[shasta]

Not all contracts... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statute_of_frauds

[mangeletti]

Wow, thanks for the link. That's really interesting. Most of those seemed like pretty obvious safety stops, except for the $500 in goods maximum. That one sort of renders verbal contracts useless in nearly all cases, unless I'm misunderstanding.

[cplease]

You are misunderstanding. The $500 limit is specifically for "goods". Not services, for instance.