Hey everyone, I own a small landscaping business and most of my clients are handshake agreements and I’ve never had any problem with them and receiving payments.

I was approached by someone who wanted me to do a design and install for them. They didn’t want to pay what I quoted and agreed to have me do a garden design only at my hourly rate (which I have in text messages) I sent them the invoice for $400 for a scaled plan with plants on it— that took me 12hrs to complete. They only want to pay $200, stating that I told them the price would be $200 when I stated it starts at $200. Now I have a dilemma where there is no contract but they are only willing to pay $250. Should I take them to small claims court or take it on the chin?