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Re:I gave Amazon a key to my house and regretted it by mikeash on Thursday December 07, 2017 @02:12PM (#15873017)
Why wouldn't I expect them to correct any abuse, when they explicitly state that they will do so?

If they just went, "We'll do our best, but if anything goes horribly wrong you're fucked, sign here," then whatever. I wouldn't sign up for it anyway, but at least they'd be honest.

But to say that they will "correct the problem" if anything goes wrong, but force you into binding arbitration, is just wrong.

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Re:I gave Amazon a key to my house and regretted it by jethro_tell on Thursday December 07, 2017 @02:16PM (#15873050)
Yeah, I'm just saying, you just gave them a key to your house, which is probably a mistake, and you'll probably sign the arbitration clause because why wouldn't you make two mistakes for ultimate convenience?

Most companies will take as much as you give them. Seems like an easy win in this customer demographic

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Re:I gave Amazon a key to my house and regretted it by II2II on Thursday December 07, 2017 @02:35PM (#15873254)
Giving someone a key to your house is quite different from signing a contract with a binding arbitration clause. The former is an indication that you trust the key holder or the safeguards that are in place. The latter is signing away a legal right, which should carry much more weight.
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Re:I gave Amazon a key to my house and regretted it by jethro_tell on Thursday December 07, 2017 @03:20PM (#15873695)
But it won't, because the same people who will give away a key to their hows will give away their legal rights as well. Probably the company knows that.
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Re:I gave Amazon a key to my house and regretted it by hinkley on Thursday December 07, 2017 @04:47PM (#15874655)
I hate that we’re at a place where you now have to assume every business is lying to you every time their lips are moving/they communicate. How did we get here?
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Re:I gave Amazon a key to my house and regretted it by mindslight on Thursday December 07, 2017 @05:16PM (#15874883)
Market optimization. Mistaken beliefs are arbitrageable.
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Re:I gave Amazon a key to my house and regretted it by pjc50 on Thursday December 07, 2017 @06:10PM (#15875248)
A combination of "buyer beware", inadequate consumer advocacy, bought legislators, and a lack of competition.

The only reason not to lie would be real negative consequences, and those don't happen so much in the fake news era.

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