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Old 04-16-2018, 05:07 AM   #126
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Originally Posted by Thasaidon View Post
In the UK there is an Unfair Consumer Contracts Act.

You can’t enforce unfair terms in a consumer contract, or unfair consumer notices (eg signs on a shop wall or in a car park).

You can never enforce terms or notices that try to avoid your responsibility for: death, injury, faulty goods, goods that aren’t as described, selling goods that aren’t yours to sell

You might not be able to enforce terms or notices if they try to avoid your responsibility in other ways, eg: delays, unsatisfactory services. not doing what 
was agreed

Your contract terms might also be unfair if they weigh the contract significantly in your favour, eg: by providing for excessive cancellation charges and automatic loss of all upfront payments, by creating unbalanced rights, eg being able to cancel a contract at any time, but requiring the customer to give 3 months’ notice, by allowing you to increase the agreed price at a later date

Perhaps Amazon should be careful in the UK and countries which have similar legislation.
The law is not that different in the US when it comes to contracts and evading responsibilities. As I keep saying, just because a company asserts something to be true, doesn't mean that it is true. In the end, it comes down to what a lawyer can convince a judge and jury to be the case.
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