7,500 Online Shoppers Unknowingly Sold Their Souls

7,500 Online Shoppers Unknowingly Sold Their Souls

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A retailer revealed that it legally owns the souls of thousands of online shoppers, thanks to a clause in the terms and conditions agreed to by online shoppers.


A computer game retailer revealed that it legally owns the souls of thousands of online shoppers, thanks to a clause in the terms and conditions agreed to by online shoppers.
The retailer, British firm GameStation, added the "immortal soul clause" to the contract signed before making any online purchases earlier this month. It states that customers grant the company the right to claim their soul.
"By placing an order via this Web site on the first day of the fourth month of the year 2010 Anno Domini, you agree to grant Us a non transferable option to claim, for now and for ever more, your immortal soul. Should We wish to exercise this option, you agree to surrender your immortal soul, and any claim you may have on it, within 5 (five) days of receiving written notification from gamesation.co.uk or one of its duly authorised minions."
GameStation's form also points out that "we reserve the right to serve such notice in 6 (six) foot high letters of fire, however we can accept no liability for any loss or damage caused by such an act. If you a) do not believe you have an immortal soul, b) have already given it to another party, or c) do not wish to grant Us such a license, please click the link below to nullify this sub-clause and proceed with your transaction."
The terms of service were updated on April Fool's Day as a gag, but the retailer did so to make a very real point: No one reads the online terms and conditions of shopping, and companies are free to insert whatever language they want into the .


While all shoppers during the test were given a simple tick box option to opt out, very few did this, which would have also rewarded them with a £5 voucher, according to news:lite. Due to the number of people who ticked the box, GameStation claims believes as many as 88 percent of people do not read the terms and conditions of a Web site before they make a purchase.

The company noted that it would not be enforcing the ownership rights, and planned to e-mail customers nullifying any claim on their soul.






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wtf?!?!!?

 

They deserved it. Damn thats funny

 

hahahahaa :rofl:

i never read the T&C .. opppsss

 

Too funny! I bet all those customers are going to be thrilled to get their souls back.......free of charge!

 

hahahah. awesome!

 

Hahahahahaha!

 

That's fucking brilliant. hahaha

 

They should be sued for selling a defective product.

 

....I don't get it. They sold their products, and gave back all the souls they had a rightful claim to... AND gave people who know how to read a free five pounds!

As for me, well feel free, but I'm afraid it's showing some wear

 

I was referring to the souls that get sold.

 

Ahh. :coffee:

That could be a it harder, the contract took into account that you may or may not have a soul, either by firm grip in reality or prior sale.

 

Yes- there's logic there... of course the executives at Gamestation could be desperate enough to take anything they can get... sorta like a buncha damp sponges in the middle of the Sahara.

 

i enjoyed that story. and if i would have bought something then i would have sold my soul, too. not gonna lie.

 

Thats stupid dont these people have better things to do with their time? We all know to own someones soul you need to perform a demonic ritual

 

Who says that marketing a means to social isolation isn't demonic?

 

You raise a very good point.

 

surely this isnt real... i mean yes the its real in the sense it really happened... but they dont really plan to claim ones soul... surely? wtf is really up

 

It was like an April Fool's thing or something. They sent out emails giving the souls back.

 

Am I the only one who finds it extremely funny that in a thread about a story of people not reading things before signing them someone posts without reading it all?

 

No but perhaps you're the only one able to restrain his laughter enough to respond, pointing that out.