Holy shit, my wife just found this on the top of a container of collagen that we just bought from Costco:
“By opening and using this product, you agree to be bound by our terms and conditions fully set forth at vitalproteins.com/tc, which include a mandatory arbitration agreement. If you do not agree to be bound, please return this product immediately.”
What. The. Actual. Fuck.
@Wraithe that can't be enforceable...
@BoydStephenSmithJr @cykonot @Wraithe I was saddened that in the discussion following the recent Disney case, many lawyers saw arbitration as preferable for their plaintiff clients. Their reasoning was that due to the backlogs in the court, getting paid off was more likely to be a "positive" outcome. (i.e. you wouldn't end up going bankrupt and dropping the case).
In their world it seemed like courts didn't exist for normal people.
@weebull @cykonot @Wraithe Yeah, well, I do think that arbitration is probably fine when both sides are willing. But, I don't believe any agreement to arbitration is _ever_ a fair contract term, since it can never be informed consent, as.it happens before the events of any dispute have even occurred!
I also think contract law is not a suitable basis for complex legal agreements triggered by "accepting" a product.
Our current legal system is pretty broken.