> If you opt not to pay you are dining and dashing... No. If they refuse to charge your card the agreed amount then they are refusing to take your money and th

> If you opt not to pay you are dining and dashing... No. If they refuse to charge your card the agreed amount then they are refusing to take your money and that's no longer your problem. They might well claim otherwise, and you might well end up in a scene, but please don't accept their fraudulent framing, or spread the idea that they are somehow in the right with that framing. If it's prosecution you fear, then consider that they can prosecute you for anything at any time. Why not a 100% fee? A 200% fee? Ten times the agreed amount? At what point will you refuse to pay?