Why You Should ALWAYS Read The Contract

[@TaiyelKynoska]

I am legally blind (degenerative disease, use a cane but not total yet) and so always have lawyers read contracts for me (usually for free know a lot of lawyers, actually quite common profession for blind people). One apartment lease i specifically asked to be be embossed (printed in Braille) and when I was asked why I plainly said that I didn't trust them and there is no such thing as "fine print Braille" since it has few size variations. They weren't too happy and denied my request, backed out immediately.

[@SomeguyWhoLikesVideos]

I like how "legally blind" implies the existence on an illegal blind

[@TaiyelKynoska]

@@SomeguyWhoLikesVideos That applies when I drive with my cane out the window

[@shrimpshufflr7745]

@@TaiyelKynoska or drive in general 💀

[@aliasd5423]

“Actually quite common profession for blind people” daredevil moment.

[@moonman239]

@@SomeguyWhoLikesVideos it doesn't. "Legally blind" means that the law considers you incapable of doing anything that requires vision (ex. driving). IANAL.

[@kelly2631]

College apartment advertised $575/month/room. Contract read $757/month/room. Two of my roommates had already signed, I demanded a new housing contract. Found other damning things, such as making us liable for any damages, even those caused during maintenance fixes and uncontrollable factors. Moved out since.

[@kl0wce]

Ok

[@ajcon3874]

@@kl0wce the famous “Ok.”

[@kl0wce]

@@ajcon3874 ok

[@hiredfiredtired]

haiku vs ukiah

[@Draverd]

If they advertised $575 a month for a room, and refused to give you a contract with advertised amount, then they can be sued for false advertising, and committing fraud. The thing I have noticed though is that most places who try to pull a bait & switch like that use very specific language, and have precise wording. Case in point they would say something like, "Starting price for apartments as low as $575/month/room". Then they usually will give that to either one, or a few people like 3 or 4, out of the whole complex. That way if they get sued they can claim that only some are as low as $575/month/room, and jack up the prices for the rest.

[@solandri69]

My dad (family practice doctor) was looking for a new place to run his practice. He found a new building under construction, and they provided him with a copy of their standard lease. Everything was to his liking, including an exclusive use clause for the building (they couldn't have another family practice doctor as a tenant). So he went in the next day and signed. When the building opened, he noticed another family practice doctor inside. He talked to her, and they both thought they'd had an exclusive use clause in their leases. They complained to the building management that this wasn't allowed per the terms of their lease. Management told them to show them where the lease said that. Turns out they'd given my dad a copy of the lease to take home and read at his leisure which contained the exclusive use clause. But when he went in to sign, they had prepared another copy of the lease with his info filled in for him to sign. They had removed the exclusive use clause from this copy of the lease. So if someone gives you a copy of a contract to read, make sure that's the copy you sign. If they insist that you sign a different copy, you need to start over from scratch and read the whole thing all over again.

[@dylanholman3]

That’s so scummy.

[@georgem7965]

Changing the contrat like that is called fraud and cancels the signed version of the contract and could be prosecuted criminally. AKA Bait and switch

[@kriscynical]

I'm an illustrator for a living. Back when I was still in school for it, one of the required classes senior year was called "Portfolio" but it was basically a business of illustration class to teach us how to run our business if we were going to do freelance work, which was REALLY valuable. One of the mainstays of that class was the profs telling us stories of how they or their peers in the industry were taken advantage of, or in their words: "We're telling you all of the ways we've been fucked over in our careers so you can avoid them and find NEW ways to be fucked over." The headliner story every year was of Don Maitz, the illustrator who created Captain Morgan (the rum mascot). He didn't read the fine print of his contract. As a result, he's never seen a _single penny_ in royalties from the use of his Captain Morgan art. He'd be a millionaire now otherwise. ALWAYS READ YOUR CONTRACTS. And in the case of illustrators/graphic artists, if you don't understand all the legalese yourself you either need to have a copyright/IP attorney to look things over for you or an agent who will handle contact negotiations and invoicing for you.

[@ericb3157]

reminds me of a story about Jack Kirby, and how Marvel screwed HIM. he also warned the creators of the Ninja Turtles to be VERY careful about contracts!

[@ollie3030]

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[@birdsnestfern5635]

Wow okay now I'm never going to buy Capitan Morgan AND I'm going to feel sad everytime I see it

[@kriscynical]

@@birdsnestfern5635 You're welcome. 😂

[@erusdearest]

As someone who has just been accepted into her dream art school: I look forward to finding new ways to be fucked over!

[@WilliamWizer]

I haven't finished the video at the time I write this but one of the stories made me smile in memory of an incident with a company that refuses to pay me the expenses of a travel overseas. they gave me excuses for a month. once I got tired of the time wasted I just said this "if next friday I don't have the money on my bank account, on monday you will be talking with my lawyer" I got a call the next day to tell me that I could go to pick the money any time I wanted. of course, they tried to cheat me on the amount. I looked at the check and just said "the amount is wrong". I didn't even need to remind them what was the correct amount. ten minutes later, I had my money (about a third of it on low bills or coins that they had, probably, collected from whoever was at the office) lawyers are great. you don't even need to hire them. you mention them and the scum sh*t themselves.

[@f1reflam3]

Wait so you didn't even have a lawyer? That really shows how they know they're blatantly wrong lol

[@WilliamWizer]

@@f1reflam3 I didn't need one. that doesn't mean I didn't had one. a good one. but hiring him would had been more expensive than what they owed me so... I bluffed and they were fooled. I was told by my betters that you win the game before it begins or you don't win it.

[@hkfifty871]

Slight counterpoint- bluffing a lawyer can also blow up in your face. Glad it worked out for you, but it can also make things WAY more of a headache. I work at a large financial firm dealing with retirement planning (401ks, IRAs, etc), and the second someone starts threatening lawyers, everything on their request halts until our legal counsel reviews absolutely everything and gives us the okay to continue. I’ve seen multiple people try threatening to sue us, thinking that’ll speed things up and we’re just stonewalling because we don’t want to give up their money. Spoilers: it doesn’t work. Sorry Karen, what the IRS and DoL tell us to do is gonna trump whatever you think you’re entitled to.

[@katherynedarrah4245]

For the gym membership thing: cancel through your bank. Get proof of the amount you will be charged and hold onto it. If it doesn't match up, call the bank ASAP and tell them to reverse the charge, if they require proof either take it in yourself or scan it and email it or fax it. This is how I've gotten out of SOOOO many gym contracts. Also, if they say "$10/month first year, then $50/month every year thereafter" MAKE SURE IT'S IN THE CONTRACT!!!! Do not sign the membership agreement if there is no proof of how much you will be charged.

[@ernestogastelum9123]

or just cancel your card

[@katherynedarrah4245]

@@ernestogastelum9123 More trouble than it's worth. Only 10 national banks/credit unions issue cards immediately, one's a temporary. All require you to physically come in to cancel it. Otherwise, you have to wait anywhere from 7-14 days to get your new card, and in the meantime don't have access to your money.

