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10 Minute Contract to cover eBay's Ass?!
Does anyone (except a few lawyers) read a "10 minute"email on the "Terms and Conditions" to make these "Billionaires Richer" by having them create this document get one written to "Cover Their Ass?!" I guess I'll take my business to some other provider...
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monroe67
Mentor8 months ago"Does anyone (except a few lawyers) read a "10 minute"email on the "Terms and Conditions" to make these "Billionaires Richer" by having them create this document get one written to "Cover Their Ass?!" I guess I'll take my business to some other provider..."
Well -- I earned a Lawyer's Assistant (paralegal) certificate and I worked as a legal secretary for 20 years. I read today's
e-mail. I routinely refer to eBay's User Agreement as The Authority on eBay's policies/procedures. I am not a lawyer, but I can read.
Today's e-mail was written in everyday American English, with words that are intended to have their normally accepted meanings.
The three points made in today's e-mail will hardly make eBay "Billionaires Richer."
1. eBay clarifies and expands their Class Action waiver. It just reinforces their long-standing position that eBay does not participate in Class Actions. If there's a legal dispute between eBay and an eBay user, it will be resolved by arbitration between only those two parties: eBay and the individual user.
2. eBay clarifies how users can choose to Opt-Out of eBay's Arbitration Agreement. This can only make it easier for some eBay users not to participate in arbitration of any legal disputes they have with eBay.
Oh, and the third one:
3. They updated the address to which an Opt-Out Notice needs to be mailed. Like -- they moved a legal office into a different building. And the revised User Agreement provides that new street address to users. How can any eBay Billionaire get richer by giving a current address to users?
htc911
OP8 months agoIn response to your statement: "eBay clarifies how users can choose to Opt-Out of eBay's Arbitration Agreement" is because for the majority of purchase's (to save a buck) users find it just too costly to pursue!
inceptions
Mentor8 months ago@htc911
Every online site has a user agreement. Your cell phone has a user agreement. Everyone you contract with to do business has a user agreement/terms of use/terms of service. Most people don't read it and get on with their lives...until or unless they run into a problem caused by their failure to read it.