advice needed

I am in the process of setting up a trust and recently I had a meeting with an accountant to see if the accountant is conversant with taxation laws relating to trusts and vendor financing strategies and would be able to provide the service to me once the trust is set up (by my lawyer).

At any point, I was not told that there would be a fee for the initial meeting with the accountant. During the meeting I especially asked about the charges and I was told that the only fee is for preparation of tax returns, if/when I do business with this firm.

However, I received an invoice recently and they insist that I pay this amount (over $200), which is said to be for one and half hour investment advice, which I did not receive or ask for.

When I raised this issue with the accountant, I was told that accountant’s recollection was that I was told about the fee for the initial meeting. Once I explained that this was not the case, then the accountant told me that he also provided investment advice. In fact he knew nothing about the vendor financing strategies and talked about negative gearing, which I did not asked about.

Now I am planning to write a letter to his supervisor about their staff not being up front about fees and charges.

Since I did not ask for any finacial advice, and I was not told that there would be a fee for the initial meeting, I do not want to pay. Any thoughts as to what I should do in this sort of situations? Thanks.