Russian Man Changes Small Print in Credit Card Agreement, Then Sues

Re:Russian Man Changes Small Print in Credit Card Agreement,... by Havoc on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @06:02PM (#6175961)

Round here (ZA) its fairly common to see a party having a copy of the contract signed only by the counterparty. i.e. Each party ends up with a contract signed by the counter party. Technically that makes neither copy a valid contract, but - close enough I guess.

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Re:Russian Man Changes Small Print in Credit Card Agreement,... by mcosta on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @08:24PM (#6176594)

Here too. And has its sense. You have the proof the other party agreed the contract. I do not need to sign to demostrate I am too. My word right now is sufficient.

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Re:Russian Man Changes Small Print in Credit Card Agreement,... by thaumasiotes on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @11:02PM (#6177126)

This reminds me of the diplomatic practices of ancient mesopotamia -- when an agreement between two city-kings was finalized, each king got a master tablet listing half the agreement -- all of his own obligations. At no point did a symmetrical tablet listing every clause of the agreement ever exist.

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Re:Russian Man Changes Small Print in Credit Card Agreement,... by eru on Thursday August 08, 2013 @01:23AM (#6177460)

Depends on what a contract is. In most law systems the contract is not the piece of paper it's written on.

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Re:Russian Man Changes Small Print in Credit Card Agreement,... by Havoc on Saturday August 10, 2013 @03:00AM (#6190303)

Fair enough. Now that I think about it, the half signed contract will likely stick but its going to be one hell of a day in court.

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