[@ernestogastelum9123]

@@katherynedarrah4245 well i got Wells Fargo and when i cancel it online, i get my new card in 3-5 days

[@katherynedarrah4245]

@@ernestogastelum9123 That's still 3-5 days you have to wait with no real access to your money. That's kinda my point. Not every financial institution has no-card access like screw-you-over- after-fourteen-years Fargo has. So if I have to cancel my Navy Federal card I have to either go into a branch to get a new card printed on the spot, or WAIT to get my card in the mail THEN change EVERYTHING online that has my card number connected. Again, more pain than it's worth when if you spent 5 extra minutes when you sign the gym contract you'd easily be able to leave your account normally accessible without having to change or cancel shit while still having that charge canceled.

[@G0LD3NR0D]

@@katherynedarrah4245 That's not true if it's a credit card. You would still be able to access your checking and savings, and who the FUCK doesn't have at least a debit card alongside any credit cards they have? Plus if you need cash you can still go into your local bank branch and withdraw cash in person. You're making it out as though you have no access to any money in your bank accounts when the credit card is separate from checking and savings.

[@CSDragon]

18:41 Story 26 is probably not a scam/jerk, but someone who's too used to working under the table and only does the contract out of formality

[@GachaGamer-RN]

I had a friend who was moving into her first apartment. She had never dealt with things like this before and know what questions to ask. I asked her to take me with her to view apartments so I could point out things that she should look for and tell her about some questions that are important to ask but she decided to do it on her own. Move in day comes and the place is a crap shack. Nothing like the show room that she viewed. I told her that she needs to get out of this place ASAP. She agreed but was concerned about what the cost would be to break her lease so I had her show me the contract she signed. Where it listed the cost to break the lease, it very clearly listed $0.00. I couldn't believe it so we went to the property manager who immediately started saying things like "this is a mistake" and "we'll need to amend the contract". I quickly rebutted that the contract is already signed and if they want to try to dispute it then my lawyer will be in touch. My friend moved out the next month with no cost to her.

[@personthatnoob]

The thing I like about you is you don't use a bot you are a real person

[@EccentricDrDino]

Plot twist he’s a realistic robot

[@EnderrBoi]

@A-R-C-1 he's basically no better than an AI, but the real voice pushes him ahead a little bit. The good reddit channels like sorrowtv or soothouse are mostly all gone

[@BigSmoke-s9n]

i hate the british robot

[@dartimes6048]

@@EnderrBoi Emkay is good, uses real narrators. I am also pretty sure this channel uses Text To Speech. There are words that are misused or improper grammar, but the narrator reads it as stated.

[@EnderrBoi]

@@dartimes6048 I used to watch emkay, but it just didn't feel the same after Damian left

[@Ryder-the-Creator]

These stories gave me a good message: Always read the fine print. You may never know if they’ll try to screw you out of money or worse.

[@Morpheus-pt3wq]

And don´t mind asking them for clarification, if you don´t understand something. If they brush it off, back off immediately.

[@BulletproofKuloodporny]

Do you know the name of the game in the video

[@gravit3a23]

Story 23. The same thing happened to me when I enlisted in the U.S. Army. My contract was said 2 years of active services, luckily I read the contract and it said 8 years.

[@ChaceBonanno]

My dad’s in the car business. He was just complaining about some customer who was mad that they paid over MSRP. They saw MSRP on the window sticker, the price on the physical car. Then the contract had a higher price, couple thousand dollars more. They signed it without noticing. My dad genuinely believes the person is in the wrong because they signed the contract. Like that’s how these ppl justify it to themselves. Yes they did show you one price, put a different price on the contract, knew the price was higher then they showed you, didn’t disclose further that they’re charging even more, but you still signed it so it’s your fault not mine. When I say that, he’s like well what am I supposed to point out that I’m charging them more. Yes, dad that’s exactly what would be ethical. But morals go out the window because legally it’s the customers fault, not my dad’s, and this is just all to feed his kids and put a roof over their head. Still a piece of shit. Wish he’d just drop the denial, accept his line of work is scumbag activity, and just proudly be the piece of shit that he is. Lying to himself and then arguing with ppl about how he’s not a bad person is just pathetic.

[@iononcantomascrivo]

My story: I'm a writer. When I was still new to it, this lady presented herself as a producer who could help get my writing produced into a motion picture. She talked a good game. I'll give her that she initially was very smooth and charming. She went as far as to get a contract drawn up. In the midst of everything, I researched her to see if her work history, including everything on her resume, was legit. Turns out it wasn't. The 20 plus years experience she claimed she had as an actress, writer and producer were total fiction. The only acting she did was like a total narcissist who expected the world to bend over backwards for her. The only thing she ever wrote, besides a grocery list, was a bad check and the only thing she ever produced was second-hand smoke. Hell, for supposedly having so much theater experience she didn't even know what a soliloquy was versus an aside. She turned out to be a grifter with zero skills or talent. When I wouldn't sign the contract, she turned in to a raging bitch. After she smugly promised she would produce my work whether I liked it or not, thus committing theft of intellectual property, plagiarism and copyright management, I told her I would expose her as the lying, thieving fraud that she is if she didn't back off. Her false persona that she had put out there was too important for her to risk jeopardizing, so she, in a demonstration of her trademark cowardice, tucked her tail between her legs, deactivated all of her social media, went off the grid and turned into a ghost. I later heard through the grapevine that she's ticked off close to 100 people with her unethical, immoral, not to mention downright illegal business practices and has become blacklisted in her current state of residence. Because her reputation precedes her, if she wants to salvage anything resembling a career, she's going to have to relocate to somewhere far away where no one knows her. If you're reading this, Sharon, screw you. Karma's a bitch. EDIT: Using only a first name does not constitute doxxing. If you have a problem with calling someone out for being a liar and a thief, then you probably also are a liar and a thief.

[@user-fe8gx3ie5v]

Don't dox.

[@user-fe8gx3ie5v]

@@iononcantomascrivo It's the textbook definition of doxing.

[@catsymeow4411]

@@user-fe8gx3ie5v LMAO are you for real?

[@Kira7130]

@@user-fe8gx3ie5v calm down leftist

[@user-fe8gx3ie5v]

@@Kira7130 Lefties love doxxing people.

[@Majornerdacc]

The sad fact is that just because these scammers were caught once doesn't mean they stopped these practices and thousands of gullible people must have lost so much money because of such shitty clauses

[@TeeHaa0032]

Story 26: Absolutely believable. I'm a lawyer and I'm stopped counting the tradesmen, landlords who use "standard-contracts" from 25 years ago, they don't understand, never enforced in their life and wouldn't even know their significance. This landlord probably never hed the intention to screw his tenant over, he just had no clue what he was legally doing. It still was very good that the prospective tenant did what he did, of course.

[@danielsjohnson]

Add some audio cues between stories so it's easier to tell when one story ends and another begins. Like having a pause before starting the next one or saying "story number X" in a different voice.

