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Re:Russian Man Changes Small Print in Credit Card Agreement,... by ChuckMcM on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @09:14PM (#6176797)
Of course the discussion here has made be a bit curious, I wonder if you could "sign up banks" instead of having them sign up you. Lets say you mail a bank your preferred credit card contract to the bank, which basically said "by sending me a card you agree to the terms of this contract." and then layout the card contract you would be willing to accept. I wonder what the conversion rate would be. I'm guessing 0 but without evidence that is just a guess. Might be fun to run the experiment.
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Re:Russian Man Changes Small Print in Credit Card Agreement,... by krichman on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @11:54PM (#6177249)
Do they still send cards in the mail? It would be interesting to see if something they sent as an unrelated advertisement would be covered by your contract if you can prove they received the contract and the card was mailed after.

This could be a whole new era of spam prevention, by being personally as full of it as every EULA. Just send out contracts, "by contacting me in any way you agree to the following...". Companies would be terrified to send anything at all to anyone.

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