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- From: lpj@col.hp.com (Laura Johnson)
- Subject: Re: Bally's Health Club SUCKS Read this...
- Sender: news@col.hp.com (Usenet News)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov13.185325.13054@col.hp.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 18:53:25 GMT
- References: <1992Nov13.180202.20173@hubcap.clemson.edu>
- Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division
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- hubcap@hubcap.clemson.edu (System Janitor) writes:
- > >>You evidently have learned how to victimize yourself.
- > >I have to agree with Ray. You did yourself in on this one.
- >
- > The original poster may not have a legal let to stand on, but it still
- > seems to me as if he was slimed over by a slick scumbag. He told the Bally's
- > guy his situation, and the Bally's guy looked him in the eye and lied, while
- > thinking to himself ``Now if this sucker just believes me and doesn't read
- > the reference pointed to by the addendum to the fine print...''.
- >
-
- Hard to say. It's entirely possible that the Bally's guy didn't *know* the
- truth; that he had either never read the contract or had not understood it.
- (These salespeople are not chosen for their critical reading skills, folks.)
- I was taken once in a similar way, and blame only myself. If you let a
- salesperson interpret a contract for you, you are assuming that (a) the
- salesperson understands the contract, AND (b) the salesperson's intentions
- are good, AND (c) the salesperson understands which clauses are important
- to you. That's too big a set of assumptions.
-
- Always read everything you sign. If the salesperson's explanation differs
- from the text, believe the text.
-
-
- --
- Laura Johnson
- lpj@hpcsos.col.hp.com
- Opinions expressed are my own, but may be licensed for a nominal fee.
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