Re:BusKill – A USB kill cord for laptops
by martin_a on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @08:32AM
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I don't think it is. Neither in B2B and especially not in B2C. Although I think the consequences would mostly be worse for the customer, not the seller.
Re:BusKill – A USB kill cord for laptops
by FDSGSG on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @08:29AM
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"Operator of buskill.in" does not seem like an unknown party?
Re:BusKill – A USB kill cord for laptops
by martin_a on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @08:33AM
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It is. What's the postal address of the "operator of buskill.in" so I can file claims with him?
Re:BusKill – A USB kill cord for laptops
by martin_a on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @08:45AM
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You seem to misunderstand what a postal address is.
The provided information on this website is not enough to do legally binding business (at least in some parts of Europe, it's not only Germany).
Re:BusKill – A USB kill cord for laptops
by FDSGSG on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @08:46AM
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In Germany you can enter into a verbal contract without any exchange of personal details. Why would a website be treated differently? I'm curious.
As far as I understand German law is very flexible about what constitutes a valid legally binding contract.
Re:BusKill – A USB kill cord for laptops
by martin_a on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @09:21AM
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Chapter 2 and 3 of the "BGB" contain several paragraphs which define legal rights and obligations for doing business via the internet or telephone.
§312f for example defines that customers must receive "a copy of a contractual document signed by the contracting parties in such a way that their identity is identifiable" (translated via DeepL).
A simple mail address is not an identity in German law, especially not when doing business with B2C as you always have a 14 day period to cancel your order (except for downloads and various, special products).
edit: If you want to cancel, you must be able to do so via (offline) mail, too.
I'm not sure it's even possible to have a valid contract with an unknown party...