A Supplier Kept the Deposit but Never Delivered. How a Rhode Island Business Recovered Payment
The story traces delivery promises, payment records, and the steps taken to resolve the failed order.
The questionWhat can a business do when a supplier keeps a deposit and never delivers?
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A Providence restaurant group has won a $64,000 judgment against a furniture supplier that took a deposit for a new dining room and never delivered.
The supplier pushed the delivery date back four times before it stopped answering calls.
The restaurant had to buy replacement furniture at short notice to open on schedule.
Ambrevane Law assembled the invoice, the bank transfer record and the supplier's emails promising new dates, and sued when a demand letter went unanswered.
The court entered judgment for $64,000, the full deposit plus interest and costs.
The supplier may still appeal, and collecting the judgment may take time.
Written delivery promises and payment records make a failed-order claim straightforward to prove. Collection can be the harder part.
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