Justin wrote:
> Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote on [Sat, 14 Jul 2007 00:31:13 -0400]:
>> In article <2e6g93l8rg8t7bertkqtsp44f7cukmu3oe@4ax.com>,
>> Paul Miner <pminer@elrancho.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>>> Not every contract is legal.
>>>
>>> I guess the flip side to your logic is that not every contract is
>>> illegal. Who cares, it has nothing to do with the discussion at
>>> hand.
>>
>> Are you saying that the Sprint contract is legal?
>>
>> Are you a lawyer?
>
> I'm sure Sprint's lawyers say it's legal.

And the Consumer Advocate thinks it isn't. That's why we have courts.
That's where a difinitive answer will be found unless Sprint makes some
settlement.

AG's, Consumer Advocates and the like have a lot of power to force
corporations to do things the way they want them to. They have more
power with smaller companies but they can still influence the big boys.
Even if something is perfectly legal they can get a corporation to
change it to avoid a lengthy and expensive court process.
From many years ago I know of a company who's marketing practices were
being investigated by the AG's offices of several states. At an
informal meeting of the parties involved, the Deputy AG leading the
meeting said that after due consideration the multi-state task force had
agreed that the marketing practices were NOT deceptive nor illegal...
and for a payment of $30,000 to each of the states involved to help
defry the expense of the investigation, the case would be dropped. So
even if they say you won you STILL haveto pay a hefty penalty!