Re: Man sues Verizon over 9500.00 aircard bill

[Tom Liotta <qsrvbas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

sjl wrote:
> When I recently renewed the contract for my laptop aircard (Sierra Wireless 
> 881U, USB), I asked the AT&T sales rep about any caps/surcharges on data 
> transfers.  He indicated that it was still unlimited. ...
>  ...  However, I still 
> check my bill each month (it gets paid automatically via credit card), just 
> to make sure...

And if you find that the bill is wrong??? Do you have an arbitration 
clause in your contract?

http://cbs5.com/wrapper_consumer/seenon/credit.cards.arbitration.2.762532.html
or http://tinyurl.com/6g3vcq

http://www.forbes.com/2007/10/10/gary-weiss-credit-oped-cx_gw_1011weiss.html
or http://tinyurl.com/5pxru7

http://leisureguy.wordpress.com/2008/06/07/arbitration-the-unfair-game/

http://www.parade.com/hot-topics/0808/dont-get-clobbered-by-credit-cards
(scan down for [ Mandatory arbitration ])


On the other side, though --

http://overlawyered.com/2007/10/behind-those-unfair-arbitration-numbers/


And how lawyers who write such clauses are being taught --

http://www.conflictresolution.com/california_arbitration_decision_credit_card_agreement.html
or http://tinyurl.com/5jpjqw


True, those are essentially about "credit card" arbitration and 
arbitration contract clauses. Still, nowadays when I see 'binding 
arbitration' as a requirement in a simple agreement, I start 
thinking a _lot_ harder about the service.

I suspect that this is better for CPF0000 if any discussion comes 
out of it. However, it's worth emphasizing that "reading your bill" 
might be far too ineffective without a serious understanding of your 
agreement.

Tom Liotta