Re: ADT Essential Wireless Package - right to cancel

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

i didnt realize it was federal law...thats good.


"Nomen Nescio" <nobody@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| Crash Gordon said:
|
| >72 business hours...and must be in writing - i think this is kinda
standard
| >these days...but only for residential here. If it's commercial there
isn't
| >any right of recision here...you sign - you've made a deal.
|
| To be precise, it's "midnight of the third business day after the sale."
|
| The Federal Trade Commission's "cooling off rule"  applies to most any
| in-home sales of goods or services worth over $25.  There are a few
| limitations which you can read about at the link, but the important point
| is that it's a federal law, and it applies to things like monitoring
| contracts as well as to equipment sales.
|
| http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/buying/cooling.htm
|
| Having said that, there is nothing in the law that says a seller can't
| offer a longer cancellation period.  ADT could very well offer a six month
| cancellation option, so long as no part of it gives the consumer fewer
| rights than the law provides.
|
| - badenov
|