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This isn't schoolchildren all being bystanders or victims to a peer bully. There is a much larger asymmetry in time, money, and credibilty here.

db48x 2y ago
That’s the whole reason that small claims court exists.
- vacuity 2y ago
  Wish I got a manual on small claims courts when I became an adult. Or sooner. And, like, the resources to exercise it without taking up more of my time or anything. It's a strange imbalance for something that is entirely the company's fault. Of course there are bound to be legitimate issues on either side, but for something blatant like this, I would that the burden wouldn't be on me.
  - nradov 2y ago
    Do you expect others to do every little thing for you? You don't need a manual. The filing forms are right there on your county court website. Learning how to deal with this stuff on your own is part of becoming an adult in the real world. Sometimes you have to expend a little time and effort.
- olyjohn 2y ago
  Yeah take days off work to get $300. Totally worth it! I can't understand why everybody doesn't do it.
  - db48x 2y ago
    Small claims court never takes days. The whole point of small claims court is that time and money and credibility are not an advantage, since the whole trial takes no more than a few minutes and consists of little more than both sides presenting and briefly explaining the paperwork that they brought with them. And $300 is a lot more than minimum wage. It’s actually higher than the _average_ hourly wage in the US (I would have preferred to compare it with a median, but that might take more searching), if you assume that it takes you a whole day. You could win that case with very little evidence. Merely the written contract, a photo of the loose antenna (or the antenna itself, if the installer left it behind instead of installing it), the statement from the installer stating that he couldn’t complete the job, and the bills for the service that you couldn’t use but that you have had to pay up to that point. That’s all paperwork that you should have held on to anyway, at least for a few years.

db48x 2y ago

That’s the whole reason that small claims court exists.

vacuity 2y ago
Wish I got a manual on small claims courts when I became an adult. Or sooner. And, like, the resources to exercise it without taking up more of my time or anything. It's a strange imbalance for something that is entirely the company's fault. Of course there are bound to be legitimate issues on either side, but for something blatant like this, I would that the burden wouldn't be on me.
- nradov 2y ago
  Do you expect others to do every little thing for you? You don't need a manual. The filing forms are right there on your county court website. Learning how to deal with this stuff on your own is part of becoming an adult in the real world. Sometimes you have to expend a little time and effort.
olyjohn 2y ago
Yeah take days off work to get $300. Totally worth it! I can't understand why everybody doesn't do it.
- db48x 2y ago
  Small claims court never takes days. The whole point of small claims court is that time and money and credibility are not an advantage, since the whole trial takes no more than a few minutes and consists of little more than both sides presenting and briefly explaining the paperwork that they brought with them. And $300 is a lot more than minimum wage. It’s actually higher than the _average_ hourly wage in the US (I would have preferred to compare it with a median, but that might take more searching), if you assume that it takes you a whole day. You could win that case with very little evidence. Merely the written contract, a photo of the loose antenna (or the antenna itself, if the installer left it behind instead of installing it), the statement from the installer stating that he couldn’t complete the job, and the bills for the service that you couldn’t use but that you have had to pay up to that point. That’s all paperwork that you should have held on to anyway, at least for a few years.