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Oh, that's a common misunderstanding, but they can't sue me in court – by accepting me as a customer, they accepted my binding arbitration agreement! It clearly
by lxgr 1y ago
Oh, that's a common misunderstanding, but they can't sue me in court – by accepting me as a customer, they accepted my binding arbitration agreement! It clearly said so on my luggage tag their authorized agent (i.e. the bellboy) handled as part of check-in.
- Der_Einzige 1y agoThis is exactly the kind of subversive stuff I live for.
- refulgentis 1y agoLive for? Or fantasize about? :) It's a fun fantasy, but the fact we're happy to see it highlights our impotency - even a line worker sympathetic to the power imbalance would be left at "Anyways, we'll charge the fee to your card on file"
- lxgr 1y agoI wonder if there's a business model for a "robo-lawyer" paired with a travel agency here: "Stay at one of these hotels using this credit card issued by us, sign this contract promising that you won't smoke there, and if the hotel tries anything funny, we'll reward you with the room rate back and a bonus" :)
- altairprime 1y agoThe company that issues cards to be provided to phone phishers understands this perfectly :)
- nine_zeros 1y ago>Oh, that's a common misunderstanding, but they can't sue me in court – by accepting me as a customer, they accepted my binding arbitration agreement! It clearly said so on my luggage tag their authorized agent (i.e. the bellboy) handled as part of check-in. Why can't there be a human membership union that sets these automatic binding arbitration agreements on service providers on behalf of members? Is there any law preventing a class of people from creating such a customer's union?
- vkou 1y ago> Why can't there be a human membership union that sets these automatic binding arbitration agreements on service providers on behalf of members? Those already exist, we call those things 'governments'.
- idiotsecant 1y agoI think we got some wires crossed somewhere, my government is helping them beat me up more ...
- cyanydeez 1y agoThat's because another group of people made a pact with the devil, and a third group just shrugged their shoulders when everyone had a chance to nullify that pact....
- vkou 1y agoIt takes constant vigilance to prevent that union from being captured by management.
- bmitc 1y agoThat's a great analogy. Government = worker's/consumer's/people's union. Management = capitalism/corporations.
- MaxZero101 1y agoWhat is capitalism?
- int_19h 1y agoBeing captured by the management is its normal state, that's how it evolved in the first place.
- delusional 1y agoAssuming you live in a democracy (we'll see if America still counts in 3 years), elect a better one.