[@letsget100subswithoutconte4]

There is a banner that appears showing when a knew story starts

[@HyonkTea]

@@letsget100subswithoutconte4 I listen to these in the background, so i dont know when they change sometimes and OPs suggestion would actually be really helpful ngl

[@tbotalpha8133]

@@HyonkTea Yeah, a short tone, or a short burst of white noise, would be nice.

[@danielsjohnson]

@@letsget100subswithoutconte4 The banner is good, but I said *audio* cue.

[@jonathanz.9675]

I’ve been thinking that too

[@thiccboizgaming1304]

The gameplay at 23:42 is actually SO smooth and satisfying and pretty good considering they were in first person

[@lavaguanix6804]

What game?

[@FleckySama]

@@lavaguanix6804 track mania

[@raeorion]

I was about to go on 12 weeks unpaid leave with Starbucks until I read the paperwork. They wanted the right to access *all* my medical records. Completely unnecessary and dangerous, I believe there was also something about them potentially being able to share that information and that it would also apply to mental health. I was insulted, didn't sign, quit, ended up moving anyway.

[@FirstnameLastname81206]

Not technically a contract, but a while my parents were trying to sign me up for a drivers' ed thing at a place that gave vocational services to special needs kids. Note that while I technically fall under that category, it's only barely, and all of my classes in school were alongside neurotypical kids. We had gotten a packet that explained everything they offered, including the drivers' ed, but my mom always skims through that stuff. My parents knew that I didn't need the vocational stuff, however, for some reason, my parents saw this as necessary, and tried to set something up. When we managed to get a meeting with the people who ran it, my mother, who was with me at the time, expressed her interest in the drivers' ed stuff, and only that. The person we met with claimed that to take that, I *had* to do one of the vocational services they offered. This was not told through any phone calls or emails, and may have been in the aforementioned packet, but again, my mom only skimmed through it. Thankfully, we hadn't registered for anything, so we were able to back out. Literally everyone in the family agreed that this was bullshit, and we moved on to the drivers' ed thing that a close friend of mine had gone to, which my brother was going to go to. Officially starting in January.

[@liberty.b.r]

Good for you all, and God bless! :)

[@Alemond]

Got a Uhaul storage unit. They offered insurance to cover damage or destruction of anything within. When I read the contract it basically stated that just having things in the storage unit for any reason invalidates the contract and they won't have to pay anything.

[@RD9_Designs]

Oh great... I have 3 uhaul storage units. I don't remember if I got the insurance or not! :-/

[@destroidhak2556]

I love how this video is one big warning of why you always read the contract

[@jdlech]

Standard employment for anyone working at Radio shack included a little insert which said that Radio Shack automatically took ownership of all patents you currently owned, were granted while you were an employee, and for 2 years after you leave the company. Most of us were just low level sales and wouldn't hold a patent our entire lives. So for most people, it didn't matter. But for a very select few - that would be the kiss of death.

[@kriscynical]

3:10 _"Nothing makes me more sick than agencies taking advantage of kids pursuing their dream."_ (This turned into a verbose rant so let this serve as your warning if you decide to read on. I'm not responsible for your wasted time. lol) I have always felt that way about the Art Institutes chain of diploma mills that advertise during daytime TV promising the sun, moon, and stars to kids who want to do anything in graphic art. As I said in another comment, I'm an illustrator, designer, and colorist for a living. I got a BFA in illustration from Ringling, which is one of the really respected art schools within the industry (along with places like Pratt, RISD, CalArts, Chicago Institute, etc.). Having a degree from a school like that can get your foot in the door in a lot of places just based on the reputation of the caliber of education the school provides. AI, on the other hand, can make you LOSE job opportunities because they're a notorious garbage "school" and diploma mill. I also make fanart for my own enjoyment between professional work, and when I was younger I would sell in the artist alleys of a few local conventions in my area which was a wonderful experience... but at almost _every single convention_ I'd see AI set up a booth right next to the entrance to the artist alley, preying on kids who had dreams of being manga-kas, comic book artists, animators, etc. I always had to fight the urge to physically flip their damn table because of the financial trap they were _knowingly_ luring those kids into. 😡 AI gives you a garbage education for an astronomical price with the promise of lucrative job placement. There's always an odd person here or there who insists that they got a great education from AI, but they're the exception to the rule. Every other first-hand account I've heard has backed up everything else about their reputation in the industry like the profs not knowing what they were teaching, using online tutorials that were free to anybody, the classrooms having horribly outdated equipment/software, etc. Another common tactic from AI is to constantly move the goal posts for their degree programs so that right when you're about to graduate, they change credit requirements to keep you there longer and spend MORE tuition money for additional classes, and if you drop out you obviously don't get your degree. Even better, AI isn't accredited so their class credits rarely ever transfer to a legitimate school, so you've blown tens of thousands of dollars on completely useless credits. Another AI sin was, again, promising job placement which I've heard time and time again they just _don't do._ The jobs they have on offer are complete shit (if they have any at all) and otherwise you're just on your own up shit creek without a paddle. Comparatively, all the "good" schools have robust career services offices with extensive job listings for current students as well as alumni, and recruiters for major companies come to campus to interview and hire graduating seniors before they even formally enter the job market. Lastly, what I think is one of the biggest red flags: AI doesn't require a portfolio for acceptance. So long as you can pay the tuition, you're in. NO good art school operates that way. When I applied to art school I was told that while my grades would help me, my portfolio would be about 80% of what would get me in or get me rejected. Art school is something where you need at least a baseline of ability/talent to succeed, so that talent can be honed into a marketable skill. I know at least in my experience when I was there, halfway through sophomore year at Ringling the IL department would have portfolio reviews where you would drop it off and come back to pick it back up hours later. And when you did, you hoped to god that there wasn't an envelope sitting on top of your portfolio because if there was, it was the department telling you that they didn't think you had what it would take to make a living in the illustration industry along with a recommendation to withdraw and put your tuition money toward a field where you could find success in life. Good art schools want to produce good artists with successful, fulfilling careers. AI just wants your money and doesn't give a shit about you as a human being let alone as an artist. I told you this was verbose.

[@georgem7965]

A few general comments: I'm an attorney and it has been surprisingly helpful to casually mention it in conversation. I have sometimes seen a salesman do a double take at that. Re: No overtime contracts: They are illegal under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. You cannot validly contract away your rights under the FLSA. There are lots of rights which are "inalienable" which means you cannot contract them away. If you have signed a no overtime contract and have worked more than 40 hours per 7 day week and can prove it in some way (time slips, diary, computer logs, etc.) you can report it to the Department of Labor and the employer will be liable for triple what was owed to you. Many states are eliminating or very strictly restricting no compete clauses as being contrary to public policy. Each state is different. And they are usually enforced as strictly as possible against the employer. Agent and gallery contracts are some of the worst around. I have reviewed some gallery contract for artist friends and some of them came very close to being involuntary servitude. I have rewritten thos contracts and, very often, the galley will roll over with no exception if they know that they are dealing with someone with knowledge and cojones. DO NOT be afraid to walk away from something if there is a bad clause and they won't change it. Most contracts and general contract law construe the contract against the drafter and have clauses that it is the entire agreement and no oral modification is valid. So, if you have a signed contract and the other person let something that they don't like into it they are stuck with it, their contract, thier rules. Once it's signed it is enforcable.

