Re: Dish Network raising price in the middle of contract

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From: George Mealer
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2003 19:57

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"TK Sung" <tksung@wahoo.com> wrote in
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> Illegal? No.  They apparently had it in a fine print.  They said so,
> but I can't confirm since I don't even have the original contract,
> lost during the move.  Unethical? dunno since I'm not an ethicist. 
> Sleazy?  definitely, if you ask me.

If you -really- cared, you could ask a lawyer.  I have some faint 
recollection that if a contract doesn't involve a concession on both sides, 
it's in danger of being null and void...i.e. one-sided contracts that hold 
you to a time period without holding them to a price don't fly, or else 
they could increase to "one million dollars a month".  OTOH, I think I 
heard this in the context of rent, so it may have only be applicable to 
housing.  Regardless, you'd almost certainly need lawyer letterhead to get 
them to back off, and that may cost you more than finishing out the 
contract.

Geo
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George Mealer
geo*AT*snarksoft*DOT*com

"'Generally,' Tom hazarded."

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