Sigh. How would you handle this? *Update* 5/30; post #11

[Medusa]

First of all, is there anywhere else you could use the excess?
Second, did you take any pictures of the stainless pieces coming off so that you can go back on the manufacturer? If so, then I'd try to go back on them for the labor of the repair job and get some money back that way.
As far as your contractor measuring wrong and you buying too much, that's pretty tough to call since he is fixing someone's else's faulty workmanship!

I can probably use the excess tile elsewhere in the kitchen but I feel that I shouldn't have to pay for the labor of installation since the mistake wasn't mine.

No, I didn't think to take any pix. I didn't even know the tiles came off until I came back from running errands and he told me. I went to the kitchen and saw that he had already glued a lot of them back on. But as I said, I just didn't think to take pix.

He is fixing someone else's poor workmanship, true, and I've definitely taken that into consideration. That's why I feel so crummy about telling him "Hey, you're the one who took the measurments, not I. It's your mistake." I think perhaps I'll talk to him about it tomorrow. I think today I'm just going to let him work. I don't want to make matters worse.

[pomtzu]

Even tho you have no pictures, I'd still notify the manufacturer. Just maybe you can get something out of it.
If you can use them elsewhere, just suggest to him that you get free labor on the installation, since the overage was his error.
It just sounds like you're caught between and rock and a hard place.

[Medusa]

I finally heard back from the tile company, asking if the pieces were on mesh or tape. So I emailed back that they were on tape. I'm waiting to hear back.