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Is this legal? They promised to pay for everything, and did not disclose additional terms at that time.

• Dylan16807 8y ago
  In general you can freely promise to pay someone else's bill and then not do it at all. There's no contract if you're not getting anything in return. It does make you an asshole though.
  • 3dfan 8y ago
    Citation? The way I learned it is: Any statement of intent, no matter in which form, is creating a contract that you are bound to abide. You sound like you would argue that it obviously was not a contract but a joke because 'why would a company pay something without getting anything in return'. But that would not hold. Companies spend a lot on customer relationship management. So the customer here could safely assume that the companies 'return' was a happier - in this case: less angry - customer.
    • Dylan16807 8y ago
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consideration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consideration http://theexaminer.com/features/commentary/promise-make-gift-not-enforceable http://theexaminer.com/features/commentary/promise-make-gift... https://dolanlawfirm.com/2017/01/oral-promise/ https://dolanlawfirm.com/2017/01/oral-promise/ A happier customer is not valid consideration for a contract. That would turn every pending gift into a contract and that's not how the law works.