Sooo…This was my status this morning….
Note self: actually READ the agreement before signing up for an online shopping site.
$39.95 taken out of my account...great morning suprise.
$39.95 taken out of my account...great morning suprise.
Similar coincidences are not uncommon.
The only difference is, rarely does it ever bite you in the butt this hard.
Luckily I noticed this before it was 4 months out and i was around $130 poorer!
I gather you here today to be the spokesperson for reading
you remember those READ ad campaign posters in your elementary school and middle school?
They typically featured celebrities like the cast of Twilight, Brittney Spears and Shaq reading books (yes they are SOO outdated but that makes them so funny!)
The point is, just imagine a girl with a fro-hawk reading a legal document with a look of understanding on her face and beautiful palm trees swaying in the background.
That should be the next READ campaign ad.
But, really its expected that you don`t read the terms and conditions before signing in person, or signing up for something online. And that can be potentially dangerous.
Really.
I was lucky I didn`t involuntarily sign away my left arm away as a police dog training tool on sundays. I would t have known if I did until the police called me in and sicked a dog on me.
*sigh
Just please,
READ BEFORE YOU SIGN/AGREE/SIGN UP
Wow. I have now just had my "always read contracts" mentality reaffirmed. I understand the significance of what you say and I agree. Reading legal documents and actually knowing what they say is so important, yet ominous documents like contracts are treated like written ads in verbatim - we ignore 90% of all the words. I mean, it's fine if someone doesn't read everything they see, but we should at least read the important stuff.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I liked that fro-hawk imagery. I chuckled when I read that.