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This is a very bothersome arrangement that is popping up all over: changing the contract after it's signed. Consider mobile phones, for instance: You have en
by dhimes 15y ago
This is a very bothersome arrangement that is popping up all over: changing the contract after it's signed. Consider mobile phones, for instance: You have entered a two-year agreement with AT&T because of the iPhone. Then Apple changes its terms-of-service. Suppose you don't agree? You can stop using the phone, but you are still bound to your AT&T contract.
- falcolas 15y agoThe pessimist in me says that their response would be to let you pay the early termination fee (perhaps with a small discount) & cancel the contract.
- cowpewter 15y agoAt least in the US, if they change the agreement, you get a get-out-of-contract free opportunity, where you can cancel without paying the early termination fee if you refuse to accept the agreement changes.
- AgentConundrum 15y agodhimes was talking about a situation wherein there are two related, yet separate, contracts at play. You are contractually obligated to both Apple and AT&T, so even if you use this loophole to get out of your contract with Apple when they change the contract, your obligation to AT&T continues. IANAL, but my assumption would be that a change in the Apple contract in no way legally changes your AT&T contract, so you are still liable to either honour your obligation to AT&T or pay their (typically exorbitant) cancellation fee.
- dhimes 15y agoIndeed. It would be nice if the two contracts were bound: then at least Apple would have to vet their changes with AT&T, which would presumably react against changes that pissed off the users but whose functions acted in only Apple's best interest. And note, I don't mean to pick on Apple. I just chose them as a concrete example. It could easily be the other way around or two different companies.