On 2 Jan 2003 at 20:53, Damon wrote: > > >It's an automated system, it basically something which is agreed when > >you start using it, and you can just make a quick call to increase if > >needed. Your attitude of "buyer beware" is repugnant to me, unless it > >CLEARLY STATES up front that it's true. Which it very rarely does. > > Yes it does. Its either on the contract/service agreement, or you get > the run-down verbally when you get the equipment from a dealer. THAT'S > why we expect you to police your own usage, not us...
You mean in the 2 seconds between the hard sell and the thrusting the penin your face? They get paid for results, not explaining details of contracts and they act that way. > If you don't read the contract/service agreement, its your own > fault... > No buyer-beware here... The hard-sell, pushy approach IS precisely that. Several companies recently were fined for making their contracts deliberately obscure and termed in imprentrable legal terminology "which a normal person could not reasonably be expected to understand" (can't find a online link..it was mentioned in The Times mid-December). S'why I never like dealing with these people face-to-face...if I'm reading something on the net or mailed to me, it's easy to have a lawyer-friend check it over for me. It's..incredible..what they put in some contracts, ToS, etc. I'm in the web hosting business myself (I own part of a company which does web hosting), and some of the stuff which goes on there is REALLY, REALLY nasty. Ninety-fifth percentile b/w "promised", excessive over-bandwidth limit charges, "factors affecting the server" clauses which basically allow hosting termination without warning or refunds, etc. And some of the terminology some hosts use...you can drive a bus through the holes in how they can charge you. And that's just the business I *know*. Andy Dawn Falcon _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
