Re: alarm service contract time length question in CA

["Iven" <u28611@uwe>]

Where does the hostility about blaming someone for not reading a contract
come from here?I thought this site was to help out answering questions or
helping people out. I am a big enough boy to handle my own,this situation
here looks like a F***ING scam to me,the issue here is that I NEVER signed
ANY contracts with this company,I have only signed 1 thing from them and its
from a tech checking out a problem with a motion sensor and me signing that
he was there doing the work. I bought this business from someone else and
only spoke with someone over the phone about putting the account in my name.
I NEVER was given anything to read or sign,any NEVER agreed to any contract
over the phone.If I knew there was a 5 year contract they wanted I could have
chosen from over a dozen other Alarm Co's in my area.
Iven

Nomen Nescio wrote:
>Iven said:
>
>>What would that mean if you used an Alarm service that DID NOT DISCLOSE
>>anything about a 5 year contract and after you cancel service tell you you're
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>>small print it says 5 years. Someone also printed my name under the signature
>>that isnt my writing.
>
>Is it your signature on the contract?  I'm not asking whether you printed
>your name or not, I'm asking whether you signed it.  If so, you're stuck
>with it.
>
>You're saying they did not disclose the length of the contract, but you
>admit it says five years in the contract.  If you signed something without
>reading it, that's too damned bad.  Bet you won't make that mistake again.
>
>You're a big boy now.  Your alarm company has no obligation to hold your
>hand and verbally explain each term in the contract to you.  Since you
>didn't read the length of the contract, you probably also didn't read the
>part about how the alarm company's liability is minimal in the event you
>get robbed and the alarm doesn't work.  If you had gotten robbed, no doubt
>you'd be whining about how they didn't tell you they're not liable for your
>losses.
>
>Read the contract before you sign it.  If you don't understand it, hire a
>lawyer to explain it to you.  Now, if you really need a magnifying glass to
>read the part where it says five years, maybe you have a point.  But if a
>judge can read it, and you signed it, you're screwed.
>
>- badenov