[@petuniasevan]

We were considering selling our home to the state agency that ran the waterway system by our home, some years back. We went back and forth on it, retained a real estate lawyer, and they still played all kinds of games with their proposals and written contract. One thing they wanted was to be able to _before ever closing the deal_ come dig for native artifacts (with the city's help) on our property to "ensure" that it was ok to sell our house. Uh huh. Yeah, no. Lawyer could not believe they would try that. Finally got them to agree to remove that and we had it all set up and were ready to start the transaction.... or so we thought. "Oh, we have to put this in committee to approve or deny," said the person in charge. Say what? WE JUST DID THIS FOR 4 MONTHS! Figured they were wasting our time and told them NO SALE. Haven't heard back since. The $500 or so we gave the lawyer saved us a lot more in the long run. And be careful: doesn't always take a contract to shaft someone. Cases in point: To make sure that folks understand how crooked the state or city government agencies can be: Some people on the next street over sold their rental property to someone else. These people had the house demolished with the plan to move the new one a bit further back on the property. So the city came out and "found" (read, planted) native artifacts on the site so now those new owners are unable to build due to city bylaws. This vindicated our suspicions. Then, ONE DAY before an abandoned 19th-century commercial property was supposed to be the subject of a city council meeting of what to do about it and taxes and such, it mysteriously burned to the ground. In a heavy rainstorm. Fire department said it was NOT accidental. No further investigative action was taken besides bulldozing the site.

[@moonman239]

Note to self: Next time you purchase a car and need a loan, use a credit union instead of the dealership's own financing system. Credit unions seem like they'd be nicer about this.

[@D64nz]

Fun with sunset clauses. Here in NZ new builds are becoming very popular as our building industry finally explodes into action. Along with that comes a lot of developers who of course write clauses which benefit themself. A very common one that recently started coming up a lot is the sunset clause. Most contracts will have a deadline, and after that time the contract can be cancelled without penalty. What most people aren't aware of is often they are written to give advantage to the developer, and give them first choice to proceed or to cancel the contract. And in 20/21 there was a large surge in house prices, so what some developers would do is drag their feet and run out the clock on the sunset clauses. Then those buyers who had signed contracts suddenly find they have essentially funded the building of the house, ie put up the capital, and waited for the build to finish, only to have the contract cancelled just prior to completion once it goes past the sunset clause. Sure they would get their deposits back, but in some cases they lost up to a 30% capital gain in house prices which they should have become owners. If you have a good lawyer though, they will point this clause out to new buyers. In our case we had our rewritten so that only we could choose to proceed, or end the contract. Well now the fickle markets have turned, interest rates rose very high, and we are suddenly a lot less keen to buy our property. In fact a whole host of cheap houses are flooding on to the market now, and prices are likely to stay settled or even continue to decrease over the next 12 months. As of March we intend to withdraw from our agreement also via the sunset clause, so it can work both ways. This gives us time to further build up our savings while not missing out on anything.

[@jenswurm]

Violet Orlandi has a video about how she got screwed over by her label. Among other things the label claimed that they could unilaterally renew the contract without requiring her consent to do so. Wtf?!

[@Mechsrule1]

For those who find themselves in a bad contract, generally in the US at least, you have 3 days from signing to change your mind and back out of the contract without consequence. Generally. It's not all contracts in all situations but I urge you to try. Most places should honor it, if only to avoid legal trouble. (this is called the Cool Off period)

[@brystoncauthen854]

13:09 I’m like 99% sure that after market parts can’t actually void your warranty but if the dealership can price the part caused damage, they can deny the warranty claim. Similar outcomes but a bit different. Either way, if you’re going to be beefing up your vehicle, I wouldn’t consider counting on a warranty

[@sebastianfries274]

I was striking a deal with a friend, I think it was for candy or something (we were in middle school) and I used a British accent while saying “50 doll-hairs” but it sounded like “50 dollars” saying it now, we’re not friends anymore

[@Sodisna]

People renting out apartments should really take this advice. Work in apartments that part of it is under construction. We get complaints about the noise, but they all fail to realize that they signed a lease that has a "construction addendum" in it.

[@TheSimba86]

My dad applied for a truck driving job and read through the contract, he would be responsible for all damages to the merchandise so if the loaders didn't wrap and secure a pallet good enough and something got damaged it would come out of his paycheck, he would have also be responsible for any and all damage to the truck, meaning if a deer jumped out into the road and he hit it or if a tire pick up a nail, that would come out of his paycheck also and if he quit before he had it paid back they would sue him for it. he got up and walked out without signing and found a different job

[@pixlbelle8081]

The shite in story four is exactly why my stepdad had zero patience for used car salesmen. They are some of the sleaziest people you’ll ever meet, he knows firsthand what kinds of bs they’ll try to pull because there was a short time he trained to be one- he hated it. These days, he’s an honest salesman at a place that answers customer calls, not cold-calling, and he just got a used luxury car for a steal (which in itself is a hilarious story, but a bit long-winded)

[@RD9_Designs]

Do tell!

[@pixlbelle8081]

@@RD9_Designs basically, my stepdad wanted either a hybrid or electric car, and after some research he found a used electric for a decent price and scheduled a test drive. Well, we (stepdad, mom, and me) arrive at the dealership and finds out the car he was scheduled for was sold literally that morning, so no luck. He asked what else they have for electric cars, and the salesman immediately goes like “well we have one for 18 (grand mind you)” and my stepdad is immediately like “well we’re done here, my budget is 12 and you don’t have anything,” and we leave. So we grab some lunch and he browses again for an alternative since just electric is a no-go, and he finds a couple and they go back to the dealership (I had to leave, so the rest is what he told me later). He asks the same sales guy (who’s being a total sleaze) if he can test drive these two cars, and the guy’s like “yeah but they’re at another location, so we’ll have one of them brought over here and-“ and my stepdad cuts him off with “Wait why just one? Why not both?” And the guy goes on some spiel about scheduling and yada yada. My stepdad, quickly losing his patience, asks “you said the cars are at another location, right?” “Yes.” “How far away is it?” “About 10 minutes away.” “Then we’ll just go there and test drive.” The guy and his associate are then like, “b-but if you leave here, we’ll be cut off from the sale!” (they actually said that lmao) and my stepdad looks the guy in the eye and replies, “I don’t know you. I don’t owe you anything. We’re done here.” And turns and leaves without seeing the guy’s reaction. But he does see my mom’s reaction: a look of utter horror as she ponders what the heck happened to her normally kind and patient husband. They leave, they go to the other location, and by the end of the day he’s got a lovely Lincoln hybrid he got for 8 grand

[@RD9_Designs]

@@pixlbelle8081 I think you replied to the wrong person. I just asked the creator to change the scenery.

