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> The "cancellation fee" is because you are breaking a contract which you agreed to in order to receive a discount. Exactly. And it’s perfectly legal and pract
by cbmuser 6y ago
> The "cancellation fee" is because you are breaking a contract which you agreed to in order to receive a discount.
Exactly. And it’s perfectly legal and practiced by a lot of companies, even the public transport company in Berlin does that.
There seem to be a lot of people in this discussion on HN who seem very inexperienced in signing business contracts.
- zimpenfish 6y ago> There seem to be a lot of people in this discussion on HN who seem very inexperienced in signing business contracts. But that would also be the case for most of the general public, no? Are you suggesting that people should have experience in signing business contracts (and contracts with a predatory company, at that) before it's considered safe for them to buy software?
- nicbou 6y agoIt's also practised by almost every landlord. You can end your lease without the usual 3 month notice but expect to pay a fee or lose a month of rent.
- wpietri 6y agoThat's because you're putting the landlord to a lot of unexpected effort and expense which he was expecting to amortize over the full term of the lease. Are you saying something similar applies here?
- anigbrowl 6y agoYes, that sort of thing is why people hate landlords, because they will often throw people out with much less notice than they demand. And there's a significant difference between the sort of landlord that owns a few buildings and can be negotiated with directly, and big corporate landlords that exploit their strategic advantage.