The hobby vs business rule is for tax purposes. It doesn't really have anything to do with a customer paying a cake maker (hobbyist or business) to make a cake for them. The customer would expect a suitable cake not an awful one made out of spite by the cake maker.

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@am*3 wrote:

The hobby vs business rule is for tax purposes. It doesn't really have anything to do with a customer paying a cake maker (hobbyist or business) to make a cake for them. The customer would expect a suitable cake not an awful one made out of spite by the cake maker.

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Not necessarily.  The person  who paid for the cake, could not make a complaint to Consumer Affairs.  Why?  Because it was a private, not a business transaction.  (Assuming of course, the person who made the cake, does it as a hobby)

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@j*oono wrote:

Is that corn in the cake?  It's very clever .  I think the cake maker will pick up some business for joke cakes.

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LOL looks like it,  i thought it was very clever too

Thank goodness this thread is pic free now.

Doesn't it say the woman complaining won a $50 cake voucher. She already owed the cake maker $20 so the cake maker deducted that and $30 was the balance for the poo cake.

So she didn't pay in cash, but she had a voucher to the value of $50

Sounds like she had dealings with/ or knew the cake maker previously, if she owed her $20 from their last dealing with each other. Could be a bit of **bleep** for tat going on there.