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Originally Posted by HarryT
As I said, Shaggy, it's just my personal viewpoint. If I found myself unable to agree to a vendor's terms and conditions, then personally I wouldn't buy from that vendor.
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Many ISPs and websites have in their terms and conditions, "these terms could change at any time," and they require people to agree to them before use.
This is an illegal term... certainly, nobody thinks it would be reasonable for an ISP or a website to add to its terms, "all members who had accounts before June 1, 2009, will be billed an extra $500 this month." And especially not, "all current members of the site must buy dinner for any site employee if they ever meet IRL."
Some terms are so ridiculous they can be ignored; any company that expects them to be accepted is counting on people's sense that "rules" are more important than ethical behavior. They are expecting rules-followers to encourage others to follow rules (which is reasonable on its own)... and they are counting on people assuming that the rules themselves are backed by force of law. They are expecting people to fear legal reprisal, not moral twinges, for breaking their rules.
They are engaging in open deceit of their customers... and I do not reward such behavior by agreeing to their terms.