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Re: Why Is This Bad? I challenge you to read the 'fine print' of ANY cellular phone contract. You have to be a lawyer to understand it. What the EFF wants to do is make it so there is NO FINE PRINT. Period. If you buy something, the rules should be simple and easy enough for a 9th grader to understand (well, a 4th grader if you want to include republicans). The terms should be short, and to the point. I guarantee you, if most people understood what they were signing, a LOT of them would say 'screw it, it's a bad deal'. Fine print is how they make a BAD DEAL look good.
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Mount Airy, MD | said by karlmarx:I challenge you to read the 'fine print' of ANY cellular phone contract. I read the fine print of everything I sign, whether it is a lease, mortgage contract, car purchase agreement, cell phone contract or whatever, every time.
said by karlmarx: You have to be a lawyer to understand it. So just because you can't do it means that we have to ruin things for everyone else? I've never had a problem looking up the meanings of legal terms online and I am no lawyer.
said by karlmarx: What the EFF wants to do is make it so there is NO FINE PRINT. Period. You can go to any service provider's website and view a copy of a potential contract with no fine print. You can even use your browser settings to jack up the font size to whatever you like.
said by karlmarx: If you buy something, the rules should be simple and easy enough for a 9th grader to understand (well, a 4th grader if you want to include republicans). So you finally switched to the GOP? Nice.
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Wakulla, FL | said by pnh102:said by karlmarx: If you buy something, the rules should be simple and easy enough for a 9th grader to understand (well, a 4th grader if you want to include republicans). So you finally switched to the GOP? Nice. *rimshot*
Nice zing.
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said by pnh102:said by karlmarx:I challenge you to read the 'fine print' of ANY cellular phone contract. I read the fine print of everything I sign, whether it is a lease, mortgage contract, car purchase agreement, cell phone contract or whatever, every time. said by karlmarx: You have to be a lawyer to understand it. So just because you can't do it means that we have to ruin things for everyone else? I've never had a problem looking up the meanings of legal terms online and I am no lawyer. said by karlmarx: What the EFF wants to do is make it so there is NO FINE PRINT. Period. You can go to any service provider's website and view a copy of a potential contract with no fine print. You can even use your browser settings to jack up the font size to whatever you like. said by karlmarx: If you buy something, the rules should be simple and easy enough for a 9th grader to understand (well, a 4th grader if you want to include republicans). So you finally switched to the GOP? Nice. How do you look something up when you're there, away from the computer?
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New Orleans, LA | reply to pnh102
said by pnh102  I read the fine print of everything I sign, whether it is a lease, mortgage contract, car purchase agreement, cell phone contract or whatever, every time.
[/BQUOTE :I would be willing to bet that you have not read the fine print of everything you have signed |
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Mount Airy, MD | reply to Gbcue
said by Gbcue:How do you look something up when you're there, away from the computer? The best way is to never sign something on the spot. If it is a cell phone contract, those can be read at home before you sign up. As for a mortgage, I was able to read the paperwork before closing and prepare my list of questions. The same goes with a lease. For the car loan, the only thing I was worried about was being scammed into one of those "you own it but you really don't" type of deals... and if the dealer is desperate enough to close a deal with you, they will let you read the contract.
If you have a phone with a data plan and a browser, that also helps.
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Mount Airy, MD | reply to Van
said by Van: would be willing to bet that you have not read the fine print of everything you have signed And you'd lose.
I don't see why this is considered a bad thing. Any contract that involves you paying money for something and which has the potential to really screw you over if you aren't careful really should be read and understood by you before you sign it.
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New Orleans, LA | I doubt it. It makes your argument stronger online but nobody reads every single line of every single product they buy. Some are almost 10-12 pages long of small line-by-line words.
I am sure you won't admit otherwise but I doubt I am wrong.
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Mount Airy, MD | And you're more than welcome to do that. I'll continue reading contracts. 
If it helps to convince you, I do not sign up for many subscription-based services simply because I do not like the types of terms in some of these contracts.
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Ten to twelve pages is nothing. If I'm entering into a contract that make me financially liable for something, I do read everything. Ask the closing agent that I used to close on my last house. I spent close to two hours reading/signing everything. The sad thing is that the closers said that they've never had anyone read the documents. What??? Why would you not read everything if you're getting ready to agree to pay more than $1 million dollars over the next 30 years?
FWIW, I actually read the license agreements on software that I install on my computer too, but that's a different discussion. |
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I doubt you have enough time to keep up with all the monthly changes that are happening. Also, I've read contracts where they refer to something in some other location. You go to that, it refers you to some other place that you can not fine, etc... It's a racket to hide the "icky" parts. |
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Good for you. I do the same thing with contracts, but not the EULAs. Bad me, I know... |
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said by jjeffeory:I doubt you have enough time to keep up with all the monthly changes that are happening. Funny you mention that. The only bills where I have that problem are the water + sewer and electric bills, neither of which has a contract attached to it. As for cable and cell phone bills, which are the only 2 services I have which are contract-based, I've never experienced a charge or rate change that wasn't covered somewhere in the contract or terms of service.
said by jjeffeory: Also, I've read contracts where they refer to something in some other location. You go to that, it refers you to some other place that you can not fine, etc... It's a racket to hide the "icky" parts. And again, if you experience this problem, and you do not like the terms, then do not sign up for the service. Simple as that.
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| Even bottom feeding lawyers admit fine print is usually just a bogus attempt at "jibber jabber".
How could you possible understand that? |
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Mount Airy, MD | said by DataRiker:Even bottom feeding lawyers admit fine print is usually just a bogus attempt at "jibber jabber". How could you possible understand that? Google is my friend.
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| So you don't see the stupidity in trying to understand something that is, by the creators admission, absurd?
Fortunately, the rest of us do. |
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Mount Airy, MD | said by DataRiker:So you don't see the stupidity in trying to understand something that is, by the creators admission, absurd? Fortunately, the rest of us do. The creators say this? Where? Just because some shady lawyers you know make this claim does not mean the lawyers who wrote these contracts make the same claim.
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| Well, I saw this in 2 instances. The first was a Harvard law scholar on an unrelated documentary (mortgage crisis), and the second was from a lawyer friend.
Either way your presumption that google will substitute years and years of legal experience needed to decode these things is wrong. In some cases the authors motives are to get litigated ( did I ever mention lawyers are ....well nevermind)
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Mount Airy, MD | said by DataRiker:Well, I saw this in 2 instances. The first was a Harvard law scholar on an unrelated documentary (mortgage crisis), and the second was from a lawyer friend. Funny you mention the mortgage crisis. Talk about a situation which could have been avoided entirely had the people who signed their contracts actually bothered to read what they were signing before committing to it.
That just validates my argument even more.
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1 edit | Your assumption that you have read every type of mortgage contract is astounding.
Even more astounding is your assertion that you could have understood, even when a Harvard law professor can't, the contractual language of the modern mortgage.
You have proved nothing but your own ignorance. |
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