> Kevin Tarr schreef:
>
> > Is this where the difference is, if the government doesn't have it
finger
> > dierctly in society then it really isn't there? Wow.
>
> Suppose I've got a contract with a really big building corporation. They
choose
> to ignore every right that was granted to me in a mutual contract and
demand
> that I do grant them all their rights, no they even send treatening
letters,
> bullying supervisors and the likes if I don't instantly comply. They even
demand
> to be granted rights (which weren't in the original contract) or else I'll
be
> out on the street (and they don't even have the right to do that according
to
> law). Protests and letters from my side are simply ignored and complaints
about
> not honoring the contract are shoved into the round archive. So I ask my
lawyer
> what can I do about that kind of behaviour. He says well you are
absolutely in
> your right according to the law and this building corporation is a case of
> extreme bastards playing very rugh (In his words 'I've never come acros
anything
> remotely similar in all my career') but it'll cost too much money and can
take
> decades if you wanne get your grievance settled. I'd advise you to keep a
low
> profile, swallow your grievance and comply. So where does the government
enforce
> my rights in all this, except maybe for stating somewhere that I'm
supposed to
> have them?
>
> Do you think it might be different in the States? If so your legal system
indeed
> is much better then ours.
>
> Sonja
I'm sorry to hear about that kind of trouble. Not being a lawyer I can't say
with 100% conviction that something like your trouble will not happen here,
or that if it does happen that we would have an easier and cheaper time
fighting in the courts. I do know that verbal contract are usually inforced
by the courts so I can't imagine that a written one would have a tougher
time. Recently a relative had issues with three different companies and got
satisfaction with just a well written fact based letter. No threats, no
emotion, just your product was supposed to do this, it did this instead, and
I want it fixed.
Are there no other ways to get help? If this is a pattern of abuse by this
company then couldn't a group of customers get together, to reduce the cost
and the time?
Not being flippant but maybe this is why other countries do seem to worry
about big business. People worry about it here also but I mostly think it's
no big deal. While I don't agree with the Microsoft - government suit, or
the tabacco settlement, it does show that the government does try to enforce
the laws.
Kevin Tarr
Trump high, lead low
