From: Eugen Leitl (eugen@leitl.org)
Date: Mon May 20 2002 - 08:35:20 MDT
On Sun, 19 May 2002, Harvey Newstrom wrote:
> If they get virtually all of their business from people who don't know
> it, and virtually none from people who understand the contract,
> something seems wrong. There must be some legal limit to contracts
Why? You have to deal with the consequences of the decisions you do.
> being so vague and indirectly agreeing to further provisions not
> included therein, that are not readily available to the customer and
> can change without notice after the contract is signed. At some
> point, the courts have to step in and say that a contract must clearly
> spell out the agreement, and outside references or retroactive changes
> after the fact are not allowed.
As you mentioned, most people do not care enough to find out they've been
swindled. There are always more ethical alternatives around, some of them
-- omg -- even for pay. By continue to do business with someone who
defaulted on the contract (their every own terms of usage) you're clearly
advertising the fact that you're either clueless, or don't mind being
cheated.
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