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> As far as I understand it, changes in a contract require notice, arbitrary or not. I don't believe it's legal for a company to change their contract, in this
by ardy42 7y ago
> As far as I understand it, changes in a contract require notice, arbitrary or not. I don't believe it's legal for a company to change their contract, in this case stating that something is no longer returnable, after the fact. It still applies after the notice is provided of course.
IIRC, lots of consumer contracts contain language saying the terms are subject to change at any time with little or no notice.
- omgwtfbyobbq 7y agoI've seen similar language, but I don't think they can change the terms with no notice. I think it's usually little to no advance notice, but they still need to provide notice when they change the terms. Providing notice seems to be something fundamental in our legal system.
- ardy42 7y ago> but they still need to provide notice when they change the terms. Providing notice seems to be something fundamental in our legal system. Maybe so, but the "notice" probably could be something that's practically meaningless, like updating the terms on their website, or something. Alternatively, their return policy may have language forbidding some kind of ill-defined "abuse" of the policy, which can be interpreted to forbid anything they'd want to forbid. In any case, Costco has lawyers that unilaterally write this stuff in its favor, so I highly doubt it violated any of its own contracts.