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Recorded verdict summary
Kept the fence deposit, could not prove the costs: QCAT orders a $600 refund
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You are entitled to repayment of the $600 deposit. The accepted quote showed the deposit and start date, but it did not show a visible non-refund term, and the other side did not produce itemized, actual-cost proof to justify keeping the money. Rule 11 controls this kind of dispute: a deposit deduction is stronger when it is itemized, timely, and tied to actual costs, and that showing was not made here. On this record, the safer and fairer result is full return of the withheld deposit.