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News GameStation: "We own your soul"

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by CardJoe, 15 Apr 2010.

  1. CardJoe

    CardJoe Freelance Journalist

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  2. yakyb

    yakyb i hate the person above me

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    umm could i not sue them for this

    if my belief is that we have a soul (which it isn't)
     
  3. yakyb

    yakyb i hate the person above me

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    Oh on that note any one want it? 10 grand?
     
  4. rickysio

    rickysio N900 | HJE900

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    I'd sell it for a Core i9000 if I can have it (and relevant hardware) right now.
     
  5. whisperwolf

    whisperwolf What's a Dremel?

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    what would you sue them for? Realsing that customers don't read terms and conditions. I'd be invoking the term and offering people their souls back in exchange for a years work at the store, I mean that must be how they got the current staff to work for them isn't it.
     
  6. Unknownsock

    Unknownsock What's a Dremel?

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    This is...awesome
     
  7. leveller

    leveller Yeti Sports 2 - 2011 Champion!

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    "GameStation executives are now assuring all customers that they are not enforcing the Immortal Soul Clause"

    ... not enforcing the clause ... yet!
     
  8. [USRF]Obiwan

    [USRF]Obiwan What's a Dremel?

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    Nobody reads them because its a lot of blablabla which normal people do not understand anyway. Besides that, it is for the protection of the company not for protecting the people using their products.
     
  9. Fizzban

    Fizzban Man of Many Typos

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    That is just ******* brilliant!
     
  10. LeMaltor

    LeMaltor >^_^

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    It's just babble, well done to everyone who didn't waste their time reading it.
     
  11. wiak

    wiak What's a Dremel?

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    april fools you gotta love some stores :D
    terms and conditions is so long nobody wanna read 100 pages, make it 1 page then meybe or just do like HashTab's License Agreement :p
    http://beeblebrox.org/
     
  12. lacuna

    lacuna Minimodder

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    yeah, they did really well to miss out on the voucher...
     
  13. tron

    tron What's a Dremel?

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    If I had seen the clause, i probably would still have clicked 'yes', as the clause relates to something which imo, along with gods and wizards, doesn't even exist.
     
  14. Veles

    Veles DUR HUR

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    Don't think so, you agreed to the T&Cs and it wasn't hidden anywhere
     
  15. eddtox

    eddtox Homo Interneticus

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    This is just a (very good) publicity stunt to attract attention to the fact that people don't read the TC's. I doubt they ever had any intention of enforcing the clause seeing as the existence of said immortal soul is debatable and if it did exist it would probably an illegal clause.

    In plain engrish, if instead of "immortal soul" they had said "car", they still wouldn't legally be able to enforce that clause, IMO.
     
  16. Fizzl

    Fizzl What's a Dremel?

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    Lies! You take that back right now!! :p
     
  17. xaser04

    xaser04 Ba Ba Ba BANANA!

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    If terms an conditions were written in plain english and were the length of a decent novel more people would probably take the time to read them. Until then most people will simply ignore them assuming simple common sense would prevail if there was a problem.
     
  18. rickysio

    rickysio N900 | HJE900

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    How many people actually possess a modicum of common sense?
     
  19. Fizzban

    Fizzban Man of Many Typos

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    I like your name :naughty:
     
  20. greigaitken

    greigaitken Minimodder

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    ^^
    i sense a forum romance starting
     
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