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A couple sent invoices of $240 each to their guests who confirmed their attendance but failed to show up to their wedding at the last minute. The invoice, which charged the ‘no call, no show’ guest $240 for failing to show up to the couple’s reception in Jamaica, sparked a heated debate online.

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“This invoice is being sent to you because you confirmed seat(s) at the wedding reception during the Final Headcount. The amount above is the cost of your individual seats. Because you didn't call or give us proper notice that you wouldn't be in attendance, this amount is what you owe us for paying for your seat(s) in advance,” the invoice said.

 A view of the bill.

The New York Post identified the couple as Doug Simmons and Dedra McGee from Chicago. Simmons had originally posted the bill on Facebook with the hashtag #PETTYPOST, according to the report. He told the Post that it was petty “but I am not some trifling person who is going to bill somebody.”

Simmons said the situation was less about the money and more about not getting a heads-up that the guests - and their plus-ones - weren't going to attend.