[@sentientmlem727]

My brother left teaching at the end of the 2022-2023 school year (his school would GLADLY throw teachers under the buss to please douchey parents) and joined the national guard. During the four months between leaving his teaching job and shipping off the basic he was a car salesmen. He told me that he was literally trained to not necessarily "lie" per se, but to withhold as much truth as he possibly could from his customers. There were quite a few sleepless nights for him. I'm so glad he left that miserable industry.

[@Lilpepaa]

Bruh keep up the good work

[@YeeticustheMighty]

Bruh up the keep good work

[@wiquid]

krow doog eht pu peek hurB

[@SubnautiDiver]

it burns.

[@wiquid]

@@SubnautiDiver we know.

[@Lilpepaa]

@@YeeticustheMighty bruh you’ll need to stop breaking my brain

[@ryougahibiki941]

When I first moved out of my parents place, with a friend, the house we liked to rent had a glorious vegetable garden out the back, when we checked it out while the owners were still living there. They moved out , and we moved in, to discover the vegetable garden had been removed. We lived there for two years, at which point I had grown a new vegetable patch. The work contact the owners had left for was up, and they were returning to their house. They visited us, to see what condition the house was, in case they needed to arrange any maintenance before they moved back in (it didn't). At which point they commented that the vegetable garden looked great, and noticed different products growing. We got given our 2 months notice from the estage agents that we need to move out, along with a list of what condition the house needs to be left on. Which stated that any home grown vegetation needs to be removed, this included the vegetable patch. I contacted the owners, to ask if this was correct. They were unaware of this stipulation. Now in the 2ish years we had lived there, I had not only maintained the exteriour of the house beautifully, but had improved the health of all the trees and landscaped the garden back to its former glory (I'd found an old path that had been overgrown by lawn). Unfortunately, in the contract signed by both the home owners and us, the vegetable garden HAD to be destroyed (removed) before we moved out. I refused, and sumbitted a letter that the owners would prefer it to stay. The owners signed it as well, and submitted their own complaint of the clause. We all thought the matter was dealt with, and we moved out. The estate agents, apon inspection of the property, arranged for the vegetable garden to be ripped out, and charged us for the cost of labour (which apparently was more than the bond). In the end, we didn't pay the excess, but still lost our bond. The owners, told the estage agents they will never deal with them ever again. It transpired that the owners had a lot of clout within the community, as the estate agents when bust shortly after. Everyone else who delt with them pulled they contracts. They were effectively black-listed by the community they were operating out of. One tiny clause that they refused to budge on against the wrong person killed their company.

[@patrickfreeman8257]

I worked independently as a mortgage document signing service. Almost no one ever read what they were signing. All they wanted to know what when would they get their money. They was one exception. A couple was refinancing their home to pay off the $50 grand worth of credit cards the wife had charged up. They needed a first and second mortgage to cover it all, so two sets of loan documents. They both read every word before signing or initialling anything. But they weren't speaking to each other, so I had to go through both sets with each of them individually.

[@jackr2287]

The second contract reminded me of a contract I've twice mulled over. Employment with a company called Revature. Long and short of it, they hire you on and train you for about three months, and then you're locked in a two year gig, where you're loaned out to other companies. Starting rate is about 45-50k a year. Sounds neat right? Well, until you get down to taht 30k severance penalty. If you decide this isn't the right company for you, or you hate what you're doing... they suggest in the contract you need to pay 30k. The issue is... it may or may not be legal, according to the locality it's in. And... you aren't working remotely, in most cases. You are onsite somewhere in the USA, and they don't help you move, or find housing. You are wildly on your own, and fuck you if that doesn't work out. Be wary, you programmers who aren't very good at interviewing, they and other companies like them are predatory, and numerous. A friend described it as a H1B serf trap. Perhaps it is just the kind of thing you need... but it's not a good deal. Find your professional mentor and train in interviewing, if you want a CS position somewhere.

[@flamingphoenix1425]

A lifetime membership should be illegal

[@LC-uh8if]

So should some of the other stuff like being forced to sign away rights to IP you created prior to or after working somewhere and overly broad non-competes

[@dartimes6048]

Fun fact: Any subscription or membership must be easily canceled and in a timely fashion by law in the United States. If a contract states X but the federal, state or local law says Y you follow the federal, state or local law. If they threaten to sue for breach of contract tell them to go ahead as you will win in court as the contract is not legally enforceable as it breaks X law.

[@RicardoSantos-oz3uj]

Constitution > Treaties > Criminal Law > Business Law > Contracts.

[@Bear-cr2kn]

In the early 90s my grandmother was in a minor accident. Car in front of her abruptly stopped to turn into a driveway, it was raining, and she was unable to stop and clipped the left bumper and knocked out their tail light. When their insurance contacts her they say her license can be revoked unless she pays for the damage. She was living on less than $500/month social security so she agreed to pay $10/month and signs the contract. She didn't have her glasses and wasn't able to read it. She gets the whole contract, several pages later that week and it's saying she has to pay over $100/month, don't remember exactly how much, for several years to the tune of $5000! Believe me there was nowhere near that much damage. Maybe $500 to 1000 but not $5000! They accepted the $10 or 20 she took every month. Until my brother visiting from out of state obtained the police report and discovered it stated "Brakes were wet and wouldn't hold, ACCIDENT UNAVOIDABLE" . The officer had inspected the brakes after she told him they went all the way to the floor when she tried to stop, and had put that in the report. After confronting the insurance company with said report and threatening legal action they dropped it and she never paid another dime.

[@neilpatel519]

Back when I got my first car I had gotten scammed by the dealership who used an obd2 to reset all the codes,check engine light, oil pressure, oxygen sensor, etc as well as having to try to hide where if was clearly keyed previously, but I went through with it because I was young and dumb, after getting home I realized I could smell gasoline, like a lot of it, I further looked into it and it had misfires and wouldn’t properly mix the air and gas causing a brain killing gasoline smell all over the car, I call them up and tell them I have gotten an insane amount of problems just from driving home and wanted to bring it back in to show them and get it exchanged, to this they told me to read my “buyers form” I read the packet of paperwork and the woman working there had went over it with me or so I thought, sure enough I see a 2 page contract stating I was essentially fucked the second I signed it, I remember this contract, the woman flipped the first page and told me to sign the bottom part of the contract not explaining what it was, how badly I wish I could go back in time and change that. Always read the contract.

[@renakunisaki]

"Virgin" Mobile, one day before end of contract: "we can't accept your cancellation until the contract is finished" Next day: "cancellation requires 30 days advance notice" In other words, there's no way to avoid paying for an extra month.

[@aetheralmeowstic2392]

Yeah, those _act of God_ clauses need to be rendered illegal and unenforceable.

