Tech | August 10, 2009 | 5 comments

Get angry: AT&T changes contract to prevent class action lawsuits

source: http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2009/08/10/get-angry-att-changes-contract-to-prevent-class-actio...

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When was the last time you read your AT&T contract? If you answered “never,” then may I suggest you take two minutes to look this over. That’s right, unbeknownst to you, you just lost the ability to enter into a class action lawsuit against the mobile phone carrier. High five!

Right, so the language in question is:

Any arbitration under this Agreement will take place on an individual basis; class arbitrations and class actions are not permitted.

In other words, thanks to the new wording of the AT&T contract, if you feel like entering into a class action lawsuit against AT&T, well, you can’t. It’s all there in black and white.

The thing is—and this is based on like 10 minutes of research—any change to a contract that benefits one part over the other represents a chance for the other party to cancel the contract without facing any penalties or fees. So, if you don’t like the fact that you now cannot join a class action lawsuit against AT&T, ring ‘em up and say, “Yes, I’d like to cancel my contract, please. Here’s your rubbish iPhone back.”

This is not a good summer for AT&T. First the upgrade fiasco, then a mass nerd defection due to outages, and now this.
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5 comments // Get angry: AT&T changes contract to prevent class action lawsuits

  • dablaq
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      dablaq  

    • Verizon will be getting HTC Touch Pro 2 so as Sprint. I have never been an iphone fan and I had bad experiences with ATT before. AT&T is still stuck in 30 years ago of bad business practices.

    • 2 years ago
  • heimbachae
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      heimbachae  

    • i just switched to an iphone 3gs and honestly after using verizon for 5+ years it's a change. i really had no problems with verizon whatsoever, but their phone lineup just didn't WOW me.

    • 2 years ago
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