How to cancel on a vendor?

What does the contract say?

You will just have to bite the bullet and talk to him about it though you may have to forfeit his deposit.

I doubt you will be able to get your money back. Deposits are usually nonrefundable.

Read your contract, you may have lost the deposit. Tell him his services are no longer needed.

Crap!!!! I don't think we signed one.. it was over a year ago. I'm not home right now but when I get home I'll look i keep all the contracts we've signed in my wedding binder.

You paid him without a contract??

I concur with what has been said thus far..

If you payed him in full without a contract he might not give you your money back....(it sounds rude though)

Is your venue providing the baby grand or is he bringing his own? If he's bringing his own, the additional $300 would make sense because it's hard to transport it.

ETA: I agree with PP - check your contract. All our deposits were non refundable.

Most deposits are non-refundable. If you paid without a contract you might be out of luck for getting that back.

Why would you give him money without a contract?

You're probably not getting your money back.

You don't book without a contract....If you did, you don't have a leg to stand on....and I doubt very much you'll get your money back. He secured that day for you, you don't get to just change your mind without a commitment on your part.

A) That's super cheap.

B) You don't pay people without a contract.

C) Good luck getting your money back.

I'm surprised he didn't run with your money.

If you don't have a contract you have no rights. You won't see that money

Well shit. Lol thanks guys I'm gonna go tear apart my apartment now for that contract. If we did its gotta be there somewhere.

Even if you find one, he'd have to be a complete fool to not specify retainer terms not being refundable, especially after a year. Personally I don't think it's even ok to ask.

I don't understand the instrument charge. A baby grand is not something you can haul around with you from gig to gig (and no reputable musician WOULD even if they could, it puts tremendous stress on the instrument and throws it out of tune.) Either the venue has one, or it doesn't.

What others have said^