Need Advice .... Brides Mother threatening to sue!!!

Hey everyone!

I need some advice on what to do. I did a wedding and grooms cake a couple of weeks ago. Both of the cakes looked great when i brought them to set them up. The grooms cake was fine it wasnt my taste but it wasnt a problem. The wedding cake was a 4 tier round white with scrolls and dots on it with those new pearl ball pillars between them. So when I started to set it up it was fine but by the time I got all of the tiers on it the bottom tier was slightly leaning so I fixed it to where the front looked good so it would still look good in pictures. When I left I took a picture and told the caterer, which is the only one that was there, that the bottom layer was leaning a little but it would be fine. I am adding the picture to my photos it has the orange and pink flowers on it. This is what it looked like when I left.

So on Monday after the wedding I get a call from the mother of the bride who is screaming at me telling me the cake was falling and that it was "pathetic" and if she didnt get her money back she was suing me. I dont think I should give her her money back because she did eat the cake and I did put all of the work into it. When I left the reception hall I thought man this isnt what I would consider my best work I am going to send her some money back just because I felt bad but when she started threatening me everything changed.

Anyone know what I should do and has this ever happened to anyone?? Any help anyone can give me would be greatly appreciated!!

Amber

Thanks to everyone for your posts.

No the cake didnt fall, when the mother called she said that it looked like it was about to fall off the table now when she called again tonight she said it fell apart so i dont kow what is true. I talked to the bride earlier today also and she said that it was leaning when they got to the hall and they had to cut the cake first thing.

I take that as they cut and ate the cake. The mom says it fell apart and they threw it away. She has lied constantly since this all started. She said I told the caterer heres the cake deal with it I am leaving. I stayed there over an hour working on the cake because I am a perfectionist and I want the best and wouldnt expect anyone to take less than the best which is why I thought in the beginning I will give some of her money back.

The flowers were suppose to be left for me and they only left 6. I went around and found the bigger ones so there would be some more to add to it.

I think i have answered everyones questions, if I didnt please ask again.

Thanks for all of your advice and opinions!

Amber

That is what i thought also pinkbunny & tonyas_jewels, if they ate it why should they get their money back.

She said that she called a lawyer and that he said that she could get all of her money back plus I would have to pay attorney fees and court costs and that she would have my wages garnished. Do you think she is trying to scare me into giving her money back or she sould really do this?

I guess my thought is that I didnt knock it over and i didnt go there with the intention to half way do the cake and to make sure it fell over which is what she is saying. I think she just wants her money back and nothing would have been good enough for her.

The caterer was a personal friend of hers so that is out. When I left the hall I talked to one of the ladies there and she said it looked great. Now the mom is telling me that the same lady told her that she told me the cake was crap and I should fix it and that is when I told her I am leaving you deal with it.

They are all just lying. I did have a friend of mine with me that helped me set it up and she knows what was said, Thank God!

Thank you so much chocomama! That makes me feel a lot better!