Re: alarm service contract time length question in CA

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

What happened when you told them that you did not sign that contrnact that
it was with someone else?



"Iven" <u28611@uwe> wrote in message news:68b6d3df56b7e@xxxxxx
| 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
| >[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
| >>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
|