[@JC-tf9wo]

Sorta a contract. Worked for a small company who was self insured funding. Meaning if your medical expense is $500 the company pays the $500 less any deductible. Our plan book showed what I needed was covered 100% I got everything pre approved had the procedure and the bill was close to $100,000.00. A few weeks later I get bill for $9500. I appeal it and denied saying I was covered for 90% and $200 deductible. I then go to HR. They get policy out and show me the 90% coverage. I get out plan book and it shows 100%. The owner eventually got in on situation and gave me a check to pay difference to hospital. Needless to say we got corrected books fast. Company who provided insurance policy to company cut and pasted wrong info. Owner got reimbursed from insurance for difference. It was a tax right off, court would have cost more if I sued and he said regardless it was right thing to do since I needed procedure.

[@charlesparnell5338]

I had Directv satellite at my house. Divorce, sold house and moved to apartment. Told Directv to come out and install. The tech couldn't get a signal due to trees. (In their contract at that time, you could end the contract without penalty if They couldn't get a signal). I called DTV and pointed this out and they said no problem. We will have to get a senior tech to come out and verify. Fair enough. He came the next day and couldn't get a signal. I asked for a copy of his findings, called DTV and told them since they can't get a signal, unfortunately, I'd have to cancel the service. The lady on the phone phone said yep, no prob. We'll take care of that and of course there's no cancellation fee. A week later, I noticed over $300 had been sucked out of my bank acct by DTV. (The exact amount of early cancellation)!!!!! I called them and they sent me to biling, and they said oh yea, we shouldn't have charged you that. I sad fine, put the money back in my acct by tomorrow. The answer I got was sorry, It'll take 3-6 MONTHS for the refund!!! I told them to transfer me to their legal dept immediately. I threatened them with small claims court for the full $5,000 allowed, as that is my fee for dealing with this bullshit, and I will tell everyone I know about your shady ass business practice. DTV legal: "please hold a moment". I could hear some mumbles. DTV legal guy comes back on: "Sir, we will have your funds refunded back to your account by tomorrow". I told them if it wasn't there, then the next day I was heading for the courthouse. Money was back in my account the next day. I've learned that you just have to push back and be willing to do whatever it takes!

[@-moonz-]

Yeah always read the contract before you become someone’s slave or smth

[@kl0wce]

Kids in my basement didn't get the memo

[@SomeGrunt_On_Youtube]

@@kl0wce same smh

[@triparadox.c]

@@kl0wce ok

[@lastsinner1738]

Yeah I have caught shady shit in paperwork. They will screw you sideways. Do not drive a car off untill you read the contract. Goto the bank and get a check do not finance through a dealer. READ ALL CONTRACTS BEFORE SIGNING(EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT HOME AND IF YOU AGREE DONT LET THEM SWITCH THE CONTRACT) I caught a dealership Walt Massey trying to sell bs warranties. I called and canceled within the 60 days and they tried to cancel my cancelation. I then talked to the bs company and got my money back. PAY ATTENTION

[@Fasteroid]

I appreciate people like the landlord from story 26-lazy but fair is a much easier type to work with than some of the others mentioned here!

[@charlesparnell5338]

Something valuable I learned in my contract law class (I used to be an Independent Insurance Agent), and thought It would be a good class to take. Either party of the contract, can Amend the contract! Without notifying them of the amendment. If I amend a contract, and they fail to re-read the contract, and they just sign it, I got them by the balls. You can strike out anything you don't agree to and initial it. You can even add terms to the contract and initial it. Make sure, when you sign your name, write above it. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ;-)

[@artey6671]

You mean cross out something and then sign it? But how can you prove that you did that before signing it?

[@rolerroleris533]

Is this just in the USA or is this everywhere? I've thought about doing this multiple times when contracts had ridiculous clauses that i wanted to change, but was afraid that the contract would be void if that was ever found out.

[@charlesparnell5338]

@@rolerroleris533 no idea about overseas. I think contract law is universal, but not sure.

[@charlesparnell5338]

@@artey6671 you put your initials where you crossed it out. You don’t have to tell them that you changed it either. Not your fault they didn’t read their own contract.

[@artey6671]

@@charlesparnell5338 Cool, thanks.

[@frasilvad]

when my daughter was born, and i had to go to register her and get the birth certificate, just when i was about to sign the papers stating that im the father, and with the pen touching the paper.... i noticed, the name of an unknown woman as the mother..... then i actually read the documents, and realize...the hospital gave me the papers from another baby....

[@ZoomZoomAirplane]

Gotta love buying new cars. Before I was born, my Dad was deployed in Iraq. Mom wanted a new car, and my Dad had given her something that would allow her to buy it WITHOUT my Dad being there and having to sign anything. Dealer tried to say that my Dad had to be there. That was quickly proven as bs, they also tried to make my parents go thru their dealership financing, didn’t work out since my mom is a freaking lawyer and reads everything. Parents recently bought nearly the exact Wagoneer they wanted, correct color, bench interior, etc. Taxes were done wrong. Colorado Springs has like 8.5%, our area has 5%, and they do it based on your address. Taxes were redone, bought the car with no interest. Was truly perfect timing.

[@Babbleplay]

Disney totally has non compete clauses in their contracts; Why do you think Tim Allen and Johnathan Taylor Thomas appeared in nothing but Disney movies for, like, a decade?

[@thedarkdoggy]

my mom was planning on using a government disability fund to pay for it's golden years as it would get something around 70% of the money it needed to live per year from that, it checked over the document again and I don't know the exact details but the document had snuck in that you would have to be paying into it for decades for it to actually give you anything, that one term redefined the last few decades of its life.

[@JackSimsen]

