Should I Have Gotten My Money Back?

[BrokenHeart315]

So, last year when I was in Anime Club, we were all planning to go to Anime Detour for a weekend. (A complete nerd convention) I put down a deposit of $50 knowing that if I backed out, they weren't going to refund it.
About halfway through the year, I heard about some 'pranks' the president & vice president (Tawnya & Kyle, respectively.) were planning to pull on me during this, & they didn't sound harmless, I was actually worried about someone getting seriously hurt.
I dropped out of both anime club & detour, knowing I wouldn't get the deposit back. Then Kyle came up to me out of the blue (I hadn't mentioned the money at all, just emailed him & told him I wasn't going.) & told me he'd refund the money.
So that was a couple months before detour, & detour had been over for about three weeks before I finally emailed Kyle wondering when I would know about the money. He goes to Jessica, who was supposedly the treasure (except the only person who handled the money was Kyle,I didn't even know the position existed) & she sent this big long email about how I didn't deserve the money & what a terrible person I was. (She only agreed to refund half, as well.) I told her Kyle had started this & if he had never said anything, I wouldn't have asked for it back.
Did I have any claim to my money back? By the way, I never got anything back.

[Twisted]

Well you knew you weren't entitled to a refund, but then someone told you that you could have it back so ofcourse you were going to look into it like anyone would. I don't know if you had any claim but since you were told you could have it back then obviously you're going to investigate that. I do think that Jessica was ouy of line with the way she spoke to you, you were simply looking into something that you were told it's not like you were demanding it back or anything.

I doubt you'd be able to get it back now though.

[VampirePrincess]

You gave away the money knowing you weren't getting a refund if you backed out, so it's not like you lose anything by not getting it back from them now. You knew the risks, so unless you have a written agreement from Kyle saying you should get the money back then give up on it. Besides, do you really want money from people that are so rude to you? Just kiss it goodbye, and leave those people out of your life - sounds like you're better off without them, anyway.

[BrokenHeart315]

I know I'm not getting the money back, I didn't care too terribly much. I was just wondering who was wrong & who was right.

[Jacksonian]

Originally Posted by BrokenHeart315

So, last year when I was in Anime Club, we were all planning to go to Anime Detour for a weekend. (A complete nerd convention) I put down a deposit of $50 knowing that if I backed out, they weren't going to refund it.
About halfway through the year, I heard about some 'pranks' the president & vice president (Tawnya & Kyle, respectively.) were planning to pull on me during this, & they didn't sound harmless, I was actually worried about someone getting seriously hurt.
I dropped out of both anime club & detour, knowing I wouldn't get the deposit back. Then Kyle came up to me out of the blue (I hadn't mentioned the money at all, just emailed him & told him I wasn't going.) & told me he'd refund the money.
So that was a couple months before detour, & detour had been over for about three weeks before I finally emailed Kyle wondering when I would know about the money. He goes to Jessica, who was supposedly the treasure (except the only person who handled the money was Kyle,I didn't even know the position existed) & she sent this big long email about how I didn't deserve the money & what a terrible person I was. (She only agreed to refund half, as well.) I told her Kyle had started this & if he had never said anything, I wouldn't have asked for it back.
Did I have any claim to my money back? By the way, I never got anything back.

I say just let it go. Let them be and live your life.

[Skeleton]

You handed in the money knowing you wouldn't get a refund and you didn't bother asking when you dropped out which was the right thing to do but if you were told that you were going to be refunded then you're bound to ask the person who deals with the money about that and it's out of order for her to say things like you said she said when you're only asking about what someone told you so if anyone is in the wrong, it's her for being harsh when you were only asking about it.

As for the whole situation, I would say you're right in saying you won't get the money back and I would just leave it at that. It seems pretty clear that these people are rude so I wouldn't waste your time.