WENDY KNOWLER | Contracts — easy to get into, not so easy to escape
Contracts for cellphone and gym membership, home security or tracking for a car are described as ‘fixed-term’, but in reality they aren’t fixed at all
04 September 2022 - 18:27
Contracts, as a man who emailed me recently about his tussle with a cellphone network put it, will “ suck you in, but they won’t spit you out”...
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