TL;DR: cops chase us for doing burnouts, later catch us doing other burnouts and let us go In my town in the car community there’s a few ways to “assert dominance” and one of these ways is to drift around this one large two-lane roundabout on the outskirts of town. If you can get a couple full laps done it shows you have skill and your car is capable Anyway. The placement of the roundabout tee’s off the main road through the middle of town and sort of the last road of where the businesses are. No houses around just a small shopping centre, some sort of trade business, an empty lot and a small truck depot are on the 4 corners of the roundabout. One night we go there as a group. It’s late (I’d say around 2am) Probably about 6 of us all up. My one friend is hitting the roundabout while the rest of us are in the shopping centre car park just watching. Nobody around us as all the businesses are closed and not a single house for a fair radius around where we are. My friend gets a couple laps in and pulls into the car park with us. We’re all standing around our small group of cars with all our cars running still in case we have to book it. All of a sudden a man comes from around one of the businesses going ballistic. No idea where he came from cause all businesses should be closed and there’s no houses around. Shouting at us all to leave and he’s called the cops and vaguely threatening us. Even shouts to me “I KNOW YOUR CAR I KNOW WHERE YOU WORK” so we all just jump in our cars and take off heading away from town. As we leave from the car park he actually jumps in the road and tried to block us from leaving so we all jump the median and take off back towards town. Booking it towards town there’s another main intersection. One way goes to some residential streets and one way goes to an industrial park. I go left to the residential streets and one car follows me. The others go into the industrial complex. I take a couple backstreets and end up at a park. The other guy who went my way was a little bit behind me as his car wasn’t as fast as mine, he finds me and pulls up and informs me that as he was rounding the corner off the main road he saw police lights about half a kilometer back heading our way. We wait for about 10 minutes in the darkness before contacting the other group. They tell us they’re a little bit out of town so we decide to try make our way there. Take back streets and all that and finally make our way to our friends who tell us they’re going out of town to do burnouts (fairly common thing for us to do) Head a few km out of town to an empty road with nothing but paddocks for kilometres and the same friend who was doing the roundabout starts doing burnouts (if you’ve never seen Australian burnouts it’s a sight to see) After a while of noisy Smokey action his engine blows up. (Again, funny as it sounds, fairly common) so he pulls over and we start to devise a plan of how to get the car home. It’s now around 3am and he lives in another town 30 minutes from where we are. After standing around, having a laugh and making a plan for about 5 minutes a cop car randomly arrives. It’s bad. There’s 6 of us, all cars matching descriptions we assume the guy from earlier gave to cops, on a road out of town with fresh tire marks on the road and the smell of burning rubber in the air. The cops just stop. Ask what’s happening. We say we were heading to friends house and his car randomly blew up on the highway and are trying to figure out a way to get it home again. The cop immediately radios in a flatbed and about 20 minutes later my friends car is loaded onto a tow truck, cop leaves and the towie turns to my friend and goes “you guys were skidding weren’t ya?”. Mate replies fuck yes we were. Towie asks where to go, mate gives an address of the shop a few doors down from his house (didn’t wanna give him the actual address) Towie drops the car off and goes “yeah if you got cash just $100” to which my mate gladly hands over and the night is done. Still don’t know how those cops didn’t do anything. Part of me has a feeling they knew it was us but seeing my friends engine had blown up was good enough of a punishment. He had a new engine back in it by the end of the next day.

[@janputz4157]

My small time factory job wanted to force even the employees that are from an agency as I was to buy and wear work pants with the company logo on them. Despite that it's illegal where I live they tried to sell it as an investment. I'm sorry I'm standing there for 9,23€, which was barely over minimum wage at the time filling bottles of soap for 8 hours. I'm not paying a days salery for pants. Also wanted me to work on Saturdays despite my contract telling me I don't need to and the same for Christmas. Yeah I don't think I will.

[@TheInfiniteSheldon]

When possible, ask to bring the contract to read at home before signing. Type up a near-exact replica of that contract right down to the font and spacing, but edit some of the terms to make better in your favor. Sign the replica and get them to do that, too. Ask for a personal copy of the fully-signed replica for your own record-keeping. You aren't the *only* one who needs to read the fine print. A contract is a contract.

[@dercooney]

this is possibly a bad faith behavior, and a good lawyer would get it tossed

[@bluecifer5993]

Nice work

[@wiquid]

Work nice

[@bluecifer5993]

@@wiquid yes, work nice me boy

[@ThePandafriend]

As a German non competes like those mentioned sound insane. In Germany a non compete without compensation (at least 50% of the last renumeration) is null and void and it also can't be baked into another contract. It can be mentioned in the initial contract, but the details have to be negotiated. On top of that it's illegal to have non competes which make it so you can't work on the field anymore and it needs to be due to a legitimate interest. Non competes while you're working are more extensive, but again, there needs to be a legitimate interest. A restaurant can't force a waiter to not work as a waiter at a different restaurant. An actor can't be forced to not take other roles, unless this hurts the employer. In general work which doesn't hurt your current employer is legal. Heck you could even do paper work for two competing companies! And even if you break the non compete the former employer can't sue you into oblivion. Either an agreed compensation or the damages need to be paid for.

[@necroarcanistxiii]

My partner had to sign a new work contract earlier this year for her job at an auto parts warehouse, which included a clause that wasn't pointed out to her, if she left work there, she was forbidden to work at any competing brand store until she's 63. We're both 25.

[@Geek3rs]

Anytime Fitness is a joke. I signed up for a member ship and everything was going great until my hours got cut at my job. Told them I need to cancel my membership due to not being able to afford it. They said well we can't cancel without a doctor's note saying it's unwise for you to workout. Looked over the contract that is not in it. They said I was right and said it would be taken care of, 4 months later I get a phone call from a collection's agency. They didn't cancel it but instead sold ran it up and sold the debt. Got a lawyer friend of mine involved and never had to pay anything.

[@damoclescent69]

20:41 Anytime fitness got me. Im 16 and am now over $600 in debt because i lost my job and my family is too poor. Cant cancel the membership for another 2 years. Can't even enter the gym until Im back in the positive. DONT JOIN ANYTIME FITNESS

[@owenburke2388]

Perfect 😄 always good videos.

[@GlasiaVD23]

If you don't get the possibility to thoroughly read the contract by that the contractor says things such as "sign now!!!" then decline the contract signing.

[@nephicus339]

Bell Canada's service contract says that you have to pay them, but they don't have to provide you with any services in exchange.

[@acxyz1107]

Bell Canada Terms of Service section 31.

[@acxyz1107]

@Marcus Porter only if you choose to have bell canada as your ISP at any time

[@solandri69]

That would make it an invalid contract. To be legally valid, a contract has to have consideration. Basically, both sides have to give up something of value. You give up your money, the company gives you its service. If there's no consideration (one party does not give something of value to the other party), it's not a legal contract and any court will toss it out. It's why you hear about rich people selling something to each other for $1. Because if they just gave it for free, it wouldn't be a legal contract transferring ownership. It's probably a clause terminating the contract for non-performance. If they can't provide service, it voids the contract. So they don't have to provide service, but neither do you have to pay them.

[@riddler6398]

Gotta love how the race track ended with the video

[@grubybysior8635]

The deal with the devil would be better than any of these.

[@snakyYT]

Devil: i'm going to offer you a deal. Me: shakes hand right away. Devil: wait i didnt even say it im not sure i want this. ME: to bad ur in contract with snaky, u follow my fucking rules.

[@beaawsome2211]

If they say you can sign out of it at any time that means ANY TIME and that doesn't matter for the contract you sign as that was a verbal contract for the contract your signing

[@vickiesmith3021]

Thank you so much for your video ❤.

[@BrownSkinFriend]

Check the apartment contracts! There is complex in Corpus Christi TX that when you sign, you sign away your 30days for eviction. Miss your payment on the 1st? No problem, just pay on the 5th *plus* the fees. Can’t pay on the 5th? Too bad…. Out on the 15th… as in new locks and all your belongings on the sidewalk 😮😮😮

[@gehzaikah]

Story 14- NSW Public schools do the same thing- giving students free wifi everyone at my high school shamelessly watches youtube on it, whether it be k-pop mvs, documentaries, or playing the tetris chrome extension, more or less anything else you can access on the wifi (some websites are blocked) people have told said that the school can see what you do, but if that's true, they don't do anything about it because they haven't said anything about it all. Neither the school, or the DoE.

