me more.
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A smaller check from my insurance came a few days later. When the assistant came back a few days later to check and see if their crew had come back and touched up things, I asked him about the check. He said my bill was paid. I asked him if I needed to contact the owner about signing the check that was made out to the company and me. He said no that he could sign off on it. I deposited the check in my account. This was in August.
I January I was contacted by the owner’s secretary and told that I had a balance due. I told her that was incorrect. That I had paid them in August. The owner then called me and said that last check was supposed to come to him. I told him that I had been told what was owed and I had paid it. He then sent me a Invoice showing I owed more money. The amount being close to the amount of the insurance check. However, the amount I had paid in August was off and it was showing a date of payment as October. I have proof from PayPal that it was paid in August. I had never seen the invoice he sent me until January. My feeling is I don’t owe him anything because I was told in August it was one amount which I paid. Now he is saying his assistant did not have authority to sign the check.
My question is do I owe him more money. I have worked to retail and I have made a mistake invoicing someone. But never felt it was legal to go back later and say they owed me more.
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