Re:A new weapon in arbitration: sheer volume
by C4stor on Tuesday April 07, 2020 @07:53AM
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If only companies had a way to escape the arbitration system... oh wait, they self select this system even though there's nothing forcing them to !
Arbitration is a tool, but it's totally unfair to say it's used by anyone else than the company choosing it.
It doesn't just have to be companies that misbehave. If you don't like your competitor, maybe you'll sponsor that $250 per user to allow their userbase to throw arbitrations at them.
You can burn your competitor down at a ratio of at least 1:5 if you do something like this. If you take some fees for every case you win or that ends up settling, the ratio will be far better than 1:5
The arbitration system as it stands is a tool that allows anyone with enough money and intention to smite any company by pulling together unhappy users and paying arbitration fees for them.