[@thethpian]

I was evicting a tenant for non payment and a company contacted me saying that they would go after what was owed me if only I sign a contract saying I'm responsible for any expenses plus what was owed if they couldn't recover the debt. So I'm going to assume a debt owed to me plus expenses AND your fee? Where do I sign, dawg.

[@pedrosso0]

Speech: "Noped out" Text: "No doubt"

[@Brunnen_Gee]

35 made me chuckle. Where I live that's normal. So is no overtime (you work it but don't get paid for it), no holiday pay, no PTO, no benefits, no raises, no sick days, no breaks, and so on. Missouri is great. Granted, not all companies here are like that, but many of them are because we have no laws that say they have to provide those things.

[@Xahnel]

Just because it's "normal" doesn't mean it's _legal_ .

[@powerplayer1000]

Ok, I want people to list online tools people use when hunting for cars..... feel like it would be very helpful for anyone who needs it

[@MNNski]

9:18 I had that loan company for my student loans. Signed up for a higher interest rate to have a non variable. They slipped it into their contract that it was only non variable while I attended school. By the time I was able to refinance, my interest rate was up to 12%. Fuck those snakes.

[@decaprio7421]

26:19 So get in deep with solving the issue, if issue not solve. Announce that your working with a lawyer that is going against their claim.

[@tablescissors]

Story #33 was especially educational and satisfying.

[@JadeAislin]

I went shopping in this used dvd/bluray store. At the register I was offered to sign up for their membership plan to get discounts. I asked questions about how it worked, could I cancel, was there any subscription fee. I was assured it was free. I got home and found where it said the monthly subscription after the first month (or something like that). I cancelled the next day.

[@Hi.ImJake]

Contracts do not and can not supersede law. For example, the landlord being allowed to inspect with no notice and evict immediately - if those things are covered in your state's landlord-tenant law (likely are), they're unenforceable, doesn't matter if you signed agreeing to it.

[@Gizmex]

Something I learned in another one of his videos: you can counter offer a contract by scribbling out parts you don’t like and do not agree to. But only If the other party agrees to is it valid

[@joelellis7035]

Well, having to put up my mom's house for rent. Real Estate agent sends a copy of the contract for review, saying that she has renters willing to move in mid-month. Reading the contract, I see that the first month and a half were to be charged for about half the rate we agreed to. Pointed it out to the agent and she agreed to change it.

[@aries666dc]

Recently knew someone who was late on his car payments by a few days or weeks per month, and apparently there was a clause in the contract that says not only will there be additional interest + late fees charged, but the late payments will also be computed into the total payment. So, instead of owing 10,000$, even after making his payments, he now owes 14,000$ for the vehicle lmao The best part, all this wasnt in the inital contract, but these changes were put in once the company had a new owner come in. Luckily, they were willing to buy back the vehicle and break the lease the moment the guy brought in the idea of getting legal aid

[@DaSaintDemon]

I was trying to buy a car on a dealership, the car didn't had a VIN, i just asked "Hey what it's the VIN? I want to check more details of the car." The seller refused to provide me the VIN with the excuse of "for security purposes we are not allowed to provide them" I responded with a sorry man, i believed you were a serious business and walked away

[@KaziiTheAvali_inactive]

at my old job the managers had told us we couldent eat on the clock. i had to resign my contract so i actually read it this time and it statet we couldent eat while interacting or serving coustmers and coustomers couldent see us eating. i got a nugget per shift and they didnt give 2 cruds.

[@nordaxglass6572]

I hate hearing people not know how manufacturers warranties work, if you add a turbo or a cold air intake it might void your engines warranty, but it wont effect the body's, the exhaust's, the cooling system's, or the tire's warranty. You only void the things directly affected by the changes you make.

[@bdycount]

( In Aus ) buying a house Old owner wanted us to release the deposit money without handing over keys. we said no, they took it out of the contract. move forward 5 weeks to 1 weeks before settlement, and they tried to sneak the money. We got notified and said we would walk away if they kept trying. They ended up getting a bridging loan ( as they should have anyway) and covered the internal of the house in cat piss the day moved out as revenge. took a couple months to rid of the smell...

[@Circularfinch]

I like the part where he said "nope doubt"

[@markarca6360]

That is why you should always take the time to read the "fine print" or the T&Cs (terms and conditions).

[@j.d.4055]

Signing a contract means that you READ it, you UNDERSTAND it, and you AGREE with it. If you didn't READ the contract, why did you sign it? If you READ it but didn't UNDERSTAND it, why did you sign it? If you READ it and UNDERSTOOD it but didn't AGREE with it, then why did you SIGN it?

[@Cirylxlyn]

The payment plan in story 4 has to be illegal "We wont let you pay us for 2 months but we'll charge you interest for not paying us for those 2 months"

[@tablescissors]

Would very much enjoy a part 2 of this theme.

[@sifuentes4113]

McDonald's app requests access to the photos in your phone and will not function without permission. For reasons I cannot disclose, I immediately uninstalled.

[@studentofsmith]

Why the fuck does it need access to your photos? That's some bullshit. I'll order the old fashioned way, thanks.

[@HimenoMemes]

You should become an audiobook reader on some app

[@RCMN-2024]

Read a loan contract, guy told me no payments for 2yrs, as long as paid by then you arnt really out of pocket. In the fine print which he glared at me for reading and joked its all there and to trust him, I scrutinised it further, the interest rate, if not paid off in time would be charged from the day the 2yrs was up for the entire 2yrs of so called 'interest free', I declined. It was also going to charge me additional fees for not paying before time was up during the so called free period and interest on that too

[@merlin_V2]

In austria if a contract includes illigal clauses, the whole contract becomes not binding. I would have to read into it again tho.

[@laurenjones9924]

FYI, Walmart warranty is a scam. It’s an insurance policy through All State and not what they sell it as. There will never be a time you can take your warranty back to the store to get a new what ever.

[@nathanides7584]

Story 4 the actual interest is pretty standard I think, if you want to wait 60 months until you start paying, fine, but you are still in debt, causing them risk, and you pay for that with intrest.

[@andromeda_va39]

One time I was offered a contract that would provide me with anything I wanted. Anything. In exchange, however, I would have to risk my life in battle. I would receive the necessary strength and equipment for combat, but there was still a risk. After looking more closely, I found that my source of power would be my soul, separated from my body and placed into a special container. What's more, if I didn't battle regularly and keep this special container clean, I would turn into a monster. The same kind of monster I would be tasked with fighting. So yeah, I didn't take it.

[@ForbiddenApplePotato]

Madoka magika?

[@andromeda_va39]

@@ForbiddenApplePotato Hee hee, yup! It's one of my favorite anime!

[@heroslippy6666]

haha

[@btymania1026]

Lesson learned... *Reads title.* Never mind...

[@btymania1026]

Y’all. I just figured out how to blow text I the KZbin comment section! *Let’s go!*