u/michaelnovati replied ·
My 2 cents personal opinion. THIS IS NOT LEGAL ADVICE, THIS IS MY OPINION!
1. Lawsuits are a last resort for dealing with a company and can sometimes even cost more than you get back to conduct (court and lawyer fees). They are usually because a company is violating the contract in such a harmful and egregious way and is not cooperating with sorting out the issues with you.
2. A lot of contracts have disclaimers and limitations on damages so if you get to the point of a lawsuit, you might want to first pay a lawyer $200 to review the contract and see what kind of case you might have.
3. It's always a good idea to talk to the bootcamp first (which it sounds like you did).
4. A contract is a legal document, so you can't just make arguments out of no where for why you want money back, so you have to read through the contract, see what the bootcamp did and did NOT do and then point out the areas they didn't do what they said they would do as a justification for a discount or refund.
5. Sometimes laws can override contracts and be justification for further damages beyond the contract, so that's a case where a lawsuit might be useful to recover more damages.
6. You might have an ARBITRATION CLAUSE and if you have one, you can't sue the person in court and have to through arbitration (unless this clause itself is illegal in your jurisdiction)
7. You might have a clause preventing a class action lawsuit. A lot of people added these recently and it's totally reasonable for the company to add